Allgemeine-SS EM/NCO Schirmütze: FAKE !

[stonemint]

F-B, I believe DrCMH was referring to the A-SS visor in post #143

[Friedrich-Berthold]

Why don't you post the fake black cap on the high end web site here?

[stonemint]

F-B, I try to keep this thread limited to the higher end fakes--this one isn't even close, but here goes:

[Friedrich-Berthold]

Whatever. Said object was on a high end website, was it not?

[Friedrich-Berthold]

Here are authentic objects, which as some of you know, form my center of gravity. Thanks to Mr. d'Alquen for some of the images.
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[DrCMH]

F-B, I believe DrCMH was referring to the A-SS visor in post #143

Yes, just the item in post #143. I am not qualified to make any comments on the other piece regarding textiles as it is outside my scope of collecting...I am barely cracking the surface of the Allgemeine and earlier VT items as it is.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

Yes, just the item in post #143. I am not qualified to make any comments on the other piece regarding textiles as it is outside my scope of collecting...I am barely cracking the surface of the Allgemeine and earlier VT items as it is.

Your insights are always valuable and your presence here is polite and without the nerve wracking traits that afflict many who aspire to expertise without any basis whatsoever either in their intellect or character or their collection. After more than a decade of labor in these vineyards, it is plain to me that many lack the ability to deal with the contradictions, the arcane facts, and the rigor needed to collect this material.

[BenVK]

This one is the subject of some debate on the WAF. I do not like it, but others do:

A stinker without doubt but not the worst effort I've ever seen.

Spent some time with a Norwegian hat collector here in London this week. He has an astonishing collection of SS hats, especialy of the grey variety but alas, you won't ever see them posted here.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

A stinker without doubt but not the worst effort I've ever seen.

Spent some time with a Norwegian hat collector here in London this week. He has an astonishing collection of SS hats, especialy of the grey variety but alas, you won't ever see them posted here.

I , for one, grow weary of the same unending, continuo of the many stinkers and the modulated uproar that is their dreary companion.

Maybe your Norwegian chum will join our heap.

[BenVK]

We had a very interesting discussion regarding posting ones collection on the internet. He was of the opinion that he'd rather not, being a TR collector in Norway isn't the easiest thing to be and the limelight isn't what he craves. I can totaly understand and respect that.