SS M 43 cap italian wool

[pieand]

Hi everybody,
Opinions are welcome on this one went out the checoslovaquia 20 years ago.
Well made, traces of bevo eagle and skull, cardboard visor and also like a strengthening inside the low part of the cap.
On the contrary , markings like that are unusual inside a cap.

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[Fred S]

When you find a SS-BW stamp in a cap you can pass straight away.

[Glenn McInnes]

Reproduction.







Glenn

[Lenny W]

Hi everybody,
Opinions are welcome on this one went out the checoslovaquia 20 years ago.
Well made, traces of bevo eagle and skull, cardboard visor and also like a strengthening inside the low part of the cap.
On the contrary , markings like that are unusual inside a cap.

yes markings are very unusual and bad im affraid just goes to show you how long they have been faking these gaberdine caps

[Richard P]

Sorry...agree with all the above posts.

Richard

[mathluft]

Agree with the comments Pierre.

[90th Light]

No problem with the opinions being expressed here about this cap and they could be right on the nail as far as this one goes. The construction is interesting in more ways than one.

Two points/ questions to consider however;

1/ In the 1970's a certain group who pedal M43's were stamping them with bogus "SS-BW" and "SS-Dienst" stamps. They were not worried if it was a reproduction M43 or an original. If they could make it look like an SS type and up the price then that is what they did. Always keep in mind that you could have a good cap with bad stamps. (bad SS stamps in an original M43, devalue the cap).

2/ Who ever the original maker of the "Statni" caps was, they never put a makers stamp in their caps just the size marking. If a collector encounters what has now become known as the "Statni" M43 which has never been in the possession of that film studio then it will have no stamps what so ever in it. Only a size marking which is often faint. In rare cases an original Statni type caps have had bogus SS markings added to them to make them more appealing to prospective buyers.

Having said this, I must add that I do not like the size marking in the cap which started this thread at all and it appears to have been done at the same time and in the same style as the bad SS-BW marking plus the suspect date stamp. Also more than a couple of points about the construction of this cap do not match the "Statni" type and are odd to say the least.

Initially these points/ questions 1 & 2 above crossed my mind but it does not seem to stack up,

Chris