Mint Infantry Crusher on a dealer site

[nd164th]

What are the thoughts on this one
http://www.cgmauctions.com/detail.as...ntry-Crush-Cap

[Robert Shoaf]

With 5 days left, methinks that the final price will be much. much higher. Looks like a great example, though.

Bob Shoaf

[kaiserwilhelm2]

Personally I do not like it very much. Eagle for one looks to have been reapplied. So mint seems a bit of overstatement. For me an unused alter art is like a virgin hooker, odd but hardly satisfying.

[Kreager]

Personally not the way I like them, but this was once owed or maybe still owned by someone with much more knowledge then me in the alter art field.

[stonemint]

Nice piece, later war with the woven band.

[Raven26]

I owned this cap a few years ago. Here is the thread I started.

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=192564

Thanks, Frank

[Obergruppen2]

what a beautiful piece

[stonemint]

I owned this cap a few years ago. Here is the thread I started.

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=192564

Thanks, Frank

Just read that old thread. A lot of early misconceptions on it.

The hat is a 100% wartime Pekuro with a vulkanfiber (instead of leather) visor, consitent with this being one of their later caps. Same is true for the style of piping and band.

[MikeP]

I'm certainly no authority. Just 50 years of accumulating and observing.
Only comment is on how everyone sems to ignore the horrendous unprofessional "tack" stitching on the eagle.

Looks like a myopic 10 year old's half hearted effort.
What's up with that?

[billbert]

1775 now...Billbert

[panzerguy]

blah

The low hammer price speaks for itself. I have to sit on the fence with this one. Weird materials. For the money, I would have to stick with the typical materials and construction, even in worse condition.

I can see the "winner" having trouble trying to sell it in the future.