SS Crusher opinions please..

[robs]

I'm looking at this SS crusher. What are peoples opinions?

I did search here but I don't believe it has been reviewed before.

Thanks in advance.

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[SgtB]

I love it! Everything looks right as rain that I can see.
Of course it is rather salty . . .

[cavguy]

It def. has character. It must have been stored somewhere improperly, the wear on the sweatband is not bad compared to the wear on the outside of the cap

[ValhallaMilitaria]

I like it too BUT. The stitching job done to affix the skull to the cap, has anyone else seen this done pre 1945?
Eric

[viva_giulio]

Sorry but i see a clear rebanded cap (you can see easily the dark green innsome pics) wwith original as insignia sewn on. Recently cause in one PICyouncannsee tk ndoesn't follow the fold line. Imo

[RobertE]

Hello,

Beautiful flatwire insignia on a bad cap - worth it for the insignia if the seller isn't pushing the cap as an a complete original.

s/f Robert

[Ian Hulley]

Fantastic insignia ...

Ian

[Graham G]

The main thing I notice hat-wise is why is top top piping totly eaten but not much of the bottom piping? That being said, it does indeed show a bit of honest-seeming age. Could it be a Franky? Doesn't look like any ground up fake I've ever seen IMHO.

[MM1985]

Sorry but i see a clear rebanded cap (you can see easily the dark green innsome pics) wwith original as insignia sewn on. Recently cause in one PICyouncannsee tk ndoesn't follow the fold line. Imo

@Viva
Please Show the dark green pics i cannot see them - imo it is only the Pictures that might Show green Color where no green Color is.

Imo this cap in the thread is a 100% legit SS crusher cap - i do know of another SS crusher cap out of Austria given from the widow of the former vet to a collector - the cap from Austria is the twin of this cap - same lining, same sweatband, same wool etc. but with intact piping, very well worn, folded down, lying flat and missing the insignia (removed from the vet when he got captured by the americans).
I have had this other cap in Hand and there are no traces that it is a changed WH cap.
This cap in the thread Needs to be judged in Hand.

[jacquesf]

You need pictures behind the sweat band and of the liner and band stiffener with the sweatband down. J

[wolfslair44]

The main thing I notice hat-wise is why is top top piping totly eaten but not much of the bottom piping? That being said, it does indeed show a bit of honest-seeming age. Could it be a Franky? Doesn't look like any ground up fake I've ever seen IMHO.

It's like a muffin, the top is always better, even for moths!

[RobertE]

Look at the difference in shade between the white piping on the lower part of the band, and the two upper bands of white - completely different shades, and not because of fading.

The puckering and uneven nature of the cap seams is not caused by wear - if anything, caps "blend" when they become more worn. This cap is a put together - but it has some great insignia!

Speaking of insignia, notice how the eagle is sewn with pure black thread, while the skull is sewn with something else. These didn't ride out the war together on this cap.

regards, Robert