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Bill Shea's visor looks original and shares many traits with the example pictured. Price is over $8000.00. cheers, Ryan
Dear Ryan, the cap in question is now on hold. Donnerwetter. It seems as if you facilitated a sale! It is an intriguing piece, and, next to the piece in the hands of our colleague Violin, the now world famous Eberhard cap, it may the 2d I have ever seen in forty years as an officer's cap in field grey. This sort of thing must have been in use in the years 193X-1940 or so. But in which year did such grey caps first appear? From the photos, we know the year to be 1935 in the case of the LAH. From Colleague Violin's cap, as well as Eberhard's notional dates, then I vote for about 1937 at the latest. Derek Chapman must come to our aid, as he always has the data on these kind of things. When does a grey cap for leaders appear in the price lists? In any case, Shea seems to have found a taker for his grey cap with the runics. Sapere aude.
