Leibstandarte summer dress cap - dachau

[Jack D.]

An interesting thread....

leaving everthing else mentioned well alone, if you know your erel's you will probably be thinking a cap this early would most probably contain the Robert Lubstein name maker's mark instead of the EREL diamond shoved in this one.

bad outer, bad inner, what I have seen to be a generic fake Latvian Sweatband... A real piece of junk.

J T

Thank you J T,
Those were awesome observations!
"I'm taking notes!"
This is the kind of criticizm I hoping to learn from.

Jack

[Military]

I'd ditch the 'Museum Example' if I were you. Most are just storehouses of repro crap which they show as either 'representative examples' or they just don't know the difference. Many have long since sold off any good items to fund displays or flogged them out the back door for personal profit.

Ian.

Ian, you're right in a way that Museum pieces are not always 100% accurate.
Ive just bren to this museum. what do you think of the exhibits?
Merry Christmas in advance, Ian.
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Mil

[Kreager]

Thank you J T,
Those were awesome observations!
"I'm taking notes!"
This is the kind of criticizm I hoping to learn from.

Jack

The search function will be a nice help in learning more about visors
Tons of great info, especially on Erels.

[Ian Hulley]

what do you think of the exhibits?
Merry Christmas in advance, Ian.
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=398531

Mil

There was nothing that jumped out as being a fake ... although your security labelling may be hiding a droopy eyed skull on the sidecap.

Ian

[Johnny R]

There are plenty of turds in museum collections as well. They also buy items from dealers etc. In the US there are many very questionable "Civil War" pieces, especially Confederate items, This also happens with WWI and WWII.