SS crushers are almost the last frontier in 3rd Reich collecting. By that I mean that almost every major high profile and many low profile types of items have had the doodoo analized and published out of them over the last 25 years, especially during the last 10 yearsor so. While we collectors don't know everything about anything we certainly know a lot more than we did even 10 years ago about most items of 3 Reich militaria....SS crushers not withstanding.
SS crushers are an exception. I believe that very few collectors if any really know a heck of a lot of TRUE information about these caps. There is certainly no in depth information or extensive photos of real ones that has ever been published .
Most of my knowledge about these type caps come from detailed study of as many good period photos of these being worn as I have been able to find over the last 30 years when I became seriously interested in them.
I have also seen maybe 20 or 30 that I thought COULD be real in either sharp quality collector photo series or in person to study as well.
There are a few general characteristics that I have found that differ these from the Heer examples (other than band color of course) and maybe about a half dozen fairly distinguishable types or variations within SS crushers that I have noted as well.
What all of the above observations really mean I am unsure of, but it would interesting to try to organize and document in a systematic approach what is known about these desirable style of caps.
SS crushers are an exception. I believe that very few collectors if any really know a heck of a lot of TRUE information about these caps. There is certainly no in depth information or extensive photos of real ones that has ever been published .
Most of my knowledge about these type caps come from detailed study of as many good period photos of these being worn as I have been able to find over the last 30 years when I became seriously interested in them.
I have also seen maybe 20 or 30 that I thought COULD be real in either sharp quality collector photo series or in person to study as well.
There are a few general characteristics that I have found that differ these from the Heer examples (other than band color of course) and maybe about a half dozen fairly distinguishable types or variations within SS crushers that I have noted as well.
What all of the above observations really mean I am unsure of, but it would interesting to try to organize and document in a systematic approach what is known about these desirable style of caps.
yes a rare cap,but a frind of me own 6 W-SS crushers caps,one panzer
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