Allegiemene SS Officers Visor REAL!?!

[Friedrich-Berthold]

The spelling is Allgemeine SS.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

Though supplanted by other uniforms, the black uniform was worn by all branches of the SS more or less until the outbreak of the war, and the black uniform remained in use beyond what stands in English language books.
The Allgemeine SS remained in existence in wartime, though at reduced strength. The photo is of Heydrich's funeral in the summer of 1942, a time at which the English language secondary works suggest that the black uniform was gone.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

The black uniform was manifestly not all pulped, pulverized, recycled or fully discarded, because some still exist.....

[Friedrich-Berthold]

Notice fuzzy piping in what is a wholly authentic peaked cap with patina from an old guard leading collector.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

fuzzy piping, redux. Ex Mollo, Ex Chapman, Ex Jenkins collections, also illustrated in noteworthy books....

[Friedrich-Berthold]

Fuzzy piping redux

[M18922]

I am not liking the cap, the velvet band and the piping doesn't look right. I don't have that much knowledge on caps but if it were me I would pass, it doesn't shout authentic to me. The cheap price and the fake skull also raise alarm bells.

Thanks, Pat

P.s. Special thanks to FB for sharing pictures of authentic material and more. Amazing reference from one of the best scholars of the hobby.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

The grey cap is likely a fake. I say "likely," because the only way really to tell is to look at the thing actually. Some grey caps for whatever reason too subtle to dilate on here diverge from "textbook," as if such a term really meant anything. Many real SS caps have fake insignia, not the least because insignia collectors rape caps to secure the little buggers for their odd displays of same on plastic pedestals. Thank you, Patrick. Truth be told, I have never thought of all of this as a hobby, but more as history, which is, for me, at least, a profession with exacting standards.

[BenVK]

The grey cap is likely a fake. I say "likely," because the only way really to tell is to look at the thing actually.

I would agree. Nothing about it strikes me as being authentic but that's not to say it's an obvious stinker. When it comes to examples like this, the gut feelings of experienced collectors like FB and others will save you a fortune in mistakes.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

I would agree. Nothing about it strikes me as being authentic but that's not to say it's an obvious stinker. When it comes to examples like this, the gut feelings of experienced collectors like FB and others will save you a fortune in mistakes.

Thank you, Ben, who has a greater skill than all of us with his special insight of cap making through his fine restorations.