Hi all, need some opinions on this panzer cap please, looks quite good in hand to me, but i dont know anything about these panzer OS caps. Thanks, Johnno.
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Original hat with post war add soutache (if not insignia also).Originally posted by helmuthunter View Post
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Can you post some pics of the soutache and how it is attached to the front of the cap? We need to look behind and underneath."Activity! Activity! Speed! I greet you."
-Napoleon to Massena, advancing on Landshut, April 18, 1809
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The eagle sure looks to be reapplied.. For one thing, it would be white rather than grey if contemperaneous with the soutache."Activity! Activity! Speed! I greet you."
-Napoleon to Massena, advancing on Landshut, April 18, 1809
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I thought they were still using the white eagles when the regs did away with the soutache. Of course, it would not be the first time I was mistaken.
"Activity! Activity! Speed! I greet you."
-Napoleon to Massena, advancing on Landshut, April 18, 1809
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about regulation orders,
- black feldmütze for panzertruppen was adopted marsh 27, 1940.
- grey (silbergrau) thread used for eagle applied on feldmützen replaced white (weiss) thread june 4, 1940.
- soutache for all existing feldmützen had to be removed july 10, 1942.
period pics studying shows that those rules were far to be straightly followed.
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Thanks. My dates were off. I have one of these too. It was stripped of the national eagle, but had an intact cockade and soutache. The only interior marking is a size stamp. The eagle was replaced with an original white panzer cap eagle by Dave Delich. The guy I purchased it from is as honest as the day is long, and told me about the replaced eagle.
Yours looks original. Nice cap.
"Activity! Activity! Speed! I greet you."
-Napoleon to Massena, advancing on Landshut, April 18, 1809
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A nice find regardless of soutache... Billbert
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!!BUYER BEWARE!!
Johnno,
This cap was sold to a forum member who received another cap in it's place. Be very wary of anyone offering you this cap.
http://70.87.163.50/forums/showthread.php?t=357004
MarkComment
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Mark you are dead right, this guy is not to be trusted or underestimated, crooked all the way, time and time again, regards Johnno.Comment
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