A never before seen 'DRP' ('Deutsche Reichspost') M43-model cap....

[Coco]

Dear all,

Maybe you can help me out with this unusual cap....I got it from one of my pickers who obtained it from a private house-hold in Germany.

It is a used cap (similarly styled as a M43-model cap) which is constructed from blue-coloured (felty-like) wool. It is 'piped' in the bright-yellow ('Zitronengelb') branch-colour and is stamped with a size (55) and the abbreviation: 'DRP' (which IMO presumably stands for 'Deutsche Reichspost').

It has a neat 'BeVo'-style cap-eagle (off-factory ie. machine-stitched!) attached: its a left-facing model on a bluish-background. I have of course no problems with the cap whatoever (it is 100% okay) but what is it exactly?

Maybe some of the WAF-members can help me out?

Thanks in advance!

Best regards,

Coco

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[David48]

Dark orange piping was the basic color for Reichspost; there was a variation dark blue piping for
Reichspost telegraph personnel...hope this helps

[stonemint]

I do not collect M-43's so I cannot comment. However, the Bundepost switched to yellow (from TR orange) for their 'farbe.

Here is a similar cap (albeit from a movie poster). The bottom pic is your standard yellow-piped BRD Post visor:

[OSS]

But why would someone add a III Reich era insignia to a post-war cap? That would be misrepresentation, bordering on dishonesty.

[heyst56]

For sale 550 euro ! http://www.hiscoll.com/shop.php

[Kreager]

But why would someone add a III Reich era insignia to a post-war cap? That would be misrepresentation, bordering on dishonesty.

[Coco]

The cap

I did NOT realise that the cap was not OK! Meanwhile it has naturally been removed by me from the web-site...

Best regards,

Coco

[heyst56]

I did NOT realise that the cap was not OK! Meanwhile it has naturally been removed by me from the web-site...

Best regards,

Coco

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