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01-19-2009 10:05 PM
# ADS
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Re: Newbie - Hello and a question?
looks good, enlisted artillery?
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Re: Newbie - Hello and a question?
Ah....now I was looking on a site and I found a reference to red as being Artillery, but that also suggested the eagle badge of being that of an officer?
Thanks for your reply, I can see from reading a few other threads that unlocking the history can be quite a task!
It is good BTW, for a 60 year old cap it is in amazing condition, both inner and outer, thankfully those moth balls my grandparents insisted on worked, made the house smell though!!
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Re: Newbie - Hello and a question?
Your cap is a forage cap for the Germany army in field grey wool (versus the cotton used in Africa and other tropical climes) an enlisted man of artillery. If the eagle is woven of aluminum wire thread, then it is that of an officer; if it is white or grey cotton woven, it is for other ranks. The model cap was introduced in 1934 or so. I think the national eagle insignia is in grey woven material, suggesting a cap made during the early years of the war. These things sometimes have makers' stamps and a date. I am not expert in these. I cannot give you a price, They are now heavily faked, too, and I am not an expert in those either. This kind of cap was replaced by one with a peak or brim or visor as the war progressed.
Someone here will correct my mistakes, surely.
Congratulations on your nice cap and we thank providence for moth balls. As a collector of old woolens for nearly 45 years, I am addicted to the smell, which surely has added to my already impaired brain.
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Re: Newbie - Hello and a question?
It's entirely possible you grandad did pick it up in Africa. Tropical uniforms were hastily put into production for the campaign and were in short supply.
This is a nice honest cap and if it were my grandads, I'd buy a display head to put it on and try and keep it in the family for as long as you can.
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Re: Newbie - Hello and a question?
Nice cap. You are right..it does belong in a collection...yours! If this hat belonged to your grandfather you should hold onto it as a piece of your family history.
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Re: Newbie - Hello and a question?
Hello Marvinuk, Great looking cap !, are there any makers makings or dates on liner of cap ??
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Re: Newbie - Hello and a question?
more pic please, looks nice...yes....
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