Gordon Williamson Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 A recent donation to the U-Boat Archive which I had the pleasure of being able to inspect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted September 28, 2007 Author Share Posted September 28, 2007 They don't come much better than this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted September 28, 2007 Author Share Posted September 28, 2007 Typical deep blue lining with grey leather sweatband - a large percentage of original KM officers caps have grey leather sweatbands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted September 28, 2007 Author Share Posted September 28, 2007 The hat stiffening band. Typical impregnated fabric (very similar, but thicker, to the kind of backing you can find on officer collar tabs. On KM caps it is usually white, or as here, black. Original issue KM caps rarely have the card stiffeners found in Army/Luft hats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted September 28, 2007 Author Share Posted September 28, 2007 The cap belonged to Leutnant zur See Michael Nielsen of U-775 and was donated to the Archiv by his wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pvon Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 Thanks for sharing pics!Always a thrill to see real ones!PVON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBeltram Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 Hi Gordon,That is one beautiful cap.Regards, Jody Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesredep Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 HiGordonVery interesting and important for KM collectors.Thanks for sharing pics with us.Nice Cap. RegardsNesredep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reinoudmilitary Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Very interesting pictures, didn't know they had black capframe stiffeners too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted September 30, 2007 Author Share Posted September 30, 2007 Very interesting pictures, didn't know they had black capframe stiffeners too.White is more common, but black is perfectly OK also. The material used is more important than the colour. Card is more suspect as this was not used often on original issue caps but almost always on postwar issue caps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reinoudmilitary Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 White is more common, but black is perfectly OK also. The material used is more important than the colour. Card is more suspect as this was not used often on original issue caps but almost always on postwar issue caps.Thanks,I learned a lot from you already about Kriegsmarine dd-caps and visor hats on this forum (and Torpedo Loss!)I find the chinstrap also interesting on this one because it looks like the " softer type" (at least it's called like that in KM cap threads on the waf-forum). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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