SS officer visor!

[von Hacht]

Hello!

My friend bought this SS visor and since none of us is an expert on visors I need some opinions about this one, what do you think about the insignia??

Thanks
Hacht

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[bwanek1]

...what do you think about the insignia??

Crap.

[von Hacht]

Ok, but could you please elaborate something more, I am here to learn and share the knowledge, what makes it fake??

Hacht

[Ludwig]

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The insignias, the quality. It isn´t always easy to explain in detail why an item is good or bad.

[Anders S]

For example the piping looks way too fuzzy, should be alot more tight IMO.

[DonC]

The liner is not sewn in a way that I would be comfortable with for a period visor cap of any service.

Don

[Ian Hulley]

Look at the stitching where the sweatband meets the visor ... think, that's what would be in contact with the wearer's forehead. Imagine what he'd look like after a few hours !

Add to that the artificially aged (and fake) insignia. The heavily worn interior versus the pristine exterior,fuzzy piping etc etc and you've got a fake visor.

Cheers,Ian.

[Sayle F]

ss visor

I agree , the cap is most certainly bad, but the way the sweatband is attached is OK and was used on period examples. Here is one picture i found really quick searching this forum for this type of attachment.

[Ian Hulley]

Thanks Sayle F I've never seen an SS cap done like that ? Point taken though.

Ian.

[Sayle F]

I have noticed that Clemens Wagner uses this type of stiching very often on their visor caps.

[sturmbannfuhrer]

The cap cover seems to have the characteristic Janke "shiny" trikot wool. This is the type that contains many synth materials.

For example, I placed a Janke copy I bought in "error" many years ago and since rid back to the chump who sold it to me, against a genuine trikot example. The difference in material "sheen" was dramatic. There is a definate slippery feel to the "shiny" stuff that just isn't there on a "real deal" trikot example.