ESTAND Kriegsmarine Coastal Artillery EM/NCO overseas cap

[MisterX]

For me it looks like a army cap, with a CA-eagle on it....

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=632575

[besslein]

For me it looks like a army cap, with a CA-eagle on it....

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=632575

you are right

[Mike Davis]

Keep in mind the early examples were cut like Heer caps - see this example from Bill Shea's site.

[billbert]

Its just early style..thats all...Billbert

2nd style not out till 39 or 40...

[derka]

this type of grommet is exactly the one for wich i asked opinions, if it can be considered as original or not :



see for instance this thread, # 19

http://70.87.163.50/forums/showthrea...=629041&page=2

and in this one, #99

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...=627183&page=7

[Dimitri D]

Impossible to know if this side cap on Estand started his life as Heer or Kriegsmarine.
Only one proof is needed, it's the Kriegsmarine reception marking as in the cap from Bill Shea web site.

[billbert]

To me the example on the estand besides being IMO original and early has been reworked and or resized during the war..perhaps during the reto the new grommets were added to make it servicable.. Billbert

[all1knew]

Keep in mind the early examples were cut like Heer caps - see this example from Bill Shea's site.

and you can own it for only more than double the price of my authentic cap



William Kramer