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04-22-2012 06:58 PM
# ADS
Circuit advertisement
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re: Kriegsmarine Schirmmütze with rare chinstrap
From the photos, it looks good.
William
"Much that once was, is lost. For none now live who remember it."
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re: Kriegsmarine Schirmmütze with rare chinstrap
Are you sure the strap hasn't been replaced?
William
"Much that once was, is lost. For none now live who remember it."
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re: Kriegsmarine Schirmmütze with rare chinstrap
Well, by definition, it almost certainly had to have been. Its unlikely that this type of strap would be fitted on a German manufactured cap. The cap I believe would have started like with the standard common KM style strap. The strap it has however is a definite wartime strap, made from typical mid/late war "ersatz" leather, most likely made from compressed paper. Its rather brittle and although you can't see it from the images had lots of surface crazing to the laquered finish.
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