Tropical Army OS cap / White piped

[Sgt Heat]

For review and critique, this tropical cap.

[Sgt Heat]

interior

here's the inside of the cap

[OSS]

In November of 1942 (11/42) soutaches were no longer being applied to field caps.

[Tim O'Keefe]

Original 1142 Hans Brandt from the beehive cache. The soutache has been added post war as with so many of these...

[robert]

Thanks guys. nicely done soutache. Got it in trade from a dealer at SOS. I imagine I'll have to wait till another show to trade back.

[ChrisCook]

Soutaches

When was the soutache omitted from production? thanks, Chris...

[Tim O'Keefe]

When was the soutache omitted from production? thanks, Chris...

Aug 1942. Caps made after this date with a soutache are almost always post war added. Several hundred Hans Brandt "beehive" sidecaps dated after Aug '42 have had the soutache added by an enterprising individual years ago...including this one with the white soutache.

[beachgrip]

Aug 1942. Caps made after this date with a soutache are almost always post war added. Several hundred Hans Brandt "beehive" sidecaps dated after Aug '42 have had the soutache added by an enterprising individual years ago...including this one with the white soutache.

Hi Tim,
What do you mean by "beehive"sidecaps. Does this refer to their shape?
Thanks.

[Tim O'Keefe]

Hi Tim,
What do you mean by "beehive"sidecaps. Does this refer to their shape?
Thanks.

Hi Eric

This thread covers the "beehive" cache discovery back in 1974...

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...hlight=beehive

cheers
Tim

[beachgrip]

Hi Eric

This thread covers the "beehive" cache discovery back in 1974...

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...hlight=beehive

cheers
Tim

Great story, thanks Tim!