nebelwerfer (?) officer cap

[inimicus]

clarification: I'd meant maybe the mark if stamped on the sweatshield wore off as we've seen happen sometimes. plus, for sure someone's fitted a replacement red felt onto the wreath cockade. anyhow thanks again for all comments. dw

[oldpainless]

imo, this hat is not what I would want to see in a officer's hat. on top of that, the placement of the chin cords and the reverse twist chin cords are not good signs. lets see what the others have to say.

best regards, oldpainless

[inimicus]

thanks a lot oldpainless.

re chincords: the attachment buttons (which use split pins) have been in place a very very long time, which may or not be suggestive. also, the cords seem an earlier type than the usual alu-on-thread; almost if you look close what wittmann calls 'springy wire' in ref. to 2nd model lw dagger grips. but they're not, I think, the silver bullion type seen on real early caps.

as to the fit I dont know. sometimes the chin straps get bowed outwards with time, as with this one, causing 'gaps or whatever. doesn't look that weird to me - we've all seen wartime pix with looser ones, some hanging halfway down the visor - and a lot more that have gone missing altogether!

back to root question, tho: what branch??

[Arran]

IMO this cap is not at all original!

[jacquesf]

IMO this cap is not at all original!

and not piped for nebel, even a fake nebel. J

[inimicus]

! everything fake the - top to bottom ! is that right? others weigh in please.

[SgtB]

The badges may be real but the cap is definitely bad.

[inimicus]

astonishing. from a little old faker in latvia, maybe? or do you recognize a 'signature style' like an aged jahnke, replicators, or whomever? thanks. btw - I also love 'if.'

[SgtB]

I don't know who exactly made these, but I do remember caps with similar features as far back as the '80's. They may be older than that of course.

Yes, good old Rudyard was one hell of a writer!

[inimicus]

ok man thanks again.