Here is a photo with the smallest and tightest fitting SS beret cover I have ever seen in a photograph, I guess they did exist like this, although I prefer the much larger draped style.
Here are some more photographs of one of the SS berets shown on the "Wilson Research Center" website. You can see a lot more of the detail in the eagle, which seems to be similar to one posted by Bob Hritz. It seems there may be as many beret eagles types as there are sleeve eagles.
Here are some of the latest fakes, not meant to fool, but for re-enactors I believe. There have improved since their first models, floppier, larger beret tams now. You can get your insignia in bullion for officers too. The new beret looks good enough for a movie prop.
Here is a photo with the smallest and tightest fitting SS beret cover I have ever seen in a photograph, I guess they did exist like this, although I prefer the much larger draped style.
Richard
If a beret cover is laundered, it will shrink considerably. I recall a collector laundering his beret cover and he had trouble getting it back on the crash helmet.
Bob Hritz
In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king.
Duct tape can't fix stupid, but it can muffle the sound.
Just throught I would post this one which I saw for sale
Hmmmmm....I wonder where they got the idea for this?
Bigger, better photos would be of help, but the insignia looks bad from this photo, and the sewing is terrible. Larger, clear photos could correct a mistake if I have made one. I think the moth holes are original.
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