-
-
12-13-2014 05:55 PM
# ADS
Circuit advertisement
-
Great pick-up. Contract caps in this condition are very hard to find.
54 would be the size.
“Show me the regulation, and I’ll show you the exception.”
-
by
stonemint
Great pick-up. Contract caps in this condition are very hard to find. 54 would be the size.
Thanks again for your feedback.
Agree, that is why I've had the hole in my collection for so long. :-)
"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)
-
Absolutely lovely, Michael!
-
In my early days of this in the late 1960s and early 1970s, such issue caps in unused condition and in all branches were had for USD 25 or less. They were hardly rare at all in said epoch. Congratulations. The poetry of finding things in the former way had much to recommend it. Happy hats.
-
-
by
MD Helmets
Absolutely lovely, Michael!
by
Friedrich-Berthold
In my early days of this in the late 1960s and early 1970s, such issue caps in unused condition and in all branches were had for USD 25 or less. They were hardly rare at all in said epoch. Congratulations. The poetry of finding things in the former way had much to recommend it. Happy hats.
Thank you both! Thumbs up from you as well as Chris are a Christmas present in itself!
Regards,
Michael
"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)
-
and "54" is indeed 54 cms. The maker's name on army caps tends to be on the inside of the sweat band in those made until 1939, which is most of the ones I know....
-
by
MD Helmets
Absolutely lovely, Michael!
by
Friedrich-Berthold
In my early days of this in the late 1960s and early 1970s, such issue caps in unused condition and in all branches were had for USD 25 or less. They were hardly rare at all in said epoch. Congratulations. The poetry of finding things in the former way had much to recommend it. Happy hats.
Thanks FB,
I found it odd that my dealer friend said it was the maker code and it threw me for a curve as I knew it was wrong but I thought "hey, maybe there is more for me to learn". He is actually quite good but his table was swamped and he probably just misspoke.
Yes, this has no visible stamps inside the sweatband, so it is a later version. But oh how I always love to put a name to a face.....
by
Friedrich-Berthold
and "54" is indeed 54 cms. The maker's name on army caps tends to be on the inside of the sweat band in those made until 1939, which is most of the ones I know....
"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)
-
The NSDAP and its branches had the RZM to regulate the regalia of the party and its parts, and after 1935 or so, the only maker's mark was a license number, since trade marks were prohibited. I.e. the number on the RZM tag.
These army contract caps have the maker as I noted, if the stamp is present. The army, of course, was an institution of the Reich and earlier of the kingdoms and principalities, with its own quartermaster system which had more or less been the model for the NSDAP. The clothing economy of the army as pertains to head wear is well interpreted in the Rest Militaria Verlag works I have cited here.
After a certain point, known by others, a code system of Reichbetriebe and its number system was introduced, but I do not collect such war time Wehrmacht regalia.
I collect black SS uniforms, but I also have a dozen or so army officer extra caps, as they are an old love of mine.
The Extra caps usually have the maker's name, but not in 100% of cases.
- - ------- - -
None of this is very simple, really.
Last edited by Friedrich-Berthold; 12-13-2014 at 10:38 PM.
Bookmarks