Heer M43 Wool Feldmützen Size 60 On e-stand

[horsetrainer]

Hello Willi,

Yes I purchased these Heer & Luftwaffe M43 Caps from our friend.

Regards,
Drew

Steve, the ones I have handled (and discussed by Drew on a couple of threads....though he has not yet stated where he obtained this one) were found by a guy I have known for almost 30 years. His father was a VFW member, who used to tell fellow VFW members that his son collected "Nazi stuff", and picked up most items for his collection that way. The wife of a recently deceased veteran reached out to this guy and said she had her husband's duffle bag filled with his uniforms, and wanted to give it to him. He took the duffle bag and was was shocked to find at the bottom of the bag were a number of M43 caps. They were all crushed, in various unusually large sizes, a couple of different makers, and with some slightly worn and with damage.

I took one and helped a few friends obtain some others.

Does this one look like the insignia has been reapplied?

Perhaps Drew will let us know where this one came from, but we did examine some of the ones I just discussed together about 18 months ago. And this one was certainly crushed at some point for a while.

[Daniel.S]

The wool is completely napped down, then the stitching goes over the top of the napped-down wool.

How does this one look to you? fake hat?

[AntiqueWW2]

No, but ugly as F

How does this one look to you? fake hat?

[Hasse.M]

I see nothing wrong at all with the wear or the storage/moth damage..

Very nice original cap