Best reference book?

[Rich G]

Hello all,

I was wondering what you would recommend as a good reference book for cloth caps, focus on Luftwaffe?

Thanks
Rich

[Dr Bison]

Hi Rich,

I'd go for "Headgear of Hitler's Germany, Volume 1: Heer - Kriegsmarine - Luftwaffe"
by Halcomb / Saris / Spronk. It's an out-of-print Bender book, but you can still find it on the net.

Cheers
Karl

[Rich G]

Thanks for the suggestion.

Does it go into detail on features to look for in originals or is it mainly a reference book in that just external/internal shots to catalogue types of caps but very little detail on individual makers?

What I am trying to get at is is the detail contained therein good enough to ascertain originality?

[Robert Shoaf]

IMHO, the best book on collecting cloth headgear is still " The Collectors Guide to Cloth Third Reich Military Headgear" by Gary Wilkins, published by Schiffer Books.
Any serious collector should own this book.

Bob Shoaf

[Rich G]

Thanks, Bob.