Sidecaps help needed

[barry1954]

Good day Guys

I found some caps for sale locally and would appreciate some help to make sure they are ok. Unfortunately the seller only has a phone camera to send pictures to me so the pics are not great. To me the tropical one looks ok but as always I would like to get some more opinions. I have no idea whether the Heer EM cap is good or not

Barry

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[jacquesf]

Barry, the inf side cap does not look good from these pictures. Jacques

[barry1954]

Last picture. Wish I had better pics to post but this is all I have for now unfortunately. Looking forward to any comments

Thanks for looking.

Barry

[NZMark]

Barry,
Can't comment on the wool caps, but the un-issued tropical sidecap is a good one. I'd like to see close-ups of the insignia before buying, though...
Regards,
Mark

[90th Light]

Barry,

the wool sidecap is a Dutch cap made by "J.P.Mol Breda" which has has been modified by the Germans for their use. I presume that such caps were captured from stocks in Holland in 1940,

Chris

[billbert]

Both are fine..as said dutch rework...Billbert

[Mark Gibson]

Hello Barry,

The tropical looks perfectly fine and I'd hazard a guess that the insignia is untouched.
Difficult to see but I'd bet my money on it. Not as desirable as early caps but still fine.
I don't think it would be worth much more than a few hundred dollars in all honesty.

Take care

Mark

[Lenny W]

Good day Guys

I found some caps for sale locally and would appreciate some help to make sure they are ok. Unfortunately the seller only has a phone camera to send pictures to me so the pics are not great. To me the tropical one looks ok but as always I would like to get some more opinions. I have no idea whether the Heer EM cap is good or not

Barry

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=446254

[jacquesf]

Thanx for the link Lenny, very informative. I see some of the caps had grommets and some didn't. Jacques

[barry1954]

Thanks for all the comments guys and to Lenny for the link to the thread-nice to see all the variations and how they were marked. I'll be adding both caps to the collection and will post some new pics when they arrive.
Barry

[Tim O'Keefe]

Looks to me like the tropical cap is an original Hans Brandt from the insignia application & rb# Another from the beehive cache.

[NickG]

Nice score. Both 100% and the inf.wool one is indeed a Dutch rework which explains the seam. I own its twin from ebay for little money because nobody (the uninformed) trusted it!