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11-09-2010 02:19 AM
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Re: What is a Crusher anyway?
This SS cap can be folded, as it has buckram sides and frame, but I would not fold it. Imperial caps came in a rigid, garrison style, and in the malleable field style, which originated in the 1880s or so, I think. I now put the Deutsche Kavallerie book where it is hard to reach, but I was interested at how early was this aspect of military fashion in the old armies.
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Re: What is a Crusher anyway?
At the risk of being very rude to some of you, Knautschmuetze is a really silly term, I am sorry to say, and only found in modern German regalia usage. Nor, to my knowledge, is it used in the Bundeswehr either. Many US collector terms are applied to German regalia without helping us to know more and focus in on the object itself. Ben is right to take a stand against this, since these field caps are like cat nip to collectors and exert a real fascination. I guess they do so because soldiers all want to seem like veterans and anything other than having arrived freshly in the garrison from the rear area. The man with the unworn cap is the rear echelon maggot, whereas the man with the worn cap, with the smell of battle, is the professional. I guess that is the reason, but there is no Knautsch in the deal.
Last edited by Friedrich-Berthold; 11-09-2010 at 05:19 AM.
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Re: What is a Crusher anyway?
'Feldmutze, leicht'...........?
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Re: What is a Crusher anyway?
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