Does this Luftwaffe Einheitsfeldmütze stand a chance?

[Swingcat]

i would like to know if this m43 cap has a chance to be a real one,
many thanks in advance

[Nitram]

I've no idea on caps at all, however I must say cap looks rather minty, while the eagle seems to have been taken off a moth's dinner plate.
Just wanted to comment on that erm, difference in deterioration.

Nitram

[Swingcat]

I've no idea on caps at all, however I must say cap looks rather minty, while the eagle seems to have been taken off a moth's dinner plate.
Just wanted to comment on that erm, difference in deterioration.

Nitram

the seller told me the eagle is reatached and the cap came to him without a birdy on

[Dean]

..or he got a salty chicken and threw it on a fake! also, the roundal looks odd. it seems embroidered on the cap itself as opposed to factory or hand embroidered , THEN applied. the tricot material for the cap looks shoddy...i'd feel more confident in the caps of wool construction . the interior is too clean and I dont remember seeing sweat diamonds on the M43's? My opinions , of course.

[Swingcat]

..or he got a salty chicken and threw it on a fake!

dont know thats why i ask if this one is good or not

[Dean]

I dont like it,IMO.

[Swingcat]

I dont like it,IMO.

the roundel is not embroidered on the cap, its a patch like the bird, and to me i like tricot fabrik more as wool, dont know why but looks better to me

[JPhilip]

Hello,
IMO the condition is not a red flag for any TR item, there are hundreds of genuine Einheitsfeldmützen in collections that are in brand new condition...
The cap posted in this thread looks like a modified Bundeswehr cap....
Thanks

[Nitram]

Hello,
IMO the condition is not a red flag for any TR item

It's not the mintyness, its the unevenness of the deterioration (ie: Eagle compared to the cap itself). As Swingcat confirmed, it's been put together.

Nitram

[Adrian Stevenson]

JP is correct.

This is a fake made from a post war West Geman Luftwaffe cap. Nore the plastic sweatsheild, colour of lining and the thinner looking peak.

Strip it down and sell as parts and a cap. The cockade looks fake though.

Cheers, Ade.