Help Opinions on M43 Cap

[Johnny B]

Hello, I recently picked up this M43 Cap, but would like some opinions. It looks correct to me in every way. The insignia has been machine sewn at the top, Folded over and the rest machine stitched. The liner is rayon type. The ink stamp is black, all the others I have had, have had purple ink stamps. Did they also stamp them in black? Thanks for your help.

[Johnny B]

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[Buckliger]

this lining is rayon?

[Johnny B]

Lining

Perhaps word I'm looking for is "Sateen" lining. Hard to tell from the pics, but it's shiny, smooth, feels like satin.

[billbert]

Think you have a WINNER !! Billbert

[Buckliger]

This kind of lining I d like to see in - and only in tailor made caps.....

[BenVK]

Fake IMO.

[Johnny B]

BenVK

What makes it fake in your opinion, without having it in hand? The ink stamp being black????

[Buckliger]

this kind of rayon lining is never monted in EM caps.

[GAMS1]

this kind of rayon lining is never monted in EM caps.

It's a classical EM rayon lining more than commonly found in M43 caps , not a Tailor OFF pattern ?
A good one for me .
Nick

[drbill]

absolutely right

[jmb]

If it helps, same maker found in at least one LW M43 cap.
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru....php?p=7643815

[101combatvet]

Hard to tell. Is the lining the same material as the side straps?

I've never seen an ink stamp that had the ink run some much, odd.