Heer m-43 cap "42' dated

[Lenny W]

ok guys here we have with out question an very nice one looker originan army m-43 cap IMO it is dated "42" note how the stamp was struck or slipped on the left side as viewed i pictured several shots of the markings in different lighting conditions and in hand a #2 is popping out at me ,let me know what you guys think 42 or 43

[Lenny W]

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[Raven26]

Lenny,

It is a "42" for me

Frank

[bubaku]

for me is 42

[afrikasandman]

42 for sure. Matt

[BPA-Paul]

From that stamp I make "42" also Lenny.

[billbert]

Have seen about 4 of this very cap in my collecting days..42 dated and quite real.. Billbert

[Glenn McInnes]

I have one of these from the same maker but could not make out the depot and date due to a weak stamp...Certainly looks to be 42 so it's nice to finally know.









Glenn

[Glenn McInnes]

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[Obergruppen2]

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[NZMark]

And again - it just goes to show - as with 'm43' & 'm42' tropical tunics (produced in 1942 & 1941 respectively) we need to be a bit more factual with the general nomenclature of militaria collecting...
Nice one, Lenny
Mark

[OSS]

Lenny it's a beautiful example and certainly looks to be stamped "42". I had a '42 dated Panzer one as well for many years. The problem I see is that the same crowd who are insisting that "M-41" caps now be called "M-40s" after seeing several '40 dated examples is probably going to want to push for a renaming of the "M-43" cap. The problem is; the name "M-42" is already taken, maybe "M-42+1/2". We had better let them work this out, in the meantime I'm still calling them "M-43s" (and the tropical models "M-41").