Thanks for the feedback guys.
Sorry to tease you with the visor again Erich !
Thanks for the feedback guys.
Sorry to tease you with the visor again Erich !
Good thread.
Thanks
SteveR
Tony, another terrific thread! A delightful historical progression that I will try to add to over time. It is nice to have a "tell" along with the "show".
“Show me the regulation, and I’ll show you the exception.”
A new addition I acquired recently.
It is a text book example of the modifications and changes to regulations brought in about 1934. The cap is tellerform in shape for an artillery officer/nco.
It's never had a chinstrap and sports the light brown cotton lining and interestingly, has a cork and orange sponge at the front.
the insignia represents the very slim time period between the revival of the national cockade in march 1933 to replace the weimar reichs adler, and the intro of the national emblem (eagle) from may 1934 onwards......
Very nice and interesting cap, indeed.
Pioneer officers cap by Georg Kurz of Braunschweig.
An example of what is often referred to as a "transitional cap" covering the period 1934 - 1936 when the fashion for caps moved from the teller form to the more popular saddle shape and the cap band turned from the field grey to the dark green.
This example sports the " 1st pattern" insignia and field grey colour band and a more traditional shape although it has been worked on to get a more jaunty look.
It has the orange sponge dating it past 1934. It has only ever had the national cockade on the cap band as there are no holes to show previous application of the weimar eagle.
The cap has a makers logo under the celluloid identifying it as the above (see p 281of wilkins) but no lettering underneath to give a clue other than that.
Pictures hopefully will do the talkin'
This is a really terrific nutshell thread on the evolution of the Schirmmutze:
Kaiser's Bunker Imperial German Cloth Headgear Guide
“Show me the regulation, and I’ll show you the exception.”
Roger that.
a great link ..... all you need in a glance.
Last edited by Friedrich-Berthold; 08-05-2011 at 03:13 PM.
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