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Well said. I have collected this material for a long time, as has Bob Coleman, and we endeavor to educate to the best of our abilities. We exceed the level of expertise
manifested on most sites...

This statement about the Atwood Breuer cap is as germane today as when I made it a while ago.

The recent enclosures above are authentic pieces, which are too infrequently seen here and everywhere.

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10399181039917Life is constituted of contrasts.

Thanks to Andreas and Larry for keeping our little garden of joy in such pleasing order.

Danke vielmals und Ihnen weiterhin alles Gute!

727590727573727572Mr. Mint has examined this same material in other threads, where this item is rather maladroitly called an "Aelteste" i.e. Berlins aelteste Uniformenmuetzenfabrik.
At the time...

Thank you, Bob.

727889727570727559The cap makers were in the garment district, which was in the vicinity of Alexanderplatz and Prenzlauer Berg (left image), for instance.
Wilhelmstrasse was the center of the...

727888727538727539727540727541727542727543727544727545727546727547Here is a real SS senior leader cap, the Oberfuehrermuetze.

Perhaps these were made in West Berlin or in Munich, or where ever. No serious collector would consider such a thing, as they were legion at the beginning of my collecting career.
The sweat...

These are the Atwood fake caps from the 1960s.

One does not often see the original labeling from the inside.

The address in the epoch was of a ministry of the government, not a cap maker....