I need help with this one

[collector61]

Hello all,

I need help with this one.
No marks or stamps inside.
The inside is a sort of black silck all the way.

It came from a box with WWII items and everybody thinks it's German.

Only one phot available.

[Bond]

I think most people would struggle to post an opinion from that photo! more pics, from all angles are required.

[Bond]

Though the shape of the scallop suggests SS and it looks black, so SS panzer, but whether its tr period or not is impossible to tell from the photo.

[collector61]

I am busy at the moment but will try to make more photos and post them as soon as possible.
SS items are SS-stamped most of the time. This one is in new condition and I can not find any stamps. So they can't be worn out.

[collector61]

Here a photo of the inside. All black and no marks or stamps.

Click on the photos to make them larger.
From the side:

And from above (all black and nothing else but black):

[Ian Hulley]

SS items are SS-stamped most of the time.

Not true, if you see a cap with an SS stamp run away.

Ian

[Lenny W]

Not true, if you see a cap with an SS stamp run away.

Ian

i agree with Ian and not crazy about the cap in the pics either

[collector61]

i agree with Ian and not crazy about the cap in the pics either

I do not ask for being crazy about it but am in search of what this cap can be.
So I am still hoping for indications or someone who knows.

[PMan]

Cap

I do not ask for being crazy about it but am in search of what this cap can be.
So I am still hoping for indications or someone who knows.

Is the cap black or a deep navy blue? Check it next to something absolute black in the sunlight.
Peter

[collector61]

Is the cap black or a deep navy blue? Check it next to something absolute black in the sunlight.
Peter

Hello Peter,
I must say it is as black as black can be. But am willing to do the test again tomorrow.

[collector61]

Test done.
Result: colour is black indeed.

[Ian Hulley]

The cut of the cap is that of an SS M40 or KM Coastal Artillery (which would be green/grey obviously), having the 'artificial piping' seams to the top. You may like to look at this ... http://www.germanmilitaria.com/Waffe...s/S000961.html for an example of a typical lining material.

I do not ask for being crazy about it

That kind of reply won't get you any learned help here or elsewhere, unless you consider Peter Manzie to be that

[collector61]

Hello Ian,

Thank you for the reply and link.
I see what you mean. But the difficulty is that the lines on the photo taken sideways are in a steady (bowed) line and my cap seems to make a sort of turn on the frontside. Another thing that keeps me busy is the fact that my cap has no marks, labels or stamps at all.

It came from a box with some smaller German items and some items from the NSB (Dutch socialists movement - supporters of the Nazi's).

I found out that this cap is not related to the NSB. So everybody now thinks it's German. Unfortunately I have no further background information.

About the quote:
If somebody is crazy about a girl he likes her. If somebody tells me he is not crazy about the cap, I translate that he does not like it. Ofcourse I also keep in mind that he may have suggested that it was not German in his point of view.
No offence here. Maybe I'd better placed a smily icon behind my line to point out that I was not angry or so.
But I do not often use smilies.

[collector61]

Indeed: closest to an M40 SS panzer cap.