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[pimpf]

Hello ! Need opinions about this side cap. Photos ....

Thanks,
Alex

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[Gary Wood]

Alex,



looks to me like the TK impression left on the cap is the wrong way around!

cheers,

Gary

[Gary Wood]

I have fliped your photo to show you what i mean

[pimpf]

Aha ... I see. Gary, thanks a lot !

[Hasse.M]

I would definatly pass on this cap, there is several "red flags" here.


Regards

[Mark Holden]

Looks like a coastal artillery to me, I got burned with one many years ago, The false piping on the crown is not consistent with the several originals I have handled. I think the cap is real just not an SS version.

Cheers

Mark

I would definatly pass on this cap, there is several "red flags" here.


Regards

[pimpf]

Thanks for all comments above ! What good reference books may be recommended (exept Wilkins that I already bought) with detailed study of these caps ?

[Gregory Koepp]

hello, i had one that came right from some family members from germany and it was said to be a coastal artillery with SS skull and eagle on it. so i do beleave these were used in the SS, but others don't. i sold mine, but you could look up my past posts and see it if you want. one of my family members was in the german military and i have his background papers to prove he was a pure german, their in storage due to moving. but just recived some photos of him afew weeks ago showing him as a baby and in his uniform waist up, and a photo of him when he was older. if anyone wants to see it i'l post it. but i was waiting to get all the papers together and post together. but will show what i have access to right now if wanted.

greg

[Mark Holden]

Pimpf,

Try a search on this and the headgear forum you will see some good originals and fakes.

Cheers

Mark

[alexandre]

Hello ,

I have some questions about the rule of the false piping on the wss overseas cap .

For the different branches using this cap shape :

-Kriegsmarine blue
-Kriegsmarine coastal artillery
-Luftwaffe blue

It's possible two find the two types of construction , with and without false piping .

I' have seen a lot Coastal artillery overseas cap with this famous false piping (you have a good example actually on collector guild ), in this case nobody
said it's a waffen ss cap with later added KM insignas...

So if in the three case above it's normal to find the two differents construction in parrallel , why not for the waffen ss ?

Regards ,