Help with M41 Luftwaffe EM Tropical Cap

[Edelweisse]

Hi Folks: I just picked this Luftwaffe EM M41 Cap and I'd like to know if it is good. It has that "Been there...done there" look along with the "burn" smell. The eagle is "zigzag" stitched...and the guy I bought it from apologized for it being so dirty...and he was going to throw it in a washing machine. I just looked at him and told him...."Don't ever do it"

Let me know what you think.....I like it....but I'm for sure not a cap Subject Matter Expert (SME).

The brim/visor appears to have cardboard in it and appears to have been folded in a few spots. I also took pictures of the rivet vents.

The cap is stamped "HEINRICH FELDSTEIN MUETZENFABRIK BERLIN 55 KOENIGSTRASSE 1942" with size "60"

Thanks for your assistance and opinion....more pictures to follow.

[Edelweisse]

Help with M41 Luftwaffe EM Tropical Cap

Some more pictures but of eagle and cockade.

[Edelweisse]

Help with M41 Luftwaffe EM Tropical Cap

More pictures of maker mark & vent rivets

[Edelweisse]

Help with M41 Luftwaffe EM Tropical Cap

More picture of vent and brim

[Edelweisse]

Help with M41 Luftwaffe EM Tropical Cap

Pictures of inside of cap and back cap stitching

[Edelweisse]

Help with M41 Luftwaffe EM Tropical Cap

Picture of cap turned inside out showing brim and sweat stains from forehead wear. Also picture of rivets again

[Edelweisse]

Help with M41 Luftwaffe EM Tropical Cap

Pictures of inside cap and brim

[Edelweisse]

Help with M41 Luftwaffe EM Tropical Cap

Picture of inside and frontal picture of cap. Again..."Sorry that it is dirty and stained"

[Edelweisse]

Help with M41 Luftwaffe EM Tropical Cap

More pictures of cap

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Help with M41 Luftwaffe EM Tropical Cap

Close-ups of eagle

[GAMS1]

IMO a repro artificially aged ...
Stamping is wrong : heinreich instead of heinrich , street number before the street name and not after as it should be in German .
And so on .
Nick

[Gustav 43]

I can only agree ....fake cap IMO

[Edelweisse]

Help with M41 Luftwaffe EM Tropical Cap

Thank you for the specifics....good catch on the details. I didn't pay that much for it....so I don't feel that bad about it.

[Gene]

Heinreich Feldstein?? I gotta admit, the faker has a hell of a sense of humor! Oy vey. . .