Luftwaffe Officers Tropical Visor Hat

[PJR]

Wow, that is one mint hat!

[SgtB]

Hey Ron!

Another beautiful piece! Tell me what makes this particular piece an officers version? Those are just white bevo patches right? I know very little about these but would love to have one, but I'm very scared of the sea of excellent fakes floating around. I would never buy one unless it came from an impeccable source. The details of yours sure look good, though, including the size stamp, etc.

[NZMark]

Like the wear and tear to it - the stains are attractive and add to the cap, in my opinion.
Ron, any more tropicals caps in your collection?
Regards,
Mark.

[ROBB]

One I have always yearned for a killer .Rob

[Rylan]

The length of the wings seems comparable to a 1st pattern eagle... but is definitly 2nd pattern. Why are the wings so "fat" and short?

[BenVK]

I completely missed this stunner the first time around, wow Ron!

[jarkis88]

Ron you have a very nice collection amazing

[John Hodgin]

Beautiful Schellenburg Ron.

The eagle is the typical Bevo cap pattern and size. There is no "first pattern eagle." Many early Meyers had tunic breast eagles applied to them.

The hat is not an officer's example; though it may well have been worn by an officer as many Luft. officers wore OR hats. Very few true officer's Meyers exist; their Bevo insignia is silver flatwire, not white. Several will be illustrated in my book.

For some reason the chinstrap and neckflap buttons are missing.
Regards,
John

[juvatwad]

Weren't named manufacturer's stamps prohibited from 1942 onward?

[B. N. Singer]

...The hat is not an officer's example; though it may well have been worn by an officer as many Luft. officers wore OR hats. Very few true officer's Meyers exist; their Bevo insignia is silver flatwire, not white. Several will be illustrated in my book....
Regards,
John

Any chance of a "pre publication release preview" from you Mr. Hodgen? Something to "wet our appetites" so to speak.

W/Best Regds.,
B. N. Singer

[John Hodgin]

Weren't named manufacturer's stamps prohibited from 1942 onward?

No, thoughtout 42 Luftwaffe uniforms were still maker marked. In early 43 RB numbers begin to show up.
John

[John Hodgin]

Any chance of a "pre publication release preview" from you Mr. Hodgin? Something to "wet our appetites" so to speak.

W/Best Regds.,
B. N. Singer

Well Bryon, do you mean by showing an example of a Meyer officer's cap? If so, only for you.

Regards,
John

[B. N. Singer]

Well Bryon, do you mean by showing an example of a Meyer officer's cap? If so, only for you.

Regards,
John

Good Lord Sir,

Can't be too many of those things around!!!

What a wonderful preview of "things to come" and of what one can expect in your new book.

My heartfelt thanks!

Best to you John,
Bryon

[John Hodgin]

Here is an early OR Meyer hat; tropical tunic breast eagle, sidecap cockade, and officer's cords.

[John Hodgin]

[quote=B. N. Singer;2316702]
Can't be too many of those things around!!!
/quote]

Very few! However, a collector of your wisdom and experience probably knows exactly how many survived and where they are located.
Regards,
John