The Rarest of the Rare?

**stonemint** · 03-12-2012, 01:16 AM

It certainly is up there. It is the first one I can recall seeing outside of period photographs:

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 03-12-2012 01:16 AM

We also buy and trade your items and full collections!

**Thanatos** · 03-12-2012, 01:25 AM

FB's going to love this feotid woollen one would feel.
I hope it's good.

oops and Bob.Sorry mate

**BOB COLEMAN** · 03-12-2012, 02:01 AM

I certainly would like to see more pictures of this piece. One was posted years ago over at the German Daggers site that had conventional insignia and was in pristeen condition.

**Friedrich-Berthold** · 03-12-2012, 02:07 AM

The authority on such a cap is Mr. d'Alquen. This kind of cap did exist, and one of the premier collectors had his example, ex Wolfe Hardin, for sale, I think. There are images of same in the Shea Beaver book on caps.
Mr. d'Alquen has a real one, without a Gehirnbremse. Based on the picture, though, this thing needs a pretty rigorous scrutiny.

**Friedrich-Berthold** · 03-12-2012, 02:10 AM

This cap of mine is, indeed, made with a buckram frame, but it is a normal cap. This image, by the way, has been stolen by fakers in Asia and forms the basis for some imitation I have never seen.

**Friedrich-Berthold** · 03-12-2012, 02:12 AM

Here is the authentic one of a noted member here. It is on the left. The officer's cap is now in my collection, ex Mollo, ex Chapman, ex Jenkins.

I found a better picture of the piece that was in the display case recently. This item is in the Shea Beaver book. See post Nr 4 above.

**stonemint** · 03-12-2012, 02:29 AM

I forgot to post the link:

SS Officer's VT Hat, Military Collectibles, Inc.

**Friedrich-Berthold** · 03-12-2012, 02:35 AM

by stonemint

I forgot to post the link:

SS Officer's VT Hat, Military Collectibles, Inc.

That looks pretty good, actually. Very similar to my cap, with the signal differences. I won't generalize about the price. Maederer knows his way around SS caps. If it is a fake, it is nicely done. The sweat diamond is of the material we have seen in other field caps, in fact.

I have looked at the images and it looks surely ok to me, as far as it goes.

I would rely on Mr. d'Alquen for a second opinion.

If, by the way, the potentates give this the upcheck, then store these images for the future. You won't see something of this type again.

**S.Vestae** · 03-13-2012, 12:55 AM

FB is Rich ! lol

**Scout** · 03-14-2012, 02:22 PM

Fantastic visors all in this thread - as usual.

I assume the schirmmütze in the OP is very early and with early type eagle and skull.
Can anybody date it?

A rare piece. Even the grainy black and white pics in the sales blurb shows period caps with (what looks like) a later type bigger eagle and bigger skull.