UBB.threads Forums Uniform & Accessories SS & SA Uniform Forum Opinions on this WSS Visor

Spotted for sale is this WSS Officers visor. I really like the hat itself but I'm not too sure about the insignia, especially the Assmann TK.
Your opinions please gentlemen!

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steady on ben, at this rate you will have aquired all ss visors on the market, youve only just got your concentration camp piped one, ha, ha. looks a bit moth nipped is the price 2,250 u.k. ? suppose that reflects the conditon. insignia look o.k. to me, ,,,,,,dare i ask if your going for it ???????????? regards phil. p.s. will have to catch up with you at the passage.

I am not very knowledgeable when it comes to hats, but is the smooth visor underside correct? Seems I have read it should have a "waffled" or textured design.

Hiya Phil, I've spent a fortune lately but I'm of the opinion that if they're authentic, mortage the house, sell the girlfriend, do whatever it takes because the good ones are rare and will be the best investment you ever make.
It is strange though how they come along all at the same time. I've been looking for WSS visors for about 4 years now and only bought one because I was never convinced of the others but in the last couple of months I've seen 4 with a lot of potential.

At the risk of being a kill-joy, I would be less inclined to buy this cap. It could also be an old fake. I also do not like the Totenkopf, in fact. It is true, though, that caps all tumble out of the sky at the same time. On this cap, I dislike the color of the cap cover, its farbic, as well as the underside of the Muetzenschirm. However, I am not there and I have not looked at the thing, to be sure.

skull is not a good one.(funny face)....and the rest.??.........i am agree with Abenheim.......save your money

Also of issue here is the width of the cap band, i.e. the velvet piece. It should be wider, as well. This more narrow feature is also symptomatic of 1960s fakes, as well. Finally, the absence of the rhombus also points to the willful extraction of the plastic thingy that might also have been in this cap. I owned caps like this in the mid-1960s, when I was very young and oh-so-naive.

Ryan S asked me about this visor (from Regimentals) back in March and the same conclusions were reached as what has been reached here - especially the skull and the smooth underside of the peak being no good. I would not buy it.

There is a Japanese firm that specializes in visor caps that uses a smooth visor that is pretty much identical to this variety...its been out and available for some time now. Check under Schmidt and Sohn out of Japan.

Thanks for the comments guys. Some quite convincing fake aging going on here then?

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Originally posted by BenVK:
Thanks for the comments guys. Some quite convincing fake aging going on here then?

Aber nein! This is an old fake, I think. The free radicals and lack of antioxidants work their ravages all the same...forty years begins to look like sixty....