Thoughts on this Schellenberg Artillery visor

[stross]

Hi,

This just arrived off of Estand. Would like your thoughts and comments.

Thanks in advance!!

[stross]

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[billbert]

Nice hat..looks like eagle raise and edelweiss added but now missing...
Billbert

[solo]

Late schellemberg ,eagle moved up
Carlo

[stross]

I thought the eagle had been repleced, maybe moved but didn't know why. An edelweiss...hadn't thought of that!! Thanks for the quick replies.

[DonC]

I think you could repair the cap spring pretty easily to give it a nicer form.

Don

[stross]

That was going to be my next question Don, how do I give it a nicer form? Are there threads here on WAF? I looked several years ago to help with a cap I once had but never found one.

[DonC]

They do show up from time to time on eBay. You can actually make one yourself if you don't mind having non-period parts in your cap.

Don

[stross]

How would I got about making one? I don't mind non period parts for display reasons, but I don't want to do anything that will make a permanent change, unless it was a matter of simple reshaping.

[stross]

And what is the type of edelweiss?

Thanks

[DonC]

It'll depend on if there is any part of the original spring left - if there is, I have used a semi-rigid plastic rectangle warapped in a soft cloth that I wired to the remaineder of the spring - that way, you can always remove it. If the spring is comletely gone, I'd opt for a more permanent spring that is sewn to the base of the original spring.

Don