Army Artillery Officer Visor Cap

[Pinky1978]

Hello, for third time, I am trying to buy a Officer Visor Cap.
Now I found this Army Artirelly Officer Visor Cap from Schellenberg.
The sweat band looks very new.

I searched in other threads, and looks like a Late War Schellenberg Artillery 1945, but I´m not an expert.

Schellenberg sweat sheild

Late War Schellenberg Artillery visor cap original or repro?

Could you give me your opinions?

Thanks a lot,
Alexander

[ErWeSa]

It is indeed a late-war Schellenberg. The pictures have been manipulated in order to hide the mothdamages to piping and crown - if you take a close look you can see the manipulations.

[Pinky1978]

Thanks ErWeSa for your answer.
I have manipulated the photos, due to I don´t want to have problems with the photo license from the seller, by this reason I have remove the name.
I have added another photo in the first post where you can see the piping with the small damage.

[ErWeSa]

I see! At first I thought somebody wanted to pull your leg by manipulating the pics and hiding severe damge. If it's nothing but a few moth bites and you don't mind these you have a nice, original, late-war Schellenberg-cap.

[Pinky1978]

As you well says, I don´t mind these small bites, so I think I´ll buy it. Thanks a lot.

[Pinky1978]

Hello , finally I have received my first Schellenberg Visor Cap.

I think is a Late War Schellenberg Artillery visor cap and the sweat band is not leather , it´s synthetic. Is that right?

The inside visor hasn't the cross-hatch pattern, and I don´t know if it's Vulkanfiber (last picture)

Also the visor cap has come a little deformed. Is there a way to iron it?

Thanks,
Alexander

[ErWeSa]

The very late-war caps often had bills made of pressed paper which was then laquered or very thin vulkafiber ones. The sweatband isn't synthetic it is a kind of leatherette - i. e. fabric covered by some coating. For reshaping, see here:

Reshaping a Visor

The metal spring in the crown seems to have slipped out of place. You could fix that if it is still flexible (i. e. hasn't corroded).

[toot]

the moth's gave it the OK!. they juried it.

[Pinky1978]

Thanks ErWeSa for your comment, now I can be sure that the cap is 100% original.
I´ll try to resahping the visor.