Erel Panzer Visor

[birkie]

My one and only third reich visor. Wondered if you lads might share your thoughts on this slightly salty Erel Panzer Visor acquisition. This one is way out of my main area of interest. There is some discolouration on the top and evidently a hungry moth went after the pink waffenfarbe piping. Sweat protector is missing .
Sorry about the inconsistent colour in the photos, a gray background makes the cap look greener and a green background makes it look grayer....go figure. It looks green in hand.
Cheers, KD

[Friedrich-Berthold]

It has character and its own poetry. Why must a thing be in an unused state to be desirable?

This was used in real life, and holds appeal to many. It was not preserved as well as possible and so forth.

My caps are nearly unused of this type, but I accept as an old collector things in a variety of states of history.

[stonemint]

Birkie, congrats on your first visor acquisition--nothing wrong with an Erel, and a Panzer to boot.
You are way ahead of where I started!

[harryamb2]

a good start like it.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

Here is one of mine, it is a Holters, ex the Richard P. collection. I like Pz officer caps, and have a few of them.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

Here is a Hertlein/Fuerth one

[Friedrich-Berthold]

This is Dt. Wertarbeit/ARGO Qualitaetsmarke

[Friedrich-Berthold]

I have a later war Lubstein one, which is buried in my heap.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

Happy hats. Once you get one, then it and you both will want another.

[birkie]

how would one define a late war versus an early or mid war visor,? Ersatz material? did Erel change the lining or sweatband in later years? Always looking to learn more........cheers!