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Thanks Sandro!

For your review and comment is a complete 1917 dated hussars uniform. This uniform was commissioned and produced for the Neuadjusteriungs des Heeres Projekt. With this project, the army high command hoped to decide on a universal uniform design to be implemented after the war. In the end, the dissolving of the monarchy and the fragmentation of the empire made the entire project obsolete. The project involved the submission of concept drawings and then the commissioning of uniform sets of various designs and material colors. These items are extremely rare with most known examples in the collection of the Austrian Army Museum in Vienna. This uniform set was acquired after the war by the Hungarian National Theater, where it stayed until the 1950's when it was sold to a Hungarian collector. I just recently purchased this uniform. I am strictly a headgear collector and my hope is to trade this set for some nice Austro-Hungarian caps. Although I may own this set for only a short time, I actually feel privileged to have it in my home. They certainly the coolest and most rare items I have ever owned.

Hi all, In case any of you have seen this cap being offered....beware, it is a fake. Frankly, it's not even a very convincing one.

Yes indeed....a cap for the second brigade of the Legion. The badge is very rare, here is a photo of an officer with the same badge.

This is a real shot in the dark....but does anyone know who owns this cap? It was recently (April 2022) in a Polish auction and sold in a post auction sale. I would very much like to connect with this person to get more information on this cap and maybe interest them in a trade. Thanks!

WOW....those are 1990's prices! These days $25 per badge is a good deal and sadly there are zillions of fakes. I think it's actually the epidemic of fakes that has driven up the prices of originals....which are still very common and easy to find. Anyway....great find!

I agree, they look good. Nice find.

It is with great sadness that I tell of the passing of one of America's most knowledgable and accomplished Imperial German collectors. Charles (Chip) Minx passed away on August 5, 2021 at age 72 after a three year battle with cancer. He is survived by two sons, several grandchildren and countless collectors to whom he pass on his wisdom and generosity over the years. Chip was an occasional contributor to this forum and many of you may know him from other forums. His passing is a great loss his family and to our collecting community as well.

I found this cap....it sold recently in a Czerny's auction. I wish I had seen it before the auction date!!! Anyway, it is a nice example of the cloth visored style. Enjoy!

Anyone have a clue as to what this cap is? The shape looks Russian or Yugoslav. The skull on the front looks german or maybe white Russian? And the numbers....are they a date? Any thoughts?

Unfortunately, I strongly believe that this cap is a fake. While it certainly seems to look old, there are too many errors in construction that can't be explained away. I can see that maybe the original untrimmed peak may have been replaced some time by this trimmed peak, however, I can see no reason why the sweatband would be replaced. Original sweatbands were machine sewn to both the lining on the top edge and the cap body on the bottom edge. In addition, the stamps make no sense. Where would not be an inspector stamp (SL) without the inspection depot stamp and date showing final approval. The cap looks good on the surface, but I am convinced it is a fake.

Very nice!

The patch is for the 1st feldjager battalion of the common army. While these lagerkappen are often associated with cavalry or artillery troops, they were also popular with infantry troops, especially later in the war. It is dated KR 1917 which means it was made and accepted in Hungary. This seems odd to me since the 1st feldjager battalion was raised in Austria and was a German speaking regiment. I suppose there could be many explanations for this.

In anticipation of photos from MonteSanto, I will start the ball rolling with some more WWI period caps. Enjoy!

MonteSanto, Welcome to the forum!! That is very interesting information about the tunic. Do you have an K.u.K. era caps you can post? Best regards