Marine ZOLL visor ... ???

[Marc verstraete]

I'm back with yet another marine visor I would like a opinion on ...

What can I say, looks good, "old" no markings other than the maker.
The cap is not of the best quality but has a nice shape.
The sweatband is made of cheap card-box like material.
Chinstrap is missing, chinstrap buttons are of the "marine" type.

Any comments ?

Marc

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[enorepap]

Hallo Marc

It reminds me of this (post 4). Is it by chance the same visor?
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...=water+customs

Anyway first Billenstein I see (apart a post-war studentenmütze with the same logo and it also without the sweatshield) : Konrad Billenstein is a confirmed mützenfabrikation, mützenmachermeister, Bergmeistergasse 3, loading and workshop in Oswaldspitalgasse 24, as for the 1937 Würzburger Wohnungsbuch:
http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/w/index...7.djvu&page=69
http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/w/index....djvu&page=399

No sign of Konrad in 1947:
http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/w/index...7.djvu&page=29

Whereas he is back in the mützenfabrikation and studentenutensilien business, Karmelitenstrasse 20 and house in Oberer Steinbachweg, in 1949:
http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/w/index...9.djvu&page=40
http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/w/index....djvu&page=328

I’m not a Navy or Customs collector but I'm inclined to say an early BRD rebadged (with gilt eagle and wreath as prescribed for the 1938 pattern) summer Wasserschützpolizei/Wasserzoll/ Küstenwache visor.

I say this because, from my point of view, the logo has a typical post-war style. Of course just my opinion.

Best regards

[Marc verstraete]

Yes, It is the same cap. The visor is whiteout a chinstrap. For the picture in the book a loose chinstrap was added but was not original to the cap; it was removed afterwards.

Marc

[stonemint]

Marc, I concur with Marcello.

Are there extra (empty) holes in the pasteboard?

[Marc verstraete]

No extra holes but I agree, not really a cap I ever trusted to be period.
Thank you guy's,
More will be posted soon :-)
Until now there is a 10% rubbish in the collection, not so bad I would say.
Marc