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    VEB 1856 Visor

    As some of you may know, I am a commie (DDR) headgear collector (but hey, I also have Kaiserreich Weimar and BRD in addition to TR.)

    I am posting this here as a learning experience for our newer collectors, and it is also an Erel of sorts--"1856" is Emhage's Betriebsnummer (similar to an RB #).

    This is a Border Guard Officers from the 1960's. (I only collect DDR up to 1968, before such things as Sta-Brite insignia, polyester fabrics, and plastic schirms came into vogue.)

    This is one of those hats that always attracts attention, even over a lot of my TR visors--I think it is due to the Kelly-green band and piping (and who said the DDR was drab?!):
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    The DDR stopped using bullion mutzenkranz's as of 1969. Their wreaths (unlike a lot of TR ones) are universally symmetrical, and it is rare to see any unterlagen poking thru the bullion. The major difference in bullion is that the DDR didn't use the "glittery" type of bullion that we so commonly see on TR visors.

    (As a side note, the NVA used 3-D all-bullion cockades on Army officers visors up to 1959, and also used waffenfarben--these hats are hyper-rare.)
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      The bodies on these are a stone-gray wool Trikot (not the polyster that is so common on all the 1980's visors you see for sale all the time):
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        & unlike their 80's counterparts, these 50's and 60's hats have a decent sattelform:
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          The pebbling on the chincord buttons is a little more crude than TR ones. The knot on this one has a metal, not plastic, insert:
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            #6
            The visor on this one is a thin Vulkanfiber, WITHOUT crosshatching (the 80s ones are all simple black plastic). The visor is also heavily laquered on the front and rear:
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              The interior of these is a simpe gray cotton lining. The sweatband on these is real leather, not the vinyl they used later.

              Remember--most, but not all, DDR visors lack the bottom piping!
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                Under the hood. Most DDR visors have a hole/grommet as part of the peak stiffener, which the prongs on the cockade go thru, to help keep the stiffener in place. The band is treated pasteboard:
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                  The East germans, for some reason, did not sew their linings in until much later--most of these 60's visors are sewn the old (and time-consuming) TR way:
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                    The sweatshields on these 50s and 60s visors are almost always celluloid.

                    However, if you ever see VEB; Perfekt; NVA; Emhage; or MdI on the s/s, the hat is always postwar DDR!:
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                      I posted this before, so why not again to keep the TR theme going:
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                        Stonemint,

                        A very nice example of an early Grenzer cap! You might also want to point out the East German TGL number seen on the sweat shield. The TGL mark indicates the Technische Güte- und Lieferbedingungen number. It is the specific technical and quality delivery regulation concerning the cap, uniform, etc. One will also sometimes find TKO stamps on uniforms and equipment which indicate the Technisches Kontrollorgan inspector stamp of factory inspection.

                        As you point out, all these markings indicate the item is postwar DDR manufacture.

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                          At least there's no mistaking the East German General visors for those of the TR. Here's one with wire insignia and dated 1973 (L). Very nice quality and much more padded than the regular officer visors. The General visors they sell on ebay nowadays have the later metal badge insignia and are not as well made.
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                              Vaughn--thanks for posting the DDR NVA generals--the bullion ones are tough to find, and it is rare to see the bullion as of '73.

                              I believe that a lot of the heat-transfer sweatshield DDR visors are post unification made after the wall fell from left-over stock--while correct, they are technically "parts" visors.
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