cap eagle

[DaveJ]

before I sell this,
am I wrong believing it 100%

[BenVK]

Dave, IMO it's a fake. The same style eagle is on a cap mentioned in this thread, see last post.
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...=139316&page=2

[Banzi64]

It's not the same as the one in the link notice there is a point on the back of the head. That doesn't make it correct, but it is different to a degree.

[DaveJ]

I will wait for a few more opinions before I sell this. I got it from an experiance collector in the early 80"s. He got most of his stuff from vets, but I am sure an odd fake found it's way,
Dave

[Sayle F]

ss cap eagle

Was there a verdict as to the authenticity of this bird? Just curious as I have only seen a couple of these through the years.

[Gary Wood]

There is another eagle like this in this thread

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=134212

I have not seen an eagle like this before or maybe I have and forgotten, nothing jumps out saying fake, maybe others have input to add, Dave can you scan it at a high resolution so you can see the black weave around the eagle?
cheers
Gary

[Gary Wood]

actually when i look in the thread links above it looks like the same cap

[Tommaso]

Infact IS the same cap.
No way, looks to me.
Cheers
Tom

[Ian Hulley]

A polite question/observation :- Looking at the way the stitching is on the base material rather than the top stitched and then bent down,the backing folded back underneath and then stitching round onto the welt as per normal.

I'm not saying these eagles are bad ,'cos I don't know,but there does seem to be an anomoly here.

Cheers,Ian.

[DaveJ]

Here is the reverse of that eagle

[Robert H]

I see some differences in all eagles above to original BeVo cap eagles I know about.

[Gary Wood]

Here is the reverse of that eagle

That's even stranger than the front Dave I would have expected it to look like this
cheers
Gary

[Gary Wood]

When i said strange in my above posting I do not mean i am saying it is a fake, I have just never handled one of these myself ,I also have found a picture of another one of the same type or is it your eagle Dave?, I also think the one pictured in cloth insignia of the ss far right top of page 442 is the same example as the ones listed here
cheers
Gary

[Robert H]

Here is one original one, I hold my self back to say the above ones are not original but I don't know this style.
Check out the lower wings how the tips are shaped in the upper directions.

[DaveJ]

Gary,
That is not mine. I have seen this type a couple of times,
Dave