Good day all,
I’m posting this hat for opinions and would appreciate your input. I’ve seen a ton of Threads about the plethora of fake Waffen-SS visors and have yet to see one of these shown.
The hat has a light mint green lining and almost a dark chocolate-colored leather sweatband. The eagle is a 155/36, but I’m not sure what the TK is. I have seen one other of these in the 1990s and it was identical in construction. It had a staple (looked like zinc) behind the TK and small SS-marked buttons sewn on to hold the chin cord. I know staples are common on Altestes, but this certainly doesn’t conform to Alteste production. My personal feeling is that this is an original example of a very basic contract-produced visor probably meant for sale in the Officer’s Kleiderkasse.
I’m sorry about the pics, but they were the best I could get.
Does anybody see any red flags, or know definitively whether it’s good or bad?
Like I said, your inputs are appreciated.
v/r
Bob
I’m posting this hat for opinions and would appreciate your input. I’ve seen a ton of Threads about the plethora of fake Waffen-SS visors and have yet to see one of these shown.
The hat has a light mint green lining and almost a dark chocolate-colored leather sweatband. The eagle is a 155/36, but I’m not sure what the TK is. I have seen one other of these in the 1990s and it was identical in construction. It had a staple (looked like zinc) behind the TK and small SS-marked buttons sewn on to hold the chin cord. I know staples are common on Altestes, but this certainly doesn’t conform to Alteste production. My personal feeling is that this is an original example of a very basic contract-produced visor probably meant for sale in the Officer’s Kleiderkasse.
I’m sorry about the pics, but they were the best I could get.
Does anybody see any red flags, or know definitively whether it’s good or bad?
Like I said, your inputs are appreciated.
v/r
Bob
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