SA- Kepi / Schaftmütze “Gruppe Franken”
it´s a SA- Gruppe Franken "Coffee Can" Mütze.
Classic NSDAP -brown with a yellow (Felt ?-) top, correspondint to the "Franken"- region , that has several small moth -bites. But well, its age, and Time is the Master.
It is supposed to be a "M1929 type" -kepi , with an "old style" - Reichsadler and a darkened gold button. The brown leather sweatband is partially detached. No labels or such inside.
Inside the capis the Stormtroopers name, " Wüst" (that´s "UGLY" in german :shok_yikes:, a latin number "VII", and a stamp that reads "8", guess that´s the size.
i have read and studied all i could before buying this cap, and finally i went for it. I must say that i have not seen a picture of that "flap- design", but as there where many manufacturers and many styles, i decided to take the risk.
The Cap, aging & moth- damage, Sturmband (Chinstrap) and all the rest looked ok to me, even thou i am far of being an expert. I got this one from the WRF- forum classifieds, which also gave me confidence.
The Reichsadler looks quite old, even thou i haven´t seen that kind of beak before, but again, my knowledge on them is rather limited and again, there where many manufacturers with many styles.. Hope really this one is good. The fels is all eaten away by moths underneath the Eagle. Bon Appetite !!!
And after all, there are not many of them around, the SA is historically speaking very important, and finally - i could afford it, which is not the case with SS- Caps, who reach astronomical prices..
However, i wanted to show / share that kepi here, and as always, any opinions are very welcome
