I would like your opinions on this Police M43 Cap.Cap is made of green wool and has 2-bakelite buttons, orange wool piped top, machine sewn on combination eagle/cockade & magnetic edelweiss to left side. Green satin lining has inked RB# & size 59. Heavy brown leather sweatband has glued down to lining by a past owner for some reason, now unglued. Edelweiss is attached differntly but i have seen many period photos were this was done.
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Hi Alan, this is a tough one, never seen anything like it before. I would be more inclined to believe it could be a privately tailored piece if it wasn't for the RB Nr.Comment
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I am my own worst enemy! Very atypical with that double row of stitching on the visor, I can't recall having seen that before. Then the markings, Very strange.
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The more fotos I saw of it the less I liked it..JMHO Billbert
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Looks like the piping was added later on. See the stitching to each side.
I have a police m43 piped in green, but has an army trapezoid sewn to front.
Only marking inside is the size stamp. Piping is nothing like this one.
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Bryon,Originally posted by B. N. Singer View Post
Without deviating from the cryptic style of comment we have come to know and appreciate from you, can you expound a little about the markings?
Are they "strange" because they appear to be markings for a mid to late war item and the hat seems to be (if original -- and I could entertain doubts) an early high quality pre-war or private purchase style? Or is it something about the font? Personally, I don't like the way the police insignia is sewn on but I am far from an expert on police hats.Comment
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Originally posted by John Huff View Post
Well Johnny, speaking only of the markings, it is that I would not expect to see that marking in an item that appears to be constructed more along the lines of what I would consider to be a private manufactured piece.
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Bryon,Originally posted by B. N. Singer View Post
I don't know if you meant(the stitching) just on police M43s or M43s in general. WR Jim
Heres a pic that was on the forum before.Comment
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I believe this to be a high quality repro, definitely doesn't scream "original". The overall package does not appeal to me, but one thing that stands out is the way the insignia is machine sewn to the front. Also, M43s supposedly were not piped in EM branch colors. The piped ones for gendarmerie were either the bergmutze or the baschlichmutze (a heavy winter cap worn until the late 30s, that kind of looks like a kepi). This, to me, really doen't have what I would consider attributes of either.
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Great Foto!!Billbert
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