On a panzergrenadier visor--very crude, but the hat actually looks good:
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TWS just reminded me that this same hat had been posted years ago, with the all-important under the hood shots:
http://wehrmacht-awards.com/forums//...d.php?t=745908NEC SOLI CEDIT
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A first for me in seeing this type Erel label. Jacques makes a solid ask if anyone has seen a late '40's label and I agree 100% with "The Bert" statement, however, I doubt this is a wartime label based solely on the fact that the PanzerGrenadier weren't formed until 1942 and they were changing this farbe even in '43 from white to lime green which makes this a mid-late war cap. The posted label reminds me of the early-mid '30's Erel diamond shield, not mid-late war. Most of us here have seen mid-late war Erel caps a plenty and this one just doesn't fit the bill...pun intended. Pauke has a point, perhaps the bombing of Berlin in April of '45 required the manufacturing to downsize in quality as well as re-creating a new label for their visors (doubt it). I don't have an issue with the sweatband however, and IMO, too many other RED flags for me to include label, lining and lack of "under the hood" photos.
Here is a side by side view of the posted label and a mid-late war Erel label.Attached Files
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Originally posted by stonemint View PostTWS just reminded me that this same hat had been posted years ago, with the all-important under the hood shots:
http://wehrmacht-awards.com/forums//...d.php?t=745908
Thanks Chris for posting underhood photos - confirmed fake; even without them!
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