Camo tropical M-43 cap. Battlefield pickup.

[tmca05]

OK, I do not think it's really a camo. I think it is just smoke residue (soot) from a fire.

This just came out of an Estate. The family said that their father always told them that he picked this cap up off the battlefield after everything was over.

It looks to me that soot from a fire has stained the cap. It has no soot smell, but it has been 70+ years ago. Stains are both inside and outside the cap.

Photos make it look more bleached out than it really is. It still has a lot of olive/tan color to the cap.

RBnr. Inside is visible but hard to make out. Looks like it's dated 1/44 size 57.

I wish I could talk to the veteran but he is long gone. I am sure there was a story to this cap, but it's all forgotten history now.

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[BenVK]

That's really cool, never seen anything like that before.

So, something must have been laying on top which masked it and caused this pattern?

[tmca05]

Who knows? There was either something laying on it, or more likely, it was wadded up in a pile of stuff and smoke residue hit the parts of it that had been exposed.

[billbert]

Looks Purposefully Applied to Me...Billbert

[paul.j]

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Looks like someone made a stencil of splinter pattern and spray painted over it, would be sceptical if it was period done.

[tmca05]

It is not a stencil or paint, it is definitely soot from smoke residue.

[90th Light]

Looks Purposefully Applied to Me...Billbert

I agree it does look purposely applied even if it is done using soot.

During WW2 in the Pacific, New Zealand Army made camo uniforms using paint. They are some of the rarest camo uniforms out there.

It would make sense for a German in 1944 to camo a tropical cap if fighting in Europe.

Just a thought but the pattern looks to be a thought out design,

Chris

[wehl]

I agree it does look purposely applied even if it is done using soot.

During WW2 in the Pacific, New Zealand Army made camo uniforms using paint. They are some of the rarest camo uniforms out there.

It would make sense for a German in 1944 to camo a tropical cap if fighting in Europe.

Just a thought but the pattern looks to be a thought out design,

Chris

hand made camo on clothing is well know in german army ,here a FJ bando hand made
http://wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/s...d.php?t=958222
Fj smocks from early period with hand camo overpaint are well know too
this cap i dont know as its not my cup off tee but looks cool

[Tim O'Keefe]

Looks like a cap that was nearly destroyed in a fire, possibly on purpose...or a smoke tie dye ala the Grateful Dead.

What is the rbn# ? From the one photo it looks like 0/0675/50?? Think i have narrowed it down to one of four possible makers near Frankfurt.




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[pauke]

Late-war Expressionist camo as imagined by Picasso...

[paul.j]

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Must be some good drugs getting passed around if anyone thinks those distinct, straight lines are from smoke damage.

[RGD51]

Looks like a cap that was nearly destroyed in a fire, possibly on purpose...or a smoke tie dye ala the Grateful Dead.

What is the rbn# ? From the one photo it looks like 0/0675/50?? Think i have narrowed it down to one of four possible makers near Frankfurt.




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Any chance its a Weissbach? Neat hat!

Robt.