Panzer grenadier officers visor cap

[Koguryo9]

That's a beauty Chris. Did earlier EREL's come with standard metal insignia unless it was specially ordered by the purchaser?

[steiner99]

The early EREL's had very often aluminium eagles, and the latewar (around 1944-45) had often zink eagles and corcades.

[stonemint]

That's a beauty Chris. Did earlier EREL's come with standard metal insignia unless it was specially ordered by the purchaser?

Kogy, imho, all Erel Heer Kleiderkasse visors came with metal insignia--the officers would later have the cockades removed and replaced by bullion wreaths.

However, some of these M-45 Erels do have factory installed bullion cockades. Go figure.

[wvdparis2]

Alu & zinc Erel cap insignia...

Michael

[Koguryo9]

Kogy, imho, all Erel Heer Kleiderkasse visors came with metal insignia--the officers would later have the cockades removed and replaced by bullion wreaths.

However, some of these M-45 Erels do have factory installed bullion cockades. Go figure.

How about those non-Kleiderkasse, "private purchase" (in a truer sense) ones? Just wondering if these caps sat on the shelf of the EREL/distributor stores naked without any insignia, waiting for the potential purchaser to walk in to decide what kind of insignia they want on the cap? Plausible?