Erel KM NCO Visor

[rhudspith]

Wold be interested to hear any oinions on this hat unfortunately I do not have my reference books with me but do not feel sure about it. Has KM Eagle/M stamp on inside of the sweatband which i have not seen on a hat before.

Regards
Rob.

[SgtB]

Hi Rob,

I would like to see more and better pictures, but from what I do see, I don't like it.

[Dave Kane]

Unfortunately, it's a fake!

[Michel]

Hello Rod,

I agree with Kurt, It's a fake don't buy it.

Regards,

Michel

[rhudspith]

Thanks for the comments, I thought it was not quite right but was not sure.

Regards Rob

[william r match]

Rob,

Attached a link of something similar discussed earlier.

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ad.php?t=33536

Great for comparative analyses.

Billy

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Guys, what I know about KM caps to limited to what I have read in Gary Wilkins book. I am not a KM collector.
Hi Kurt & Michel, could you please expand on your answers as to what is wrong with the cap Rob posted so we can all learn what to look for?
Cheers, Ade.

[Michel]

Hello Adrian,

All in this cap is fake (visor, inside, celluoïde, etc...), it's certainly a Bundesmarine 'doctered'.

Regards,

Michel

P.S. : The good Kriegsmarine caps are very very hard to find.

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Michel, thanks for answering (I have admired your cap in the other thread .) I had wondered if the cap was a doctored Bundy one. Does the German firm of "Janke" make KM caps?
I have only handled a few KM caps at shows but I have never known Good from Bad. Hence I have stayed away.
Cheers, Ade.

[Michel]

Yes Adrian, Janke made Kriegsmarine caps but they are not dangerous (when you know what to look for).

But in general, think logical, old, and rigourous german made...

Best

Michel

[s_thornton]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...&category=4722

[Dave Kane]

I doubt that this is a BM cap! Look at the diamond...EREL it was made to fool people. Completely contemporary.