SS M 43 cap italian wool

[Turi]

tricky,but very interesting,

Kind regards,

Salvatore

[90th Light]

I've seen again this cap and there is no faint size marking any where else.
And the cap has not been heavily washed. The construction is different compared to what we used to see.
See Joined photos of the rear EM and officer caps.

Hello pieand,

Is this cap which you show in post number 29 a different cap to the one which started this thread ?

and is the one in post 29 an officer example with insignia still on it ?

Comparison with other known examples of a cap with manufacturers footprints like your one is a good basis of analysis in establishing if a variation from the norm is a period example or not.

Also when it comes to SS caps made from this type of material, a collector has to consider how caps were made in not only Germany at the time before May 1945 but also Italy and Austria.

On the other hand, I have seen whole bolts of that type of cloth unused and in mint condition brought back from Italy at the end of WW2 to New Zealand and later traded to someone in the USA to use for who knows what.

Could we see more images of this cap in post number 29, esp. the badges on the front and the inside/ liner ?

Chris

[Lenny W]

no matter how many more pics are posted of the cap that started this thread its a bad one! its all in the details

[wisches]

no matter how many more pics are posted of the cap that started this thread its a bad one! its all in the details

Lenny,
could you share some details with us
it would help, i know it may help fakers, but these are already made and certainly help owner.
I'm with you on ss bw stamp but that doesn't condemn everything
wisches