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Very interesting,
- the eagle looks to be a EM/ NCO 1938-39 type of white/ cream on dark bottle green background
- the cockade looks to be a first type EM/ NCO 1940 Panzer on black background.
Thus the eagle and cockade are correct for a cap made early on. However, who ever made this cap does not appear to have had access to officer silver-wire Bevo/ bullion insignia on black background or did not want to use officer silver quality insignia.
Another observation, the way the eagle is machine stitched all way around is interesting. This is not often seen on officer M38 sidecaps. Certainly not often at all on early war officer M38 sidecaps ???
Is the soutache a later type with a high content of ersatz rayon or artificial silk in "Salmon Pink" colour as opposed to the early cotton/ cotton blended type in "Rosa" colour ???
Overall, I like the cap based on those images. However, the above points are worth discussing. This does not look to be an other ranks cap that has been up-graded. Instead is it officer private purchase quality ?
Chris
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