Waffen-SS visor cap for review

[ratisbon's]

Hello everyone,

Any comments appreciated. Thanks!
Klaus

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[Mr.Jerry D]

Forgive me, but "7" is an English/US hat size. Is there any evidence of another number before that ("5"?).

[clestuff]

There are way too many things about this hat I don't like. Super thin piping, visor material, sweatband, bow, sweatband stitching ect. Not one I would like to own. Just my honest opinion.

[darekm]

That very thin piping is seen on Low Countries produced caps. I think is original.

[Jack D.]

Is that a three pronged skull?

Jack

[dhunter93]

Bad cap+bad insignia= run away

[coogan]

Is that a three pronged skull?

Jack

I was thinking the same, also the eyes look like a mis strike.

[clestuff]

Is that a three pronged skull?

Jack

You noticed that too! Good eye! The hat could be real but I don't think it is....I personally think its a 1970s fake. Just my opinion...

[ratisbon's]

Of course this is far from being a standard cap but I was told this be a cap manufactured in Belgium. What do you think?

[MarcoPennisi]

I have a similar cap (which was bought in Belgium some 30 years ago) of evident non-German make, which displays similar features, namely the thin piping and the dark-brown, thick and supple sweatband. You may want to look at teh bottom of http://www.military.be/blog/2007/08/page/4/ and notice the rhomboidal double-stitched sweat shield and the narrowness of the piping.
MP

[GAMS1]

IMO a nice foreign made cap ...
3 prongs original zinc late war death head .Period affixed ? Hard to say .
But nowadays a one shot operation as the prongs are so thin and fragile ...
Nick

[dhunter93]

That is a fake cap, it's an Atwood fake from the 60's. He (Col Atwood) was a crook running 4th Reich militaria out of Germany. Save your money or be a fool the choice is yours.

[clint-magnum]

Is the black band made from velvet ? If'yes , strange no for an NCO cap !

[billbert]

If it is indeed a FAKE BY ATWOOD then that closes the question..I've never ran into a similar one at any shows which would seem odd if a group where fabricated in the 1960s..I tend to think it looks made in one of the occupied European countries that drew volunteers into the WAFFEN SS..JMHO Billbert

[The Tiger]

It is a good one produced in the occupied territories! No doubts