Show Us Your NSDAP Headgear!

[stonemint]

Since Bob has done such an admirable job with the NSKK and SA, we can't forget where they all started--the Party. So if you have any Party headgear of any type, in any condition, POST AWAY!

I'll start this thread off with my boring Orts:

[stonemint]

"Don't be stupid, be a smarty, come and join the Nazi Party" (with apologies to Mel Brooks)hat:

[stonemint]

Interior--this is a Weissbach made cap:

[Mike P.]

Here's my Kreis ..I'd like to find an early Black Piped example now, already have a Tunic waiting for it

[Mike P.]

sweatband

[Mike P.]

Tag --

[Mike P.]

Eventually …I’d really like to research this one as the orig owner wrote his name and Party # in it. It will be interesting to look into this.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o></o>

[Mike P.]

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[Mike P.]

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[stonemint]

Mike--Thanks for joining the Party!
Both are real lookers--your first is by my favorite, Pekuro (#1073)--

Anyone else want to Party?

[Bob Coleman]

Let Us Start At The Begining With The First Political Headgear, The Kepi. The Position Held Was Designated By The Position Of The Knots In The Chin Cord. This Example Os For The Position Of Zellenwart

[Bob Coleman]

Side View

[Bob Coleman]

Kepi For An Ortsgruppenleiter

[Bob Coleman]

Side View

[Bob Coleman]

About Eight Years Ago, I Bought A Lagermutze For A N S D A P Ortsgruppen Member On Ebay. Less Than A Week Later, At A Weekly Breakfast Of Collectors And A Couple Of Dealers, I Bought An Almost Identical Cap From A Dealer Friend. When I Got It Home, I Compared It To The Ebay Purchase And Found Both Were Made By Hersteller #3 The R Z M Tag In My Auction Hat Was #026176, The Tag In The Hat I Had Bought That Day Was 026172! Both Hats Were Likely Made The Same Day In The Same Factory!


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