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Is that Marc Verstraete?

Unfortunately, I don't think he took photos of the interiors and tags of all his headgear before it was stolen.

It is a good reminder to have high-quality, complete photos of your collection...

Here is a site that has been set up to catalog the missing items.
If you run across one, you can report it to the owner thru the site:

https://www.stolenitemsww2.com/

Wim, kudos to you for helping to recover the collection.

My primary hope is that he gets it all back and that it is recovered 100% intact.

My worst fear is that the thieves get scared, and...

As I understand it, Wim is putting together a compendium of the hats, but in the meantime, please be on the lookout for any rare hats that suddenly pop up on the market.

SA Kepis:

Police heagear:

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You probably have heard about this in other threads/forums, but I want to make sure it gets publicity here. The collection was owned by a friend of Wim's, Philippe Gillain in Belgium.
Many...