Two examples of Italian cloth, 1 from a '44 German jacket & 1 from a '39 Italian jacket
I do not collect wartime field caps, but we have examined the textiles used in certain kinds of SS caps.
Types Materials for SS Visor Hats
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Hi DS...we had a similar thread here today with a heinous looking duckbill helmet of similar character..and also of similar denial of facts. IMO I feel this forum is the end stop of all that could possibly be exhausted in knowledge by the advance collectors of this forum. Your questions are quite valid..but the bottom line after years of study on these types by these Gents..unless another hidden tailor comes out of the Third Reich cracks in caps..there is no other documentation available to support that your cap is authentic.
...and yes there are those instances where genuine items to get binned due to resource. Hard to say ..but leaning on the higher percentages of the Knowledge here..I would say ..it would be in your best interest to return it and replenish your wallet.
There is nothing wrong with finding out something is what it is not..or what it is. If we never fail we become our own Gods and never have to rely on no one except ourselves. Then what would be wrong?....everything would be perfect. No one then would listen to one another and be full of themselves..a Utopian society of TR collecting. Everyone would be teachers and no students.
These things must happen to keep a balance. You asked the question..and you received the answer. I hate it when loved ones pass away..and have no choice but to accept it..others do not which is their prerogative . Your cap will not change nor will the thoughts of the most studied here. We are just glad..you didnt lose your mind and start name calling as on the helmet thread by another member. No need for that.
I would say Hang in there DS listen to your mentors..which i know they are worth more than what you paid for in that cap. Until research does uncover what may be correct in your cap.... that time has not or may not come. Nature of the Hobby . Best Regards Larry
It is not the size of a Collection in History that matters......Its the size of your Passion for it!! - Larry C
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Thanks to Larry C for his very hard work for all our benefit.
Nothing in the new pictures change my opinion that this is a post 1945 cap. As you wish to convince yourself that is real and ignore the opinion of some of the most learned and respected experts on 3rd Reich headwear, why did you bother to post this cap? We have much better things out there to take up five pages of space on this forum.
BOB
LIFE'S LOSERS NEVER LEARN FROM THE ERROR OF THEIR WAYS.
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