Officer's Visor Hat - is it real?

[John W. Krueger]

I would sincerely appreciate any opinions as to the authenticity of this Artillery Officer's visor hat. The side buttons are magnetic. Thanks. John


P.S. - I have recently contributed to the Cloth Headgear Forum an interesting thread on an “out of the woodwork” fur-flapped cap with Panzer frame I picked up.

[John W. Krueger]

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[enorepap]

Hallo John

Time to gather all (or almost) the Dittmann's on this forum. This is the low class of Dittmann's visors: golden Earth with an horizontal band (with red sides), bearing the inscrïption ”MARKE Odd beste qualitat”. The “Olympia Klasse” had an all-red logo (with white band inscrïption) often (but not always) linked together the very distinctive lining, marked by rhomboidal sewings. Moreover, some models show the logo without red inscrïption and “Olympia Klasse” types but with the distinctive lining’s sewings; some others belongs to the ”Olympia Klasse” but don’t have the lining’s sewings; at least, there are some examples that show the golden logo with red inscrïption and the distinctive sewings but don’t have the “Olympia Klasse” types (as in this case). These facts could demonstrate that the lining’s craftsmanship was partially independent from the inscriptions:

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ight=marke+odd
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ight=marke+odd
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ight=marke+odd
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ight=marke+odd
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ight=marke+odd
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ight=marke+odd
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ight=marke+odd
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ight=marke+odd
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ight=marke+odd
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ight=marke+odd
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ight=marke+odd
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ight=marke+odd
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ight=marke+odd
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ight=marke+odd

Best regards

[solo]

Don't be afraid is original I have some
Carlo

[John W. Krueger]

I thank all who have helped me with this hat. John

[jacquesf]

Nice one , just need some reshaping. J