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03-01-2014 11:42 AM
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I'll give this a nudge back up the list to see if I get a comment today .......... it mustn't have piqued anyone's interest so far??
Cheers, Dan
" I'm putting off procrastination until next week "
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harryamb2
from what I can see I like it.
Thanks Harry! I forgot to mention, there is thread residue where the eagle has been removed. Hopefully some more cloth experts will read this and suggest who the 'TRA..........' refers to ( a maker perhaps? )
Cheers, Dan
" I'm putting off procrastination until next week "
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S.Vestae
Not for me sorry
aha ..... can you explain please the features that cause it to be unsuitable for you?
" I'm putting off procrastination until next week "
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sure ! I dont like wool, soutache, silver piping, all construction...but wait other comments...
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Danmark
aha ..... can you explain please the features that cause it to be unsuitable for you?
Guys that adhere to textbook guidelines will, with patience, usually get good caps. Those that set their own parameters for what is acceptable stand a good chance of getting bad stuff. This cap exhibits more "wrongs" than "rights" therefore leaving you to draw a fairly sensible conclusion. Sebastien gave you a pretty good hint.
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Thank you both for your expert opinions - but I did know it was NOT textbook .... no contest there - and so, I have always relegated it to the "more wrongs than rights" box. BUT, my question was is it a private purchase cap?? and, if you do not think it is even period made, where might it have come from or been converted from? ( the wear / nap loss / mothing indicate some good age to me and the faded stamps are yet to be deciphered and I wish I knew what the TRA ..... was )
If an outright fake I would have expected some more blatant stamps etc ....... sadly, my photography does not do it justice and I wish I could bottle the musty, smoky smell of the old cloth and send it through the forum to you all.
Dan
" I'm putting off procrastination until next week "
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That is a hard one for me Dan as it could very well be one made in the 70's from old wartime wool or a cut up overcoat I had my share of them and they were good copies with proper linings usually sold in the SS form naturally or that could be a good original private purchase I have one in the Czech cut that is private purchase I think some suggest it was issued. I guess that is why caps are a minefield or at least can be for some of us. timothy
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