Hello, all!
I plan on selling the cap under discussion here. I'm sure there will be some controversy as to its originality; hence, I am posting it here first.
The cap was purchased by me through a dealer about five years ago. It was on consignment to him from a well-known and respected soft-cap collector in the Midwest. He had purchased it at an SOS about five years previous to that but was in the process of thinning out some of his collection. In fact, this particular cap is featured in the color section of Germany's Panzer Elite on page 275.
Because of the anomalies in construction -- with particular regard to the "dimple" on the cockade -- many tropical collectors have dismissed the cap as a reproduction.
Over the years, I have solicited the advice of some of the leading lights among the tropical collectors. Mostly through personal discussions and viewings of the cap at shows. The reaction was mixed, but one of the doyens of tropical collecting, who has been collecting since shortly after World War II, handled the cap in person at a MAX Show several years ago and stated that if the cap were not real then he didn't know what was. Whether that was said to spare me my feelings is unknown, but I have never heard him sidestep issues of authenticity, either.
While I initially thought this might be reconnaissance, I have come to the conclusion that it is for the signals branch. Correspondingly, I am going to sell it, since I only collect recon-related items any more. (Stay tuned for the book!)
I will be selling the cap for the initial purchase price after the dust has settled here for a few days on the discussion thread.
More and more detailled images can be found at the following link (it's apparently not a "hot" link, so you'll have to highlight and link from there):
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pb1dlqbwungpk5z/TYxAlP3uSP
Regards,
Bob
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I plan on selling the cap under discussion here. I'm sure there will be some controversy as to its originality; hence, I am posting it here first.
The cap was purchased by me through a dealer about five years ago. It was on consignment to him from a well-known and respected soft-cap collector in the Midwest. He had purchased it at an SOS about five years previous to that but was in the process of thinning out some of his collection. In fact, this particular cap is featured in the color section of Germany's Panzer Elite on page 275.
Because of the anomalies in construction -- with particular regard to the "dimple" on the cockade -- many tropical collectors have dismissed the cap as a reproduction.
Over the years, I have solicited the advice of some of the leading lights among the tropical collectors. Mostly through personal discussions and viewings of the cap at shows. The reaction was mixed, but one of the doyens of tropical collecting, who has been collecting since shortly after World War II, handled the cap in person at a MAX Show several years ago and stated that if the cap were not real then he didn't know what was. Whether that was said to spare me my feelings is unknown, but I have never heard him sidestep issues of authenticity, either.
While I initially thought this might be reconnaissance, I have come to the conclusion that it is for the signals branch. Correspondingly, I am going to sell it, since I only collect recon-related items any more. (Stay tuned for the book!)
I will be selling the cap for the initial purchase price after the dust has settled here for a few days on the discussion thread.
More and more detailled images can be found at the following link (it's apparently not a "hot" link, so you'll have to highlight and link from there):
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pb1dlqbwungpk5z/TYxAlP3uSP
Regards,
Bob
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