Pilotka

[RichieC]

A recent acquisition; Seems to be fabricated from US Lend-Lease mustard wool. IMO, star-cockarde is without a doubt, early to mid 1940X make.

I am almost certain that this is wartime/early postwar made, but I am having difficulty deciphering the stamp.

Dim, have you even seen such a stamp?

[Pierre N]

its a Christmas gift ? Very nice and good condition ! congrat

[FMS-Paul]

very nice cap RichieC !!

[Dimas]

Hi Richie, make it wet then look! You can read it then. Nice war time example

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Richie, I cannot make it out either. But I have heard of the tip Dimas mentioned.

Get a hand pumped water sprayer, like people use for house plants, to apply a mist of water to the leaves. This will not soak the cap, but will sometimes allow ink to become more readable. This method works on WW2 British berets.

Cheers, Ade.

[RichieC]

Pierre & Stalingrad (To the latter: Do you have a proper first name we all can properly address you by?): thanks for the compliments.
It was a simple blind purchase that yielded something unique to my collection. I do indeed find it quite nice...

Also, thanks to you Dim and Ade. I never thought of "The Wet Look"...

Here I show it (does it help in any way?). I know that everybody's computer monitor shows a different image compared to the original...