Hi,
I wanted to share this cap with you before I might part from it. It's a perfect condition 55-56 sized SS EM visor cap lacking the insignia. When removing the fake insignia, according the small holes through the lining there once have been previous (original?) insignia on this cap. The pasteboard of the cap is black colored and none of the materials is glowing. The shape is quite nice as you can see.
The cap is a very early well made fake however, using wartime materials beyond any doubt. I' ve read topics about the earliest Älteste fake caps that where made shortly after the war by former German 3rd Reich cap makers e.g. as souvenirs for Americans. The earliest of these where totally made with wartime materials or where made from wartime 'unfinished caps'. Taken in account this point, and regarding the 99% percent SS-tunics restored with original insignia, one could state that these well made super-fake caps are partly 'original' too, instead of just simple cheap fakes.
According to a cap collector this cap isn't one of the good Älteste caps. At this point I'm not really sure yet at whose product I'm looking here.
Does anyone else has photos of very good fakes like this to share??
Kind regards,
Gerd V
I wanted to share this cap with you before I might part from it. It's a perfect condition 55-56 sized SS EM visor cap lacking the insignia. When removing the fake insignia, according the small holes through the lining there once have been previous (original?) insignia on this cap. The pasteboard of the cap is black colored and none of the materials is glowing. The shape is quite nice as you can see.
The cap is a very early well made fake however, using wartime materials beyond any doubt. I' ve read topics about the earliest Älteste fake caps that where made shortly after the war by former German 3rd Reich cap makers e.g. as souvenirs for Americans. The earliest of these where totally made with wartime materials or where made from wartime 'unfinished caps'. Taken in account this point, and regarding the 99% percent SS-tunics restored with original insignia, one could state that these well made super-fake caps are partly 'original' too, instead of just simple cheap fakes.
According to a cap collector this cap isn't one of the good Älteste caps. At this point I'm not really sure yet at whose product I'm looking here.
Does anyone else has photos of very good fakes like this to share??
Kind regards,
Gerd V
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