dang thats rough, and thanks for the info on the stamp - I never actually knew that, I really did think it was a date of manufacture! So taking out the nape and headband are always post war modifictations by collectors? Or in some cases was it done by servicemen during the war? (I know that on the eastern front a lot of Russian soldiers removed the liner in order to wear a ushanka or other warm hat beneath)
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