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Re: Grey SS Cap for SS Gentleman in Asia
yes an update an hour ago. had heard this white summer piece coming out for sale a few months back, i would say the value is quite reasonable on par of its rarity, don't know thru Peter's website would be how much. who would be the lucky one to secure it the question is? for the other waffen ss visor, it would be another pyschological price barrier to break in this tying economic times.
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10-21-2008 05:34 PM
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Re: Grey SS Cap for SS Gentleman in Asia
The white cap is more expensive than the norm, surely.
I am sure it will unhinge more than one soul, granted the irrational nature of public reaction to white caps and what not.
However, the thing does surely look correct and its condition betrays to me, at least, the signs of authenticity of such a piece.
My taste is more hum drum.
In fact, the Konvolut of an Austrian illegal Nazi/SS man who later became an Sturmbannfuehrer in the 37 Standarte (the group includes a Boeker dagger of the model 1933...) is in a sense as interesting.
The man's name was Winkler and he was originally from Moravia, fled to Bavaria from Austria ca. 1936 and later joined the 37 Sta.
Happy collecting.
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Re: Grey SS Cap for SS Gentleman in Asia
the white visor gives me a warm good feeling, i say buy it if you have the dough now
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Re: Grey SS Cap for SS Gentleman in Asia
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Re: Grey SS Cap for SS Gentleman in Asia
Hello All,
the first cap seems to be a late war model with a light blue lining, and a late war wool, can you post more detail please ?
thanks
Sebastien.
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Re: Grey SS Cap for SS Gentleman in Asia
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S.Vestae
Hello All,
the first cap seems to be a late war model with a light blue lining, and a late war wool, can you post more detail please ?
thanks
Sebastien.
I am not sure what you mean here above with your post? The cap at the top here has a light green lining, not unlike what one sees in a Lubstein "privat." ALthough it is surely not that. The cap at the top of the file has buttons marked from 1942 and I am not sure whether I would describe this piece as "late war." Actually, I believe that this Einheitstuch/Eskimo cloth began to be used in enlisted SS caps at an early date, i.e. around the outbreak of the war or soon thereafter.
Further, these are all the images I have. The cap is not my property, after all. Happy collecting.
Last edited by Friedrich-Berthold; 10-22-2008 at 04:29 PM.
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Re: Grey SS Cap for SS Gentleman in Asia
Very interesting interiors in the caps above. I've never seen this colour combination in a black cap before. I think you've already mentioned it Friedrich, about Wilkins stating in his book that maroon coloured bands being "textbook" for Kleiderkasse grey caps but I've not seen much evidence to back that up. If anything, I'd argue that that they are not the norm but actualy seldom seen.
I can understand completely why some collectors might think this combination to be suspicious. In photographs, these interiors tend to look garish and modern, especially when compared to other caps of the same period with more traditional coloured materials.
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