grey SS officer's cap

[Friedrich-Berthold]

A fine choice for that reason alone! I remember seeing this cap before but cannot place it at the moment.

I thought you didn't like the grey ones?

This cap was the property of an acquaintance, who needed money. I like all SS caps, and this one is actually nicer in real life than in the images, truth be told.
It is a more conventional piece, but because it was at hand, I bought it and overpaid for the privilege, too, actually.

[BenVK]

Money comes and goes, interesting original pieces like this hat are rarely offered for sale.
I'm very glad that it is now in your collection.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

Money comes and goes, interesting original pieces like this hat are rarely offered for sale.
I'm very glad that it is now in your collection.

Thank you for the kind thought. Money mostly goes nowadays, though. I have had the vague goal to own most of the principal types of SS peaked caps in the years 1932-1944, or so, which is not a very long time in the scheme of things.

My desire to secure such objects has operated considerably longer than the existence of these caps in the regime of the era.

A curious fact.

[BenVK]

You make an interesting point because personally, my desire to own these things has lessened over the years, not increased.
What is it that keeps your interest alive?

[Friedrich-Berthold]

You make an interesting point because personally, my desire to own these things has lessened over the years, not increased.
What is it that keeps your interest alive?

I spend a lot of time in Germany and Austria, and there I am exposed to young people who are also interested in the past, and this fact keeps me going.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

what keeps me going.....there's more to learn each day, and the details do interest me, and some of you, too.
I enjoy sharing knowledge, as it is my profession. Also, young people need to find their way ahead, and this medium provides somethings of merit.
I deplore its ill effects, of course, but there are enough decent people here to make the labor worth it.

[Larry C]

what keeps me going.....there's more to learn each day, and the details do interest me, and some of you, too.
I enjoy sharing knowledge, as it is my profession. Also, young people need to find their way ahead, and this medium provides somethings of merit.
I deplore its ill effects, of course, but there are enough decent people here to make the labor worth it.

Well said!!

[Friedrich-Berthold]

Thanks.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

Here is an article tag in an earlier cap.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

Here is a used tag on a cap in Northern Europe courtesy of the red lunatic site.