Osttruppen style M43 cap

[NickG]

I've always wondered about this image...Modified M43?
The visor is a typical Russian Spade shape...

[NickG]

Than I came across these images (from Kriegsberichter web site as tagged) of Russians who were being awarded for their service by Germans...
(Eastern Peoples medal)

[NickG]

So Russian manufactured like that perhaps?
or the visor was damaged and replaced like that with a Russian spade type?

[NickG]

Compare!

If it's an official Ostrtruppen variant M43 cap (???), any surviving examples out there?
But why would they make one with a Russian shaped bill I wonder?
A local contract?

[OSS]

Possibly an M-42 with custom (Soviet influenced) bill attached.

[NickG]

I had not thought of that as a possibility...yes it is possible and a ventilation grommet would have been present!
Not shown here because of the angle...Too bad!
Yes that could be what is going on here!

[GAMS1]

Surely a private modification in the russian style !
Never seen before and interesting !
Ostvölker were given a lot of unmodified M42 side caps .
Nick