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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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.Last edited by NTZ; 03-18-2007, 10:14 AM.
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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.
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