Hello,
Well, well, well...the colour of the wool is totally different now...it looked like OT, RAD or SA colour yesterday, and looks Feldgrau today....
I do not like what i see on the photos. I do not like the buttonholes and the reverse of this area. The lack of reinforcing cloth where the front flaps are folded is not a good thing either....the lack of internal sweatband identified by the lack of the circular stitching around the lower part of the crown is also a problem....the cloth loops meant for the ear covers are missing...the single row of stitching on the upper part of the front flaps is wrong....
In my opinion, here we are :
If the cap is not Feldgrau, but rather light brown (or ant other colour)...., it might be a simplified production for a political or paramilitary organisation...
If the cap is Feldgrau (or Feldgrau 44), which is almost impossible to know as your three sets of photos show three different colours, it means that it might be a reproduction...too many differences with an original Heer Einheitsfeldmütze...i'm sorry to say.
I do not believe that it could be an original cheap production for the Heer. This cap is very well made with a powerful sewing machine that can work with several layers of fabric as seen on the rear of the cap, but the maker(s) didn't know about the full amount of specifications asked to makers at the time...like the ones i gave you above. IMO it's an old repro from a time when makers knew how to work but didn't know exactly what to do...this time is now over. They know how to work and exactly what to do...
Thanks
Last edited by JPhilip; 08-31-2014 at 04:54 PM.
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Well, not the best news, but I'm glad to know, one way or the other. Thanks for all the help on this
Damn Todd...sorry to read your verdict. It looked really nice too.
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