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 rhombus is of plastic, and usually removed between 1963 and the present.
These things were sold from the back pages of physical culture magazines and other such lurid vehicles in an innocent and far removed epoch.
The 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 government (see above right), filled with city palaces of Prussian nobles that were then transformed into government offices, as in the case of Wilhelmstrasse 110.
By the way, I had the chance last week to meet our own HPL2008 in Munich, and am very glad I was to make his acquaintance in person.
He plays a central role in our work and I thank him for the chance for a personal meeting.
Last edited by Friedrich-Berthold; 08-16-2014 at 01:40 PM.
I am sticking this thread as it is an important one. These Alteste still show up on a regular basis and hopefully this thread will help new people from being taken advantage of. This is an important post FB.
BOB
LIFE'S LOSERS NEVER LEARN FROM THE ERROR OF THEIR WAYS.
Thank you, Bob.
Mr. 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 these were called "Atwood caps," after LTC James Atwood who was or was not also a CIA man in West Berlin, and the dagger king and the person who had these made for import into sizzling 60s America....!?.
See video for atmosphere of the time.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0URCyPm2gA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGYL7mr8G4A
Last edited by Friedrich-Berthold; 08-16-2014 at 04:04 AM.
BOB
LIFE'S LOSERS NEVER LEARN FROM THE ERROR OF THEIR WAYS.
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