A-SS Erels

[stonemint]

These were posted some time ago on the "other" forum, and deserve review and comment here. The first is a distributor-marked Erel "Triumph":

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Interior:

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Close-up:

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Under the hood:

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This is the 2nd visor:

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Interior of second hat:

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Close-up of stitching:

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"Under the hood" of the 2nd cap:

[NTZ]

The first one looks pretty good. It has everything I would want to see in an Erel. Nice even wear, the correct construction, etc. The second one might be alright too but I would want a closer look. It does have a few odd things. The air hole seams to be up pretty high on the pasteboard and the stitching holding the lining looks a bit off. The wear too the lining does not match the wear to the sweatband and visor very well. It could be alright but I would want that one in hand.

As an aside, I have only seen two or three Erel Triumphs and all had the same distributor making. My guess is this distributor had authorization from Lubstein to use his own class.

[schirmmutze]

Hey Stone !

I studied picture #8....is that the same type of pasteboard I have in my Luft.officers´visor?
Remember my thread about pasteboard variations?
Interesting......





Sorry...This was off-topic...

About the ss visor,I´m not the ss expert,but it looks o.k to me

Regards,

Theo

[stonemint]

Schirmmy--thanks for the reminder--I was kind of wondering about that myself--Nick, your thoughts?

BTW, during my weekly stroll across the internet, I just noticed that Ulric has a Cavalry W-SS officers which is Erel marked from the Mollo collection:

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Insignia close-up:

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This is as detailed as they offer--one good sign is that it is not Kleidekasse marked:

[NTZ]

Interesting, the shape looks Erel and so does the doeskin.

[DougO]

The first Allg. Officer's cap posted belongs to me and I can tell you that it is very impressive in-hand. I have only seen one other Erel Triumph marked cap (WH Pioneer officer's seen in attached picture) and it had the same distributor marking.
I have seen Erel marked W-SS and A-SS visor caps that are original IMHO. I realize that most collectors are more comfortable with the unmarked and RZM variety, but I think the existence of these private purchase Erel's is becoming well acepted by most in the collecting community.
Doug