M19 feldmutze - Wehrmacht

[mchap]

This came from an old friend thats had it for over 30 years, Im the third owner. I've never seen a feldmutze like this with a leather sweatband, is anyone in this section familiar with these? Faint Reichswehr stamp inside the band, as well as a 1934 stamp.

[Lenny W]

The eagle is a know fake that's as far as I got lots of spam on that image hosting site so I bailed

[mchap]

Photobucket doesnt contain malicious software, but you shouldn't need to navigate to their site since the photos are linked here.

Edit - no external links now. Photos uploaded to the thread.

[mchap]

Front

[mchap]

side views

[mchap]

hat rear
kokarden close up

[mchap]

inside sweatband

[mchap]

Not much feedback...Im not sure what to make of it??

There are details of this cap I wasnt too excited about, but since the insignia is in question I need a bit more help concerning the "known fake" statement. Primarily so I can give my friend a heads up that a refund may be needed, if the hat is also junk.

This link was pretty helpful, in conjuction with the "crusher cap" thread. What Im not entirely clear on is if there are earlier variants of the bevo heer eagle? I havent yet seen period photos of M19 caps with Wehrmacht insignia, only the single b/w Prussian kockardes.
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=367761

Attaching a better close up of the insignia... Im guessing its the lack of feather detail on the torso thats triggering the "fake" statement? Any additional insight would be very helpful and appreciated.

Thanks

[Glenn McInnes]

You can find the fake eagle at the beginning of this thread. http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=344867








Glenn

[mchap]

Perfect, I appreciate the link Glenn. I opened the link and spotted the eagle immediately.

Lots of information to sift through on this site and I dont typically collect TR, so its nice to get a point in the right direction.