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06-17-2011 09:04 PM
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Re: Intersting black Tuchmütze
As an aside, Hersteller 1037 is?
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Re: Intersting black Tuchmütze
1037: Peter Kuepper of Wuppertal
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Re: Intersting black Tuchmütze
Although i am fascinated by these SS caps because of the sheer manufacture and elegance involved , i am by no means purporting to have a reasonable standard of knowledge regarding them, however in the case of "upgrading", what is the purpose of adding a velvet band, an officer status cap would i suspect only require the officers cap cords and silver buttons , is this type of upgrade an RZM requirement or just an elitist fashion trait on behalf of the person involved, the difficulties i can see is the risk of removing the insignia and damaging the pins by replacing them over the new band, therefore i wonder if this was a common practise, i may be showing complete ignorance here but i would like to know, regards Dave
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Re: Intersting black Tuchmütze
I own the other two of these amended caps that came from Shea, in fact. They both strike me as done at the time, but who really knows. Shea has a thing about these, and the Wilkins book makes a big deal out of it.
The cap on the left came with a whole uniform which is quite real, and, in fact, a VA issued uniform for an officer in the Sudetenland. The cap is in the Wilkins book and the uniform in another Schiffer book for what little it is worth. The other cap on the right is in the Shea Beaver book. The cap badges are also very nice on each of these caps, but you are right, who knows with any of this junk. I did not buy the cap that has long sat on the Shea site because for the same price I have bought nicer and more rare caps.
There is ample contemporary evidence of the poverty of the era, to include the difficulty to equip people with uniforms. In fact, there is a ton of discussion of this in sources of the time, especially in UM, actually, but also in works on the SA and NSDAP. Ergo, it makes perfect sense to me that someone just dolled up their cap rather than spending RM 7 or whatever. Further, clothing today is so cheap and so plentiful that one forgets what scarcity was like in the 1930s, or one is rediscovering it in such places as Greece and Spain, as well as my native country.
Also, the objects I illustrate cost a fraction of the price Shea demands at the moment for said cap.
Last edited by Friedrich-Berthold; 06-18-2011 at 03:47 PM.
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Re: Intersting black Tuchmütze
NSDAP caps also frequently had a velvet band added by a hat maker, as you know....
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Re: Intersting black Tuchmütze
The addition of the Gehirnbremse and the velvet band was to comply with the dress regulations of the SS, not that of the RZM. The RZM did not establish what members of the NSDAP and its branches wore as uniform, but they regulated the raw materials and contractors of same...
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Re: Intersting black Tuchmütze
Thanks FB, very precise and now an obvious reason for the inclusion of the band, feel a bit stupid now i think about it, but thanks anyway,
regards Dave
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