Original cap?

[Friedrich-Berthold]

Schund.

[Steven Macquillin]

That's what surprises me.

The chinstrap is aluminum (not plastic as I have seen in other false hats) and the eagle Assmann (and in my opinion, is original)

What everyone seems it is not good it is, as you say, that this material is not right

Trouble is you can always purchase an original chinstrap and eagle to place on a cap to hope to deceive the novice collector. In this day and age of the fakers, you need to do your homework on these caps and this forum is an excellent place to achieve that.

[stonemint]

It is what I call an Ebay "Garbage fake", because they are so bad--not even close to the quality of originals.
They are also what I call "ground-up" fakes--ie, fakes with no original parts.

The eagle and wreath are probably original, and replaced the fake insignia in an attempt to make it more saleable (which brings to mind the old adage about lipstick on a pig....)

[harryamb2]

simply awful.

[papapanzer]

real stinker of a visor.Hope it wasn't too expensive.Use it as a good learning tool.
Peter

[Combat Boots]

Looks like someone used sandpaper on top of the visor!

[KEVIN23]

I think this hat itself is waving every red flag there is.