Black SS Officers cap: Real or Fake?

[morrisdg]

Came across this ... I assume fake. Opinions?

[Friedrich-Berthold]

You want:

[Friedrich-Berthold]

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The combination of the wire piping and the wool variety in one is out of the normal.

[BOB COLEMAN]

100% agreement with FB. This is a total fake that has been aged to fool.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

100% agreement with FB. This is a total fake that has been aged to fool.

Thanks, dear friend, you know far better than do I, and with much more experience than mine.

[ErWeSa]

It looks like a Peküro-style post-war cap (see the colour of the wasserdicht-top panel lining) for some unknown organisation. The cap cords (twisting!) + the buttons which are too big may have been added even later.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

It looks like a Peküro-style post-war cap (see the colour of the wasserdicht-top panel lining) for some unknown organisation. The cap cords (twisting!) + the buttons which are too big may have been added even later.

Well said.