speagle Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Was advised this should be posted in this forum. Received this for Christmas from my son. I'd appreciate any information, (i.e, Unit designation, meaning of red stripe, authenticity based on inside markings, etc.) It had a tag inside that said "German Army", nothing else. As Mervyn once said, "Your family spoils you Ed". Thanks in advance for any help. Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Strong Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 (edited) Hello Ed It appears to be a Luftwaffe cap, minus the eagle. Regrettably I don't know enough about caps to say if it is genuine or not. If the piping is red (it looks brown on my monitor) if would indicate "Flak" and if Brown it would be for "Signals" Hope this helps some Cheers Larry Edited December 31, 2015 by Laurence Strong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock Auld Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 looks similar to one I have, What colour is the underside of the peak? I think they tend to be green but as ever not always! Happy new year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speagle Posted January 3, 2016 Author Share Posted January 3, 2016 (edited) On 12/31/2015 at 06:30, Laurence Strong said: Hello Ed It appears to be a Luftwaffe cap, minus the eagle. Regrettably I don't know enough about caps to say if it is genuine or not. If the piping is red (it looks brown on my monitor) if would indicate "Flak" and if Brown it would be for "Signals" Hope this helps some Cheers Larry ++++++++++++ Larry- the piping is red. What exactly is "FLAK"? Larry- the piping is red. What exactly is "FLAK"? On 1/2/2016 at 02:20, Jock Auld said: looks similar to one I have, What colour is the underside of the peak? I think they tend to be green but as ever not always! Happy new year I'm away from my house for now. I'll check on the peak underside when I get home. Thanks for making time to respond. Ed Edited January 3, 2016 by speagle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Strong Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Hello Ed Flak, it's the abbreviation for "Flugabwehrkanone" and is German for AA gun. Red was the waffenfarbe for AA Cheers Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speagle Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 (edited) On 1/3/2016 at 14:59, speagle said: Larry- the piping is red. What exactly is "FLAK"? I'm away from my house for now. I'll check on the peak underside when I get home. Thanks for making time to respond. Ed No green under the Peak. So then, do I have an ARMY Artillery hat? Edited January 7, 2016 by speagle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock Auld Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 No it looks to me like mine a Luftwaffe Signals NCO cap. The Flak piping is a stronger red colour so I think signals (orange red colour) ie a radio or telephone bloke. You just need an eagle to complete it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speagle Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 Thanks Jock. I'll look into it further later. appreciate you making time to comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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