Questionable africa corps cap advice needed

[Felix MG]

I am quite new to collecting and aquired this cap labeled as a africa corps cap from a seller in austria along with some other pieces which seem very original.
Does anyone have any advice on weather it is authentic?

[davejb]

Personally ,ive never seen one with the palm tree motive, plus the colour seems wrong to me, but i know there will be some other comments, also there was a thread on here re the different types of DAK caps

[davejb]

OH heck IVE JUST NOTICED THE PEAK IS ON BACKWARDS, very strange indeed

[Felix MG]

THanks for the help the other hat that seemed strange to me was this one, a panzermuetzeAttachment 231540Attachment 231539

[Felix MG]

Maybe it was a factory reject due to being sewn incorectly? I doubt anyone producing fakes would be as careless, but it might happen!

[davejb]

Its definately an oddity but as to selling it as a good cap, i wouldnt think so

[Felix MG]

It wasnt much money but i still found it interesting

[Felix MG]

Any ideas on the black cap?

[Canuck63]

IMHO the Afrikamutze is a fake...even fakers can make mistakes or even do that purposely in order to create a "rarity".Could you please post a CLOSE-UP picture of the grommets and tell us their size on the outer side in millimiters?Whatever their size and their nature this cap remains a fake IMO!
Cheers
ADC

[Vegard T]

This is a fake IMHO, I doubt they would use the "Palm" marking on headgear(It is very commonly placed as a decal on a helmet to make it "Super-rare"). Plus: How come the other markings are aged, and no the "62"? I would run away in a jiffy.