SS Officer's M43 cap w/ two-piece insignia

[all1knew]

Hello all,

I just picked this cap up and would like to get some opinions please.

William Kramer

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[billbert]

INSIGNIA GOOD ..Billbert

[stonemint]

I do not collect M-43s, but it seems all the SS Officer ones have EM/NCO insignia--is it rare to find them with flat-wire bullion?

[billbert]

It is much less common to find flatware on officers M43s STONEMINT....my thoughts are either the glare attracting on untimely death or perhaps supplies destroyed by bombing...BEVO factory took a fairly early flattening in Wupertal..JMHO
Billbert

PS I know the Italian Gaberdine used to construct this variation was available after the war...I like some of the use patterns on this cap but AM still on the fence with its date of manufacture.....Billbert

PPS Actually this is probably German tricotine material after another look at cap.....

[all1knew]

some others for reference, the first with flatwire insignia:

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=468249

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=452646

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=684389


and an enlisted Statni and Italian coarse wool cap just because:

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=799609

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=801430

William Kramer

[all1knew]

Actually this is probably German tricotine material after another look at cap.....

which would suggest a period manufactured cap, correct?

William Kramer

[billbert]

Leaning towards thinking so WILLIAM...Billbert

[all1knew]

Leaning towards thinking so WILLIAM...Billbert

I really appreciate you looking at this one for me. I bought this for my personal collection and wanted to be sure.

William Kramer