Post Your Waffen SS Crushers!

[zbv500]

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[Ostfries]

La Gleize 2006,

I remember that one Jens my friend, La Gleize 2006 was a good SS crusher year for you, still beautiful.

[jacquesf]

I took the liberty of putting the posted caps together. Jacques

[jacquesf]

Jens, Good looking cap Jacques

Hi all,

here is my example....

Bests Jens

[zbv500]

You are right Meindert It was a good day in La Gleize.

Thanks Jacques

Jens

[Ostfries]

La Gleize 2008,

You are right Meindert It was a good day in La Gleize.

Thanks Jacques

Jens

It’s going to be even better this year.

[Panzer Rob]

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I will never get tired of looking at that one, Robin!

I took the liberty of putting the posted caps together. Jacques

Jacques, thanks for that!

Wish I had something to contribute to this great thread For now I will just sit back and enjoy looking at these three wonderful pieces of headgear

GREAT stuff, guys! Let's see some more
Thanks for sharing...
Rob

[inimicus]

those 3 caps are sensational. I esp. like the cloth-covered
visor. amazing.

but - I'd still like to know if SS crushers came with any sort of visor (and were mainly std. peaked caps w/the wire removed), and if the W-SS issued or had available on special order any Old-Style factory crushers officially known as such in period price lists, as the Army had.

Robin?
Cheers.

[Robin Lumsden]

those 3 caps are sensational. I esp. like the cloth-covered
visor. amazing.

but - I'd still like to know if SS crushers came with any sort of visor (and were mainly std. peaked caps w/the wire removed), and if the W-SS issued or had available on special order any Old-Style factory crushers officially known as such in period price lists, as the Army had.

Robin?
Cheers.

The regulation enlisted/NCO crusher had a cloth peak.

Private purchase officer ones had a leather peak.

Officers often wore the cloth peaked ones too, with cords attached.

A lot of it was down to personal whim.

True crushers do not have the vulcanised fibre peak like standard peaked caps. Peaked caps with the wire stiffener removed are not crushers.

Hope this BRIEF summary makes sense!

[jacquesf]

Spot on, examples of each in post 33. Jacques

The regulation enlisted/NCO crusher had a cloth peak.

Private purchase officer ones had a leather peak.

Officers often wore the cloth peaked ones too, with cords attached.

A lot of it was down to personal whim.

True crushers do not have the vulcanised fibre peak like standard peaked caps. Peaked caps with the wire stiffener removed are not crushers.

Hope this BRIEF summary makes sense!

[inimicus]

Many thanks chaps!

[bnz. 42]

For how much $$ crusher would go now?

[jacquesf]

For how much $$ crusher would go now?

See this. http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...=270016&page=3

[besslein]

here my cap,come from W-SS vet years ago in my opinion one from very very few originals know in colections

[Robert H]

As I attended to my first Stuttgart show many many years ago I brought one EM crusher with me with a cloth cord visior (has no insignias anymore), sold in 5min before the show started and I was very happy about the money. Now I can cry about it . I am pretty sure some original ones are still out in some closets, but finding them ...