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#167098 05/11/2006 05:38 PM
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Here's a Stahlhelm visor cap acquired recently. Ca. 1920's it goes well with the tunic I posted. Comments or input appreciated, thanks!

Robert

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#167099 05/11/2006 05:39 PM
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Interior, visor is ersatz leather like a crusher cap. Sweatband(showing repairs) is leather with a silk cord running through it that ties in a bow at the rear seam.

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Ensemble

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#167102 05/12/2006 06:40 AM
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RGD 51,

the a little bit brown looking Paspol and "Besatzband", has it its original colour or has it changed over the times from "reseda-green" to brown?

The small eagle was first added to the caps after January 1933, when Hitler became Reichskanzler. A nice cap, I own a similar one.

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Kolibri

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The cap band and piping match perfectly...a strange brownish gray...I'm unfamiliar with it. Thanks for your post can you post shots of yours?

Robert


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