W-SS Overseas Cap

[Jody]

Hi folks,
I may be selling off this cap down the road. Please let me know if it has any red flags. Here is the link: http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...34#post2349934

Thank You,
Jody

[bwanek1]

Hi folks,
I may be selling off this cap down the road. Please let me know if it has any red flags. Here is the link: http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...34#post2349934

Thank You,
Jody

If by "red flags" you mean fake insignia, then, yes, it has a couple.

[Sayle F]

SS eagle

Eagle looks to be an original scarce variant.

[billbert]

I thought the WHOLE package looked OK..I didnt know on the eagle but again felt the rest looked too good...Billbert

[Jody]

W-ss

If by "red flags" you mean fake insignia, then, yes, it has a couple.

Hello,
I don't believe it has fake insignia.

Jody

[Jody]

W-ss

I thought the WHOLE package looked OK..I didnt know on the eagle but again felt the rest looked too good...Billbert

Hi Billbert,
Here is a picture I took in 1979 at a local Arizona gunshow. You can see this exact cap perched on top of a gasmask canister. As I have said, I have had it a long time.

Regards,
Jody

[bwanek1]

Hello,
I don't believe it has fake insignia.

Jody

The eagle is believed by some to be a scarce variant. I remain of the contrary opinion. The reverse of these eagles is unlike any other period machine woven style. Moreover, two similar eagles in this thread both were applied to caps using the same odd folding technique which is also inconsistent with period methods of attachment IMO:

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=140491

As for the skull, it is 100% fake. No question.

[besslein]

Hi Billbert,
Here is a picture I took in 1979 at a local Arizona gunshow. You can see this exact cap perched on top of a gasmask canister. As I have said, I have had it a long time.

Regards,
Jody

are you this guy on left?

[bwanek1]

are you this guy on left?

That's a guy?!

[SJP]

If by "red flags" you mean fake insignia, then, yes, it has a couple.

Agree, Fakes were well underway by 1979.
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