Herman Goring's hat and other items

[stonemint]

mjfur--great screen captures of the hat in wear.....

[stonemint]

So, other than this one, the one in Leroy's collection, & the one in the Moran/Maguire book, are there any other real Goering visors out there that have been accounted for?

[Jon. H]

The Göring m43 didn't sell at the last Thies auction, i believe it started at around 40k, no bids as far as i know.

A bargain, IMO. I don't care for the guy who wore it, but the guy who made it was an artist. The only other hat that I like this much is MacArthurs.

Indeed!

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[judas]

nice if you are a movie producer ower nz tax;s probably helped pay for it

[mjfur]

mjfur--great screen captures of the hat in wear.....

Actually, scans from the Air Force & Army Signal Corp collections at the US National Archives (NARA).... and the retirement M43.

[chen]

I am wondering is it still possible to take tiny sample of the small dirt or hair stain and do a lab test to see any DNA can come up to match Goring?

[pablo10]

JUDAS ...."nice if you are a movie producer ower nz tax;s probably helped pay for it"
i know exactly who you are talking about and it would not suprise me at all and ill ask some citizens who i know that work for him, he has some stunning stuff already that ive been lucky enough to see some of from ww1,2 and the movies.

[zitadelle1]

I am wondering is it still possible to take tiny sample of the small dirt or hair stain and do a lab test to see any DNA can come up to match Goring?

Oh dear...........

[juvatwad]

Why don't we just mention the name???? I thought Peter Jackson was more into WWI stuff.

[pablo10]

you are correct pj is into more in ww1 stuff but he is like a magpie and collects a lot of anything from the merc from raiders of the lost ark to the orgional planet of the apes uniforms etc etc , a massive red baron collection and heres a link to his n.z museum and its in blenheim and very very worth a visit for those who visit n.z.
anyway with a bank roll of $580,000,000 he can buy what ever he wants...sign if only......
http://www.omaka.org.nz/

[juvatwad]

Yes, I know he purchased some WWI aircraft fabric panels in the region of $100-$150K each.

[JasonA]

I had no idea about PJ! He seems like the type who would glom onto a new thing and then get obsessive about it.

Thanks for the link to the museum, Pablo.

J-

[JasonA]

It sold for around 200k, plus Andreas's fees.

Although. IMO, it's the most beautiful piece of headgear from this period. The Hitler visor's are nice to, although the Göring visor is just

I would be more happy with this one than a field marshal's baton.

Agreed!

And also, like Chris said, just a sublime piece of headgear. The ultimate, as far as I'm concerned. But then again, I'm a Luft guy. I have no idea how much a commensurate condition/provenance Hitler visor would bring nowadays.

Care to guess?

J-

[Panzergrenadiere71]

The Göring M43 didn't sell at the last Thies auction, i believe it started at around 40k, no bids as far as i know.

Any chance to have some pictures?
Thanks!

[ErichK]

Go see it at the MAX this year.