Postwar Labels Of Wartime Makers

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Another maker I have yet to see a wartime cap of-- "W & L Muller" of Bremen (this is on a Handelmarine visor):

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First postwar August Muller I have seen (on a BRD-Luft visor):

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First postwar HPC I have seen:

[Gordon Craig]

G. Ahlers' postwar logo on an unknown DDR hat:

Stonemint,

I'd like to see a picture, or even two, of this unknown DDR hat.

Regards,

Gordon

[Gordon Craig]

Stonemint,

Here is a label from an early, post war, BVG hat that arrived yesterday. Do you know if the maker made hats during the war?

Regards,

Gordon

[Gordon Craig]

A front view of this cap.

[Gordon Craig]

A side view.

[enorepap]

Hallo Gordon

WW2 period contract caps showed this inscription:
CARL HALFAR/UNIFORM-MUTZENFABRIK/BERLIN N.20/Prinzenallee 74/= size no. =/ Lieferjahr .... (not always), all in block fonts.

I abstain myself from visors sold through the Verkaufs Abteilung der LW, because not of interest here.

The post-war production had a label with a sort of broken-ring and the words Ce-Ha Prima within (diagonally, in italics);
below Carl Halfar/Mutzenfabrik/BERLIN N 20 or BERLIN 65 (on a side-pointed label)/Prinzenallee 74, printed, respectively, on a stiff or smooth diamond.

best regards

[Gordon Craig]

enorepap,

Thanks for the info re wartime and postwar caps.

Regards,

Gordon

[stonemint]

Gordon--here is the Ahlers postwar Feurwehr cap--it does not conform to TR specs, both by logo, and the lack of a velvet band--it looks like someone on Ebay tried to nazify it (when it has more value as an early DDR piece, especially given the rarity of an Ahlers hat postwar--there has to be very few around.)

Ahlers produced some very high-end visors during the TR era.

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Full shot of interior--both the logo and the interior are very spartan compared to TR products.

[Gordon Craig]

Chris,

Thanks for the photos and the info. Too bad someone tried to turn it into something that it wasn't. That has been going on for a while but I think that you will see the trend changing as the price for early DDR hats has really gone up in the last year.

Cheers,

Gordon

[stonemint]

Another Richard Lotze of Leipzig on a DDR cap:

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Schellenberg:

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I think Enorepap is correct on this--postwar Richard Kermes of Bremen :