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12-06-2018 05:20 AM
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Love that magic closet. Like my camo tree it never disappoints! LoL
Beautiful examples. I have a similar contract Pioneer... will need to pull it out and look at it again as it's been a long time.
The stamps on the older example are fantastic. That is what is great about "lowly" contract visors. High end private purchase caps never have this
I never knew the chin straps could be marked....will have to look at all of my EM visors now
"Please", Thank You" and proper manners appreciated
My greatest fear is that one day I will die and my wife will sell my guns for what I told her I paid for them
"Don't tell me these are investments if you never intend to sell anything" (Quote: Wife)
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MAP
Love that magic closet. Like my camo tree it never disappoints! LoL
Beautiful examples. I have a similar contract Pioneer... will need to pull it out and look at it again as it's been a long time.
The stamps on the older example are fantastic. That is what is great about "lowly" contract visors. High end private purchase caps never have this
I never knew the chin straps could be marked....will have to look at all of my EM visors now
Thanks! The magic closet will slowly reveal it's treasures. I wish I had a camo tree. Can you send me some seeds from yours so I can plant one?
Yeah, Germans being Germans most everything contract had to be stamped. (Predominantly German ancestry myself so I'm allowed to poke fun). Although Erel Luftwaffe officer caps were stamped with the exact date too. Stonemint has a thread on that somewhere and I contributed one of mine.
A lot of chinstraps are marked, but just be gentle when checking. I was sweating a little as I held mine down to snap the photos. Post your cap in here when you get a chance.
Todd
Former U.S. Army Tanker.
"Best job I ever had."
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That earlier cap is interesting as it was made only a few months after the Reichwehr oath to Hitler was introduced. And at 9 December 1934, it's still the Reichwehr, not yet Wehrmacht. I wonder whether in December 1934 it had the Nazi eagle on the cap, or was that introduced in 1935?
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Anderson
That earlier cap is interesting as it was made only a few months after the Reichwehr oath to Hitler was introduced. And at 9 December 1934, it's still the Reichwehr, not yet Wehrmacht. I wonder whether in December 1934 it had the Nazi eagle on the cap, or was that introduced in 1935?
Great question. I'd have to pull the book down off the shelf to check when the insignia change was mandated. One thing I can tell you is that the cap shows evidence that at one time the front of the interior lining was folded up from under the sweatband for (presumeably) that insignia change.
Todd
Former U.S. Army Tanker.
"Best job I ever had."
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Never knew about the marked visor straps either. I know that company we see marked very often on helmet straps.
Thanks for sharing that
D.
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Great pioneer caps Todd. The insignia from 1933 would have been a first pattern wreath with national cockade on the cap band and a state cockade on the crown. For Pioneer Battalion 7 I believe that would be a Bavarian unit. The eagle was officially adopted in 1935 but it was commonly worn before that.
cheers Tony
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spandau
Great pioneer caps Todd. The insignia from 1933 would have been a first pattern wreath with national cockade on the cap band and a state cockade on the crown. For Pioneer Battalion 7 I believe that would be a Bavarian unit. The eagle was officially adopted in 1935 but it was commonly worn before that.
cheers Tony
Thanks. And yes sir, Bavarian unit. I posted a tiny snippet up top but the link has a much fuller history.
Todd
Former U.S. Army Tanker.
"Best job I ever had."
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