SS TAN tropical cap eagle

[Gary Wood]

Has anyone ever seen the woven Tan SS tropical cap eagle for sale?

You see plenty of the skulls where are all the tan eagles????????, I think in my time i have only seen 3 or 4 loose examples offered for sale.

also is there only one style of eagle?
cheers
Gary

[Bobwirtz]

Gary,

You won't find camouflaged eagles either, both summer green and autumn brown... tough items. I guess tropical almost fits into that category since they didn't make too much of that either. They would probably have made more of the tropical if the Waffen-SS had been fighting in North Afrika. Good luck.

Bob

[Robin Lumsden]

....... They would probably have made more of the tropical if the Waffen-SS had been fighting in North Afrika.
Bob

Funnily enough, I think they must have made TOO MUCH tropical SS stuff. That's why most of it spent the war in storage.

Surplus tropical gear was issued in large amounts to the Volkssturm in 1944-45.........during the WINTER !!

[Gary Wood]

I guess tropical almost fits into that category since they didn't make too much of that either. They would probably have made more of the tropical if the Waffen-SS had been fighting in North Afrika. Good luck.

Bob

Bob,
What I do not get is there is thousands of tropical skulls out there, most of these originate or have in the US, some on roll's, yet you never see the eagles, maybe the vets thought the skull looked more impressive i do not know,

I have seen photos of the ss wearing tropical kit in corsica, greece, southern russia, SD in tunisia, and i also have seen a photo of the tropical cap being worn in normandy.

cheers
Gary

[Robin Lumsden]

SS tropical gear was also very widely used in northern Italy.

[Bobwirtz]

Maybe that's why the fakers can take tropical skulls and dye them green and try to sell them as camouflaged summer skulls. There's enough of them around. I don't have the answer on the tropical eagles.

Hi Robin!

Bob

[Gary Wood]

SS tropical gear was also very widely used in northern Italy.

Robin,
Oops ! forgot to add that to my list , but you would think that with all its use and all of the surviving bits of insignia there would be some eagles, this also makes me wonder as well as I have seen tropical SS caps for sale through out the years where they have just a TK on the front and no eagle, is there any period photos of tropical caps with just the TK on the front as far as I can remember i have only seen period photos of the eagle and skull sewn to the front?

Or are these type of caps post war fakes?
cheers
Gary

[billbert]

I m looking for 1 myself..I believe that there are at least 2 standard sized eagles and a variation larger size..I wonder if possibly the manufacturer (wuppertal??)was bombed into oblivion in maybe late 1942.. and by the time a retool /re order was considered..It was decided not to bother to fill the order JMHO Billbert
tropical cap eagles do seem to be the most difficult thing to find in tropical SS...

[JOHN VD HEIJDEN]

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Yes I,m agree there,are plenty skulls and more sleeve-eagle,s what hhappend to those little birds belonging on the side or m-40 cap????


greeting,s johnny

[Bob Curuthers]

I wonder if possibly the manufacturer (wuppertal??)was bombed into oblivion in maybe late 1942.

Do we have an exact date when the Vorscher factory was bombed? As it is my understanding that the factory was leveled at that time, yet we see some of the later Waffen SS formations issued with the titles made by Vorscher?
Bob

[Daniele C]

tropical cap eagles are as rare as green cap eagles....seen none for sale of them both.

[billbert]

I have seen and owned loose green eagle NEVER saw a loose tropical for sale..Billbert

[bwanek1]

Maybe that's why the fakers can take tropical skulls and dye them green and try to sell them as camouflaged summer skulls. There's enough of them around. I don't have the answer on the tropical eagles.

Hi Robin!

Bob

I bet, once more people realize the relative difference in rarity (and price), between an original grey cap eagle and an original tropical, we will see someone try to dye an original grey eagle (one of the variations which is nearly white in color) tan to try to pass it off as a tropical, just as we have seen with those dying tropical skulls to try to pass them as green camo.

[Tommaso]

Ive got a nice gebirgsjaeger-SD portrait I think north Italy or Slowenien with tropical M43 eagle+skull and edelweiss on side....

Cheers

[John T]

I have never seen a tan/gold cap eagle offered for sale and I too have wondered about the lack of these. On the other hand the somewhat plentiful quantity of tan/gold skulls available in the US is due to some vet scores from years past.



Best Regards,

John