Tropical M40 Cap for review

[hcliffe]

A recent acquisition, reportedly direct from the vet family. I wanted to post her for review before I list on the estand. Notice the zinc washers with steel grommets. Bayer Mutzen Fabrik.

[OSS]

Looks right

[NZMark]

Agree - unissued original.
Can we see the stamp and grommets, please?
Cheers!
Mark
NZ

[msteve21]

cap

As others have stated, Original cap.
These seem to be turning up fairly frequently of late
Mark S

[hcliffe]

Sorry for the delay, had a long interruption.

[hcliffe]

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[hcliffe]

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[NZMark]

Thanks Harry!
Very educational images of the grommets
Keep well,
Mark

[RGD51]

Interesting cap in a very small size. I owned similar 40 years ago.

Robt.

[hcliffe]

Thanks for all the positive comments. Yes, I found the grommets to be educational as well. Might be the first time I have seen both materials used like that.

[afrikasandman]

Great cap for a tiny head. Matt

[SgtB]

Minty one-looker with "storage" wear.

[90th Light]

OK good cap, excellent maker, small size, no doubts there.

However, is it just me or what has happened to the liner ???

Someone has ripped the sides off. I have never seen that before in a tropical German cap and especially one by this maker depot marked "M/43" Even the ones marked "M/44" have red cloth sides inside the cap.

This is unexplainable damage for a basically unissued cap and has an impact on value for sure.

Why would someone do that ???

Chris

[JUNGCO]

Looks like the insignia are applied a little sloppy?

[Spagg199th]

Looks like the insignia are applied a little sloppy?

Dittos! Boy, is that a small size!LOL