The Ask Jeeves Thread!

[papapanzer]

Thanks for great information.There is a visor hat in a local antique shop that is Army with orange piping.I have avoided this hat for
quite sometime,but now understand what it is meant to be. Oh Boy,here I go again!
Peter

[spandau]

Hi Peter

get a picture and post it here first if you can. That way we can give you an honest opinion before you buy.

cheers

Ton y

[papapanzer]

Hi Tony,
I will see if I can get some pictures.
Regards,
Peter

[papapanzer]

Hi ,
I am trying to validate RB# 1/ 0780/4586 on a luft m-43 hat.I know there is a thread on this subject.Can you help?
P.S. nothing yet on army field police hat from 5-12-13 discussion.
Thanks,
Peter

[papapanzer]

Hi,
I recently acquired an nco/em police hat that has a cardboard backing on the cockade.I have seen this before,but would like to know
when this production practice started.The hat manufacturer is Ludwig Vogele from Karlsruhe.
Thanks,
Peter

[spandau]

Hi Peter

The thread on RB numbers is under the field equipment forum, started by ade. have a look at that it may help.

The card board backing is ok. A practice used in Imperial times as well to the best of my knowledge. I have also seen post war cockades with the same backing.

I guess its a way of protecting the cap band cloth from the metal cockade. They used to sow a piece of material between the cockade and cap on imperial caps as well.

Any pictures of the orange piped cap.
Hope that helps

cheers

Tony

[papapanzer]

Hi Tony,
Very helpful information on the cockade.The cap was won on Craig Gottlieb's last auction,so I am confident that the cockade is original
to this Third Reich hat.
The orange piped hat is now on the back burner for awhile.
Again,thanks alot
Peter