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[teufelhunde.ret]

Friends, when this popped up earlier this week I saw an opportunity to acquire a very unique and seldom seen outside important collections... this cover and EGA. For my interests anyway, its more about the EGA than the barracks cover as most know.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...A:IT&ih=009

Here is a picture of the EGA from the auction:


Well I emailed the seller asking for a picture of the rear of the emblem, the reply: Hi and thanks for the inquiry. I apologize for the quality of the pictures, my camera is not the greatest. I looked inside the hat and honestly I don't know how the badge comes off. Also it seems like it has been on there a while and I don't want to risk doing any damage to the emblem or the hat itself. If there is any other questions I can answer, please feel free to ask. Thanks.

We have a photo of a identical emblem in our reference section: http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/ind...?showtopic=9806


And this is were my cautious nature comes to play, in viewing the EGA posted at the auction page the EGA sits very flat to the cover with no exposed areas to see. A true period pinback of the period as shown below would not sit like this (IMHO) on the cover:


Would also like your comments on the cover in general, appears to be absolutely pristine... I'm not certain about the scrambled egg's if these were correct for the period or what grade these would have represented?

This post has been edited by teufelhunde.ret: Jan 31 2008, 03:03 AM