Show Your Favorite Hat of 2007!

[Pieter Verbruggen]

The silk topped Altes Model is a neat example of an exotic non text book cap!
Well here's another one (not in my collection, but I did view it in 2007 and worth sharing, as its my favorite hat of 2007!!)
A LEATHER infantry overseas cap!!! Why not? Would look great with a Leather overcoat!!! Source: on display at the La Gleize museum,Ardennes

...I sold this cap to the museum, it's real and stunning!
Pieter.

[AZartman]

very nice

Richard-

2007 was VERY, VERY good to you.

AZ

Sayle F,

I am now...the cap was just the top part, everything underneath was with it too.

Richard P

[NickG]

...I sold this cap to the museum, it's real and stunning!
Pieter.

Wow Pieter...that leather Overseas cap... I would have kept it! Try finding another one like that! Nick

[SJP]

A lot nice pieces Best wishes for the new year.
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Cheers Steve

[Richard P]

This is as close to an SS beret as I was able to come this year. Too bad the vet didn't keep the whole thing instead of hacking out a chunk with the insignia, but a piece is better than nothing. The whole piece still forms the beret shape when set flat.

[JackHyv]

Thanks to everyone for showing such great caps - I saw here things I didn´t even know existed...

Good collecting luck for everyone in 2008!

Jack

[DougO]

Not to rain on anyones parade, but I would have concerns about the insignia on both of the ss panzer beret's posted.

[Richard P]

Doug,

I will only address my own posting. With respect, I disagree about the insignia on my piece. This is not the silver gray version, but the off white embroidery version. My set is identical to a number of them published in various SS insignia and headgear books. The skulls are almost never exactly the same as they were hand-machine embroidered individually ( at least thats what I read in one of the books) and observation bears this out. I have compared mine in person with other known original examples and found the eagle to be exact and the skull with slight variations. The silver gray versions have a number of subtle differences from the off white type.

There are a number of rather good fakes, most of which I have photos of and they do not compare to mine except at a casual glance and in digital photos. They have made several tiny mistakes on the really good ones. I have seen the loose fake insignia sell and I have seen the same mounted on original berets, but that is up to the owners to do their own extensive insignia research as I did at one time. Mine also happed to be attached to a real piece of assault gun beret cover which photos of the entire piece clearly show.

Richard P

[colt45s]

I was in the 19th Engineer Bn , 3rd Div, got this hat 25 years ago

[colt45s]

Pioneer

[STUPA216]

At Long Last - My Favorite

Bears posting again. After many long years of searching my M43 Panzer cap identified to a panzertruppe in the 1st Panzer Division.

[VII-C/41]

My first and only visor. Was able to do some extra research with it too which was really cool!

Cheers
Rob

[Mark Gibson]

Some very astounding pieces have been added to collections during 2007. The standouts for me are BenVK's SS Panzer em/nco schirmutze at post #58 and the Infantry crusher belonging to Jacquesf at post #9.

I only added one piece of cloth headgear to the collection in 2007 but it was well worth it. It is a 1940 dated, Lago made tropical field cap with soutache removed. I'm not worried about the lack of soutache because how many 1940 dated examples are around.

I hope you like it nearly as much as I do.

Mark

[Mark Gibson]

Here are the interior markings for those who are curious.

Mark

[DougO]

It's very hard to choose, as 2007 was a very good year for my headgear collection. I would say that my ss panzer visor was the best item I purchased in 2007, followed closely by a few others that I will post for your viewing pleasure....
Doug