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05-07-2009 02:30 PM
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Re: Another great ebay visor cap
Fantastic find !
rgds, Ty
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Re: Another great ebay visor cap
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Re: Another great ebay visor cap
A very nice early SS-VT or Totenkopfverbande officer's cap.
BOB
LIFE'S LOSERS NEVER LEARN FROM THE ERROR OF THEIR WAYS.
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Re: Another great ebay visor cap
Looks to be an early cap, and quite rare with the SS runes inside.
Would this be classed as late VT, but pre war? Just goes to show that there are things out there. A nice cap, if that is the word
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Re: Another great ebay visor cap
BOB
LIFE'S LOSERS NEVER LEARN FROM THE ERROR OF THEIR WAYS.
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Re: Another great ebay visor cap
Upgraded with Zinc insignia too Bob which would indicate use of the cap right into the Wartime era.
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Re: Another great ebay visor cap
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My cap is a case of begging the question, how many eagles have been mounted on this cap? I have no doubt that there was another 1936 pattern eagle on this cap before the present zinc piece. As this is a well worn cap, likely worn in the field, it is possible several eagles adorned this cap. The cap was purchased a number of years ago by a friend of mine from a walk in at a military show. The seller was the son of the vet who brought this piece back. The buyer offered it to me and I limited his ownership time to about five minutes.
BOB
LIFE'S LOSERS NEVER LEARN FROM THE ERROR OF THEIR WAYS.
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Re: Another great ebay visor cap
I think I would have taken about the same time to make up my mind as you did Bob!
The point I was trying to make however is this. A pre war cap is discovered, sometimes with wartime insignia or none at all, no problem there, they were subject to changes of insignia of course or have survived to this day without insignia at all. What I find fascinating though is the fact that a cap from the VT era survived so long on the head of the owner right through the change of insignia and right up to the point of being a souvenir for the allied soldiers arriving in France in 44. The fact that this particular cap was bought from Canada would suggest that don't you agree? Unless of course that the Canada connection is a complete red herring? I don't know, just seems quite amazing to me that such a lot of pre war caps ended up in American/Canadian hands and are now being sold on.
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