Black SS officer visor named

[Larboard]

It's easy ;-) Does the hat size match? The head/hat looks like it should be a 59 or 60, or more? If the hat is a 56...









Damn, FB beat me to this!

[sam1chlt]

More photos and info coming early next week. Stay tuned!

[stonemint]

sam--is this from the same source as the gray-top SS Officer visor you posted?
Tell the seller to use something other than a 5 megapixel camera from 2005--would help a lot.

[Wilhelm Saris]

Do bear with me if I have forgotten the name of this RZM license, but they made these caps, to be sure.

If I read it well it is 26:
A 1/26 Otto Schlientz, owned by Mich.Hoffmann at Straubing

[Friedrich-Berthold]

If I read it well it is 26:
A 1/26 Otto Schlientz, owned by Mich.Hoffmann at Straubing

Thanks. I thought so, but was unsure. This Bavarian firm surely made black SS caps. Thanks to Wim, as ever for all his fine work for the cause.

[sam1chlt]

sam--is this from the same source as the gray-top SS Officer visor you posted?
Tell the seller to use something other than a 5 megapixel camera from 2005--would help a lot.

Yep same guy. He is sending better photos I hope or I may move on.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

Yep same guy. He is sending better photos I hope or I may move on.

In view of the demonstrated fact that I am a scold, if you do become serious about the cap, I would not make any decision unless you can get Boehme's record with
his measurements. It sounds silly, but it is not. If the cap really is Boehme's, which I highly doubt, it is significant. If you want a well known cap of this type, by
the way, which was once my property, Bruce Herman has one for sale. It is undoubtedly real. This cap could be: a.) a fake, which I wonder about, because the RZM tag looks alright to me, as does the interior; b.) a tarted up cap with the war criminal's name; or c.) Boehme's cap, in which case you would have something.

The pictures are not at all helpful and take a lot of time from us likes.

PS all of which goes to show that you need your wits and patience to collect these things.

[sam1chlt]

In view of the demonstrated fact that I am a scold, if you do become serious about the cap, I would not make any decision unless you can get Boehme's record with
his measurements. It sounds silly, but it is not. If the cap really is Boehme's, which I highly doubt, it is significant. If you want a well known cap of this type, by
the way, which was once my property, Bruce Herman has one for sale. It is undoubtedly real. This cap could be: a.) a fake, which I wonder about, because the RZM tag looks alright to me, as does the interior; b.) a tarted up cap with the war criminal's name; or c.) Boehme's cap, in which case you would have something.

The pictures are not at all helpful and take a lot of time from us likes.

PS all of which goes to show that you need your wits and patience to collect these things.

I agree 100%. Thanks again for your help!

[Friedrich-Berthold]

This cap is for sale with Herman and is not perfect, but it is real. I have no idea to whom it belonged, other than to advanced collectors known to me.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

I agree 100%. Thanks again for your help!

I am happy to help. Your interlocutor really does need a better camera, in fact.

And, he also needs to offer you some useful provenance with the black cap, granted the Boehme association, which I still cannot believe.

I could tell if I had the thing in my hand, because I have a lot of experience with German handwriting and various examples.