Dunkelblau Bavarian Visor

[MAP]

I have a soft spot for visors. While I have a nice collection of WW2 I've been slowly adding Imperial when I find them at decent prices.

This example is pretty run of the mill but still a nice clean example. Name written twice. Once under the sweatband and another on time on the liner. Unfortunately I haven't been able to translate

 

[Tony without Kaiser]

Very nice! Love that Bayern ribbed fabric.

 

[Steve Nick]

Maybe a fairly common branch of service but it's certainly not in "run of the mill" condition. Every Imperial helmet collection has to have at least one visor cap.

 

[MAP]

Thanks Gents for the kind comments. Yes "common" does not necessarily mean undesirable. LoL.

I'm sure a collector could just focus on these alone without ever running out of all the variations!

 

[Jeff R]

Now that's a lovely cap - classic example of the gabardine material favored by the Bavarians (I'm with Tony as a fan of these) and a nice Bavarian blue!

 

[MAP]

Thanks Jeff. Got this a few years back at a small local show. No Imperial collectors there so it was just sitting and was able to negotiate a good deal

 

[Kaiser Wilhelm II]

A quite nice cap. I am very fond of visor caps, this one has a bit of that "saddle" shape" and I'll echo the sentiment that just because it's common does not mean it's not a great piece.

 

[MAP]

A quite nice cap. I am very fond of visor caps, this one has a bit of that "saddle" shape" and I'll echo the sentiment that just because it's common does not mean it's not a great piece.

Thanks. It is very reminiscent to the classic "Saddle Form" shape of WW2 German visors, which to me are the nicest style made.

One correction. I actually got this one at the 2021Max Show. One of my Prussian examples was from a local show.

 

[southsando]

Very nice visor cap!