These are actually much harder to find in good shape than private-purchase caps, since they were essentially "free" to EM's and NCO's, and were treated as such. That, and they were never as prized by collectors as the private purchase models and suffered from neglect reltive to their Erel and Peküro cousins. Nice cap!
Also a lesson on originality and a visual of what we like to see after 70 years....flattened pleats, obvious seam lines and best of the best; look at the 'mirror' of the liner stitching
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