I have gotten several of this type of SS m43 cap from direct veteran buys over the years. No problem with these being wartime. I think they came in very late and many were still in QM depots when taken by GIs.
Flat mint examples of all types of TK items show up. It's only 60 years ago for gosh sakes!Something taken from a depot and going right into a footlocker is still going to be pretty much the same after 3000 weeks. You can still buy flat mint Civil War muskets that look like they were made yesterday. I bought a bundle of 25 unissued Civil war cavalry jackets out of NYC costume shop in the 1970s. The ones packeted in the center were flat mint except for some age smell.The colors as fresh as new and buttons with all the gilt bright.
