Mint Unissued M43 field cap

[HowardC]

Recently vet acquired M43 SS field cap which appears to be unissued. Can someone elaborate on this maker and any comments on the cap are welcome.
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[NickG]

1243??? Misprint for 1943? Note sure...

[billbert]

1243 is correct for December 43..textbook cap by classic SS maker Whom predominantly made SS soft and also army soft and enlisted army contract visits..
Any History on how acquired ??
Billbert

[HowardC]

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Unfortunately no history available. Came with 2 gigantic
building flags from deceased vets home via a cleanout.

[wehl]

i own WSS panzer sidecap by this maker, the same cloth was used for lining ,mine is 643 so june 1943 made ,your is from december 1943.

[Winkelman]

Here's a 1944 dated one , with what I always thought was an earlier badge configuration .. >> http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...3+Georg+Teufel

[wehl]

Here's a 1944 dated one , with what I always thought was an earlier badge configuration .. >> http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...3+Georg+Teufel

again the same lining cloth as on my side cap.

[NickG]

Interesting! So that 1243 is a typical Waffen SS trait, their way of marking dates!
Learned something new! Never encountered that before! The fakers have not caught on to that (yet)!

[billbert]

The second example show used to reside in my collection and is dated 644..Billbert