SS peaked caps, not very cheap, but SS peaked caps.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

These are a 1936 Lubstein cap with the Overhoff badge.

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Thanks for arranging the items, as I am tired from a long day of work struggles.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

This one has this tag. Ernst in Bavaria.

[seventyeighth]

[QUOTE=Friedrich-Berthold;1559032

I collect images as much as I collect caps, and you should do the same if you seriously want to distinguish good from bad.[/QUOTE]

I concur. A good practice.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

I noticed that a colleague calls into question some of these items. The normal Schellenberg cap does not have what is usually the Schellenberg sweat band,
with the DRGM numbers and such.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

Usually the Schellenberg caps, at least some of them, have this stamping on the sweat band with various DRGM license numbers.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

The patent numbers changed in the course of time, as the forehead pressure arrangement was adapted and improved. I think.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

The other issue is, I shudder, the "scull," as to whether this really is an alu Assmann. I cannot tell.

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or it is an 08/15 Austrian fake from the 1970s...?

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I have seen many Waffen SS and grey SS caps restored in my time, that's for sure.

[Winkelman]

The other issue is, I shudder, the "scull," as to whether this really is an alu Assmann. I cannot tell.

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or it is an 08/15 Austrian fake from the 1970s.

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I have seen many Waffen SS and grey SS caps restored in my time, that's for sure.

It is indeed a fake " 360 / 42 " skull , with matching eagle . Not uncommon to find these as fillers on good visors , but for $ 14.750,- you would expect a little better ..

[Winkelman]

Please compare to an original Assmann ( in this case the rare aluminum version , still on a visor of NBolinger ) .
Note difference in eye shape , the sutures on the temple are much too crude & also wrong in shape , the area between the right hand crossbones lacks the typical striped area , etc.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

Thank you. I was looking for exactly this expertise. As you write, no scarcity to find real SS caps with fake insignia. These caps were often denazified, and then not re-nazified properly.