Heer Tropical O/S Cap Cutoff for Review?

[John A.]

Hi, folks,

I recently saw this Heer Tropical overseas cap insignia/cutoff for sale,
and would like to get your opinions re: its' originality, please?

Any thoughts or opinions would be very welcome!

Many thanks,
John

[John A.]

1 more detail...

Sorry,
The detail of the Waffenfarbe sewing didn't come through on first pic.
I'll try again!
John

[Tim O'Keefe]

Looks like a Hans Brandt 842 sidecap from the beehive cache that has been cut-up for the parts.

[NZMark]

Exactly. That sewing of the eagle's a dead give-away.
Someone's been a smart arse and added the soutache to hop up the price and note the washed affect of the cotton.
Mark
NZ

[John A.]

Great! Thanks!

Wow! You guys are great! I thought it looked too brand-new to be real,
but apparently such things are possible! I also thought the soutache
was not factory, due to the way it was inserted at the bottom...

I've not heard of the Bee Hive Cache -- Were the caps overall in excellent
condition, partly damaged, or? Hard to imagine somebody doing this to an
original cap in mint condition!

Thanks again,
John

[Tim O'Keefe]

This thread goes into the details of the beehive cache.

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

Yes it's very troubling that someone would slice up an original unissued sidecap to use the materials/grommets to make either a fake M40 or tropical shoulderstraps. & sell off the insignia as a "cut-off," Surely it's not the only one either...

[Lloyds]

The guy who found the caps cut up quite a few really damaged ones just to make them saleable it didnt matter to him at the time has he had hundreds of good caps,in fact he gave me 3-4 as i bought 20 caps from him

[Tim O'Keefe]

The guy who found the caps cut up quite a few really damaged ones just to make them saleable it didnt matter to him at the time has he had hundreds of good caps,in fact he gave me 3-4 as i bought 20 caps from him

While that may be possible in this case, hundreds of these caps have been altered by adding a soutache post war for profit. Or have been cut up to build fake M40's