Waffen-ss crusher..don't laugh!!

[alexandre]

Hi to all

I have acquired recently a big lot of militaria in Italy
Including this "exotic" crusher

The owner said it's an "Italian made" visor cap and if my memory is correct, I have seen in the past this type showed in a book...

I have no illusion about the authenticity of this one, but the construction is definitively old , the material is a gabardine used for the Italian officer uniform, and it's not a "put together" or "Frankenstein cap"

Of course, the insigna are craps...

Does anyone has ever seen this type of cap ? ?

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[SSgentleman]

bad skull and eagle to it... so my guess that the visor is bad too

[Horrido!]

bad skull and eagle to it... so my guess that the visor is bad too

Good observation....but he already stated the insignia is crap. He's looking for opinions on the cap itself. I don't know beans about caps, so I'll let others comment.

[alexandre]

The insignas are definitively fake...I know
My question was about the cap itself
This one is definitively old and really worn,not artificially aged
So what it is? a post war cap made for the theater or cinema, a very old fake or why not a period foreign production...

This last hypotesis is very optimist but when you compare the Italian production of M43 cap(and insigna) , uniforms , shoes for the German army , it's very far to the German workmanship we like to find on a textbook piece..

So, if someone has ever seen this type of cap before, don't hesitate to give your opinion!!

[PMan]

Your cap

The insignas are definitively fake...I know
My question was about the cap itself
This one is definitively old and really worn,not artificially aged
So what it is? a post war cap made for the theater or cinema, a very old fake or why not a period foreign production...

This last hypotesis is very optimist but when you compare the Italian production of M43 cap(and insigna) , uniforms , shoes for the German army , it's very far to the German workmanship we like to find on a textbook piece..

So, if someone has ever seen this type of cap before, don't hesitate to give your opinion!!

It is difficult to say one way or the other on this piece. Most would say it is fake, but with very little to say for sure why. There are things about it that I like, but this would not be the crusher I would pay much money to own. If you own it, try to get good isignia, that would help. It looks field made.
Regards, Peter