Good evening, I ask for your opinions, original or not?
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Looks like an Italian made m-43 capGive a man an opinion and you feed him for a day,
teach a man to use the "search" function on the WAF and you feed him for a lifetime.Comment
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Italian m-43, wartime? thanks.Comment
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Originally posted by Lenny W View Post
I think it is but the lining looks different from others I have seen so not sure,most likely replaced buttons if it is.
Glenn"A Man's Got to Know His Limitations"Comment
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I think there are a few posted on the forum with this type of liner and metal buttons looks like an original with machine sewn insigniasOriginally posted by Glenn McInnes View PostGive a man an opinion and you feed him for a day,
teach a man to use the "search" function on the WAF and you feed him for a lifetime.Comment
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Originally posted by Lenny W View Post
I will take your word for it..I can only remember seeing them looking like this one.
Glenn"A Man's Got to Know His Limitations"Comment
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."A Man's Got to Know His Limitations"Comment
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Nice one Glenn I think the one that started the thread is an original I will see if I can find the other threads reference to these capsOriginally posted by Glenn McInnes View Post
Give a man an opinion and you feed him for a day,
teach a man to use the "search" function on the WAF and you feed him for a lifetime.Comment
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At the bottom of the cap is badly visible oval stamp. There is a date 1943 in the center of the stamp. The cap has a strong smell of an old thing from the trunk.
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Priviet Vitalik,
the cap have an chance, the buttons are sure replaced
imho the cap is washed/clean the type diamond ink stamp
(never seen before) not is common for the italian factory ink stamps.
Some threads about the german cap italian manufacturing:
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ghlight=Berven
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ghlight=Berven
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ghlight=Berven
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ghlight=Berven
dasvidania
Raffaello
P.S. an interesting thread about the cloth german eagle produced in Italy.
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=301581Last edited by Raffaello Carola; 08-03-2013, 06:25 AM."six italians, dressed in rather unusual diving suits and equipped with materials of laughably little cost have swung the military balance of power in the Mediterranean in favour of the Axis".Comment
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grazie Raf !Comment
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