OK gents, I finally managed to take my own photos of my latest M1910 Feldmütze.
By comparing the below with the seller’s original photos (above), you’ll notice that the Reichs cockade’s white paint has further chipped-off during transit so my first question to you would be:
How do I prevent further flaking/chipping of the white paint?
After testing the cap under a black/UV light, I noticed that there is sporadic glowing on the liner and I’m assuming/hoping this could be explained by an attempt from a previous owner to carefully clean/scrub the liner with some detergent?
What concerns me most however is the fact nothing else glows abnormally except for that tiny piece of red fabric which is (correctly) sown between the Reichs cockade and the cap itself… Would that mean the cockades could not be original to the cap?
As for the markings, in addition to Guard regimentals, date, and size, you can see in purple what looks to me the maker’s stamp in addition to a costumer’s mark stamped twice (post-war theatre company I guess) plus some illegible blue rectangle captioned stamp on the cap’s ‘sweatband’. Can you tell what it is?
To my close-ups:
And a couple of ‘family’ shots:
When benchmarking my Guard Feldmütze with its Infantry counterpart, I noticed the former is made of higher quality ribbed wool. Even the red center band is nicer/smoother on the Guard cap:
