Gerbisjager officer visor cap - OPINION

[aterrasse]

Dear All,

I have purchased the following cap (see link below).

http://klaus-butschek.com/index.php?...bc645.32090291

It all looks good to me but I cannot pretend to be an expert on the subject. Please feel free to comment on it.

Many thanks

[aterrasse]

Hi,

I would live to hear from you about that one. I am particularly interested to have your views as to whether the eidelwess is liekly to be original to the cap.

Many thanks

[BenVK]

Very difficult if not impossible to tell if the edelweiss is original to the cap from looking at photos. I'd like to see the eagle placed a bit higher to accommodate it but that's no proof of anything really.
Nice looking visor regardless, congrats.

[NTZ]

The only way to even get a hint is a hands on. You just need to see of the wear, patina and marks on the lining (if any) match up. It is a gut feeling call no matter how you look at it unless something is obvious.

[aterrasse]

Thank you gentlemen for your good comments!

[eurocentric]

The cap-band looks dark grey to me and not green-blue. I think, it is a "Beamter auf Kriegsdauer" (official for wartime ? do not know an english equivalent)
The Edelweiss had been put on the cap later. As mentioned, the eagle would have been placed a bit higher on mountain-troops caps, so that the badge fits better in between.

[DonC]

I think the band is just the darker shade of green that we sometimes see. True Kriegsdauers are almost an NVA-style gray.

Don