Very high visor caps

[JackHun]

I guess this must be one of the highest visor caps I´ve ever seen.

I include a picture of my "record holder".

Maybe someone wants to add some other high ones?

Cheers, Jack

[turbopanzer]

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Heres one frome my collection.

[turbopanzer]

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Lets bring them on

[Karl S.]

My highest.

[stonemint]

IMO, Clemens Wagner wartime caps (from about 1941 on) regularly had the highest peaks of the "Big 5" (ie, Erel, Schelly, Pekuro, & Hoffmann).

You see it most often on the SS Kleiderkasse visors as above.

[JasonA]

Hi Jack,

I had started a thread of visor peaks and shapes not too long ago. You should add yours to that one and help keep it alive!

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=648176

The highest peak I've seen in a Luftwaffe cap was this Pekuro. This particular visor had a horrible fate. A forum member bought it from an overseas dealer only to find that it had been packed into a box which was too small for it! The visor split from the base. It was returned to the dealer and I believe is still for sale in its restored condition.

Still, the highest peak I've seen of any Luftwaffe visor to date.

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[JackHun]

9 cm

That´s a great thread Jason - I´ll add some pics to it.

Then let´s concentrate only on height here - to make it a bit more "scientific" I measured the height of the Dalluege visor cap starting from the inner side of the piping and ending on the top - the result was 9 cm.

Would be nice if you Turbo and Karl could also measure your heights - let´s see which maker snatches the record!

Cheers,

Jack

[Karl S.]

Looks like I'm out Mine is about 8 cm.

[kuratorium]

Looks like I'm out Mine is about 8 cm.

[JackHun]

C'mon, that's funny - but I think it would be interesting just to know high the visors were actually built - the one Jason posted looks like the highest but measuring would help.

Cheers,

Jack

[Kurt]

kuratorium... that was my thought exactly great illustration.

JackHun -- since you insist, I cast all of my male pride aside and pulled out a measuring tape. The outcome was suprising. Some of the visors that looked like they were pretty high were only about 7 - 8 cm. The record holder in my collection is a black Diplo visor by Armeemarinehaus (on the right) which is 9.3 cm (the one on the right is roughly the same size but an Erel and only 8 cm "tall").

Next in line is an ordinary SS officer's Kleiderkasse (probably also an Erel) with 9.0 cm.

Hope that was the info you were looking for... Kurt

[JackHun]

Yep Kurt, then "Armeemarinehaus" is the leading manufacturer for the time being!

Cheers,

Jack

[turbopanzer]

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Mine was also just litle over 8

[JasonA]

Great photo, Kurt!



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