SS officer overseas cap on Estand

[B. N. Singer]

...Those BeVo insignias are pretty fragile, when it comes to rubbing etc.

Yet absolutely sans damage to the ‘resilient’ soutache & wire piping.

I remain unconvinced. Artful attempt IMHO.

B. N. Singer

[Disco Partisan]

Personally, Id love to have it in my collection.

who wouldn't =)

[Petra]

Yes who wouldn't love to have this cap
And i personally dont care is the insignia restored
Anyways if it is - someone did a great job

[afrikasandman]

Call it what it is, a heer Inf officers cap that was likly stripped and the SS insignia added. I wouldn't call it period but you can tell yourself what ever you must to sleep well at night if you waste your money on it. Matt

[Graham G]

Don't think its heer, as heer never wore m40s.

[RD Rygaard]

Here's mine,but in coarse wool.(as opposed to trikot,also minus leather sweatband) This was a direct walk in by the vets daughter who brought it home. I found the insignia combo strange as to the eagle. I had always thought this to be a later war model. But the price it was bought for was super cheap & the daughter had her story down to the letter.So 100% they way it was "brought home".

[BenVK]

In regards to the estand cap, the Trikot fabric and sweatband would suggest an Officers cap from day one and not an EM upgrade.

It's a fairly simple job to machine sew a replacement skull and soutache on because of the fold down flap. If we could see a photo of behind the flap, it might give a clue as to whether it's period sewing or not.

Machine sewing a replacement eagle on without opening the lining would be impossible IMO. However, a skilled person would be able to replicate machine sewing by hand. I can't tell either way from just looking at these photos though.

[Fred Fokkelman]

Perhaps the seller could comment on the issues raised in this thread?

[maniana]

Some more pictures

I hope it can help

[maniana]

More Pictures

Regaqrds
Bartosz

[Urka]

looks like WSS to me

[PeterPan]

Ss sidecap

Imo the ss sidecap is textbook and 100% original. Definately not an Kriegsmarine example with SS decals.

[cossack1648]

Thanks for posting interior photos. They helped. I like the shade of the sweatband on the liner. I don't think that the cap interior was ever opened and I believe now that insignia is period applied.

Jack