I'm not getting a warm fuzzy feeling about either of these hats..

[Gary Cain]

When did these first start showing up? The guy trying to sell it to me claims it came from a big collection in Long Beach CA.

Visor is a typical Latvian fake, with nametag and all

[CurtD]

Hi Don, the 'Pumpkin Head' is a fake TK collar tab. This fake is a classic 'Latvian' fake ensemble.


Cheers, Ian.

There are fake pumpkin heads, but the pumpkin head is a real TK tab.

[Zauberflöte]

The M43 style cap might actually be a messed with Post War Polizei cap

[Ian Hulley]

There are fake pumpkin heads, but the pumpkin head is a real TK tab.

Indeed.

Ian

[David T]

Gary, I think those "Latvian" SS visor caps started to show up in the last 20 years. The one you posted is a classic/ textbook example of these repros. Insignia, name tag, interior etc.

[DonC]

Gary, I think those "Latvian" SS visor caps started to show up in the last 20 years. The one you posted is a classic/ textbook example of these repros. Insignia, name tag, interior etc.

Back in the Wild Wild West days of early unregulated eBay and ePier these things popped up all the time. I haven't seen any "new" ones lately, so whoever was faking them must have moved (or passed) on.


Don

[DanCz]

Perhaps we are not seeing them as frequently as hitherto because they are already sitting in collections - - - as some collectors most prized item !!

[Ian Hulley]

Perhaps we are not seeing them as frequently as hitherto because they are already sitting in collections - - - as some collectors most prized item !!

Many seemed to turn up stripped of the give-away fake insignia but with (too) obvious outlines of where they had been.

Ian

[matx007]

Yikes!