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Re: The Rarest of the Rare?
thanks for the account of the uniform as seen in contemporary warfare. Many of these early SS men had combat experience, also, which was not unlike your own in its way, save mostly in Europe. That is, the officers in the early armed SS units had combat experience in the '14-'18 war, while some did not, of course.
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03-14-2012 03:51 PM
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Last edited by Friedrich-Berthold; 03-14-2012 at 06:01 PM.
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Re: The Rarest of the Rare?
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BOB COLEMAN
Hello Scout-
Much of the early headgear worn by various organizations was modeled after that worn by the Imperial Army in WW I. You are mistaken to assume that the physical height issue was a general requirement of the SS. This applied only to members of Hitler's bodyguard unit, the LSSAH. The cloth visor is only found in early 1930's era hats. The leather visor, which was discontinued in 1937, is found with more frequency.
Thanks for info, Bob. You learn somehting new every day; I thought the height requirements (amongst other stricts admission demands) pertained to all the SS for a brief while, before the war and before the severity of the situation were made clear to the Germans and they desperately embraced even the most unlikely recruits.
To think of the ideological idea behind the regime at the beginning and then later seeing the dregs of soceity and the camps serving under (the most likey loopy) Dirlewanger, Handschar, RONA, Skanderbeg etc.
Quite a contrast to the ideological and racially 'pure' ideas behind it all.
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Re: The Rarest of the Rare?
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Friedrich-Berthold
thanks for the account of the uniform as seen in contemporary warfare. Many of these early SS men had combat experience, also, which was not unlike your own in its way, save mostly in Europe. That is, the officers in the early armed SS units had combat experience in the '14-'18 war, while some did not, of course.
Right. Im sure many also took pride in wearing their WWI medals (not least EKs) during the years before WWII to signal their status as fighters and old hands from the 'Big War.'
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Re: The Rarest of the Rare?
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Re: The Rarest of the Rare?
I know it's vulgar taking about prices but here's my take on it.
An SS Officers black service cap is going to cost around $12k. I would say that this cloth peaked cap is 100 times rarer, possibly more than that.
You do the math as they say in the good old US of A!
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Re: The Rarest of the Rare?
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BenVK
I know it's vulgar taking about prices but here's my take on it.
An SS Officers black service cap is going to cost around $12k. I would say that this cloth peaked cap is 100 times rarer, possibly more than that.
You do the math as they say in the good old US of A!
The black SS officer's cap is actually more expensive in real life. The field cap is very rare; Maederer and his allies are surely no chumps in the U.S. and world market; the field cap fetish is a noteworthy feature of this odd cosmos; I am sure glad I got whatever caps I own at modest prices.
However, I have no real idea what transpires between principals and others.
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Re: The Rarest of the Rare?
Indeed.
All I know is that I would snap it up if I were some ludicrously paid hedge fund manager.
In my experience, such items rarely make it to the open market.
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Re: The Rarest of the Rare?
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BenVK
Indeed.
All I know is that I would snap it up if I were some ludicrously paid hedge fund manager.
I guess they have other problems at the moment with their collapsing bonuses.
The piece is impressive, but probably too expensive to re sell in five years or ten years. Maybe not. In any case, I am glad you see its virtues, as do I. The piece is interesting and significant.
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