WW2 reproduction German M43 field caps unboxing
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- Hi guys,
Happy New Year!
I hope you had a nice Christmas and New Years celebrations!
This is some new WW2 M43 Field caps from eBay China. I think they are good, however took a long time to arrive.
Here is a link to the enlisted man's cap:
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Here is a link to the Officers cap:
www.ebay.co.uk...
Here is a link to the Luftwaffe Officers cap:
www.ebay.co.uk...
Hope you guys enjoy!
I'm going to upload some more videos when I get the chance.
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Love the M43 cap, I just don't put the cockade or eagle on them. Very useful on a cold Lake Erie coastline winters day.
Nice. I mostly use mine for re-enacting so add the cockade, but they are good hats to use so I have one without the cockade that I sometimes use when it's cold as well. Interestingly after the war, most ex-Wehrmacht personal used to wear their caps just as a cap until they fell to bits and they then got rid of them and were a common sight post war. M43 was very influential and was the inspiration for many modern caps and the Bundeswehr still use gabardine versions for drill/parade sometimes (obviously with Bundeswehr insignia).
i was looking at the are you being served movies!!...lolololol..im also a big fan of m-43 caps...love the video and your sweet caps!!!...very nice!
Hahaha!
RUclips algorithm is wierd lol
Thanks mate! :)
The M43 is also probably my favourite WW2 German cap. I have got a lot, probably too many lol
I'll probably do a video on them in the future after i have finished the ones I'm working on
Hahahaha
Lol RUclips algorithm is wierd lol
Thanks mate :)
The M43 cap is probably my favourite WW2 German cap and I have probably too many lol
I'll probably make a video on them when I have finished the other ones I'm working on atm
Elsenau in Poland makes some incredible M43s as well.
Yes, they make very nice, high quality M43 field caps and uniforms. They use original materials, thread, buttons and for extra, even original insignia.
I wish I could afford to get one and that's the problem I have with Elsenau, the price.
I was looking at getting an M44 tunic from them and without insignia it was like £300 (when I looked, it might have changed now). For me, unless I become a millionaire, that is just too much for me to spend on a tunic.
The caps were slightly more reasonable, but still a lot.
I'm kinda kicking myself as over lockdown, I saw an Elsenau M44 tunic on eBay and it was going for £10, I forgot to bid on it and no one bought it. It was relisted a few months later and went for £150 🤦♂️
Your knife cuts like a new hammer
@@newschwarz hahaha, yeah i know. As it's a WW2 German fighting knife, it's designed to be good at thrusting, not cutting. That's why it did so poorly 🤣
AWSOME stuff mate! I just put together a SS LAH uniform.
Thanks mate! I have do LAH as well! I do an Untersturmfuhrer impression at the moment which one of the M43 caps in this video is for.
@@thebritishww2man im a SS Rottenfuhrer 1940. That'll be on my Red army1 channel soon
@@redarmy1698 Nice! I'll check it out. My Untersturmfuhrer impression was for Normandy 1944, however I'm thinking about promoting myself to Hauptmann and adding some awards as my impression has no awards at the moment and I've been creating a backstory to my impression/character. I think that people need to have backstories to their impressions otherwise it seems a bit wooden.
@@redarmy1698 Nice, I'll check it out! My Untersturmfuhrer LAH impression was originally for 1944 Normandy, however I intend to promote myself to Hauptsturmfuhrer and add some awards as well as I've recently created a proper back story to my impression which I think is needed as lots of people don't have backstories to their characters/impressions.
Awesome video and very nice caps. And keep it up with the good work.
Thanks mate! :) Will do :)
@@thebritishww2man and I enjoyed your videos and they're very good and helpful for putting together a WWII German impression.
@@Militariahistory Thanks! I'm glad they are useful. I'm going to try and post some updated versions of my impressions soon hopefully.
@@thebritishww2man can't wait to see the update impression videos and are you going to do one for bedroom museum. And are you going to do an Afrika Krop impression for North Africa
@@Militariahistory Yes I can do a bedroom museum update and I am creating 2 Afrika Korps impressions, 1 for an enlisted man in Sonderverband 288 and another for an officer in Fallschirmjager Battalion Ramcke.
Nice Vid bro!
Thanks bro!
I wish i have one T^T
Mate, awesome video my friend. Can you post a direct link to these hats? I want the exact ones you have in this presentation. I so need to buy one. Laurie
Thanks mate! The link to the caps are in the description but here they are:
Here is a link to the enlisted man's cap:
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WWII-German-WH-Elite-EM-M43-Panzer-Wool-Field-Cap-Hat-Green-57-58-59-60cm/174103538483?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
Here is a link to the Officers cap:
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WWII-German-Officer-M43-WH-EM-field-Panzer-Wool-Cap-Hat-Green-57-58-59-60cm/184046285625?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
Here is a link to the Luftwaffe Officers cap:
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WWII-German-M43-Officer-WH-EM-field-Panzer-Wool-Cap-Hat-Grey-57-58-59-60cm/184046282154?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
Now conterrary to what the comments say below, they have got proper cotton linings. They might feel a bit strange, however I have burn tested them and they most certainly burn, rather than melt which means they are natural fibres.
I would also suggest that you change the buttons to these after purchasing them as well: www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WWII-German-EM-field-cap-buttons-12mm-12-pcs/362309545596?hash=item545b54ee7c:g:xysAAOSwcSFbObpC
Hope this helps :)
I have one plain grey,do like the officers caps i=with the piping Thanks for sharing. What knife is that looks neat.
Thanks for the comment! Nice to hear you have an officers one. I have an officers one from a friend who was stopping re-enacting and was lucky it had the insignia on. I have another that I need to put insignia on.
The knife is an original WW2 German Trench Knife dated 1942 and I'm glad you liked it.
Sorry for not replying earlier. RUclips has had to take a back seat recently and also for some reason, I don't get notified of some of the older comments.
Thanks for subscribing for a year and I'm going to be doing more content this year. I hope you are well.
What do you think of Elsenau caps ?
They look very good! They are well detailed and look pretty much identical to original WW2 ones. They are even made out of 100% wool and 100% linen or cotton for the liner and a 95% cotton 5% rayon thread like the originals. The good thing is they come with some pretty high quality insignia as well. Unfortunately for me they are a bit expensive at the moment as I am trying to save up for the massive Stoneleigh Militaria fare.
My dream 😍 cap can I get one.
Thanks :) Sorry for not replying later as I wasn't given the notification.
They have proper liners made out of cotton as well, they might look a bit strange but if you wear them a lot or leave them with the liner facing up in the sun, that should help get them to be a better colour.
The links are in the video description. Here are the links again:
Here is a link to the enlisted man's cap:
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WWII-German-WH-Elite-EM-M43-Panzer-Wool-Field-Cap-Hat-Green-57-58-59-60cm/174103538483?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
Here is a link to the Officers cap:
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WWII-German-Officer-M43-WH-EM-field-Panzer-Wool-Cap-Hat-Green-57-58-59-60cm/184046285625?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
Here is a link to the Luftwaffe Officers cap:
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WWII-German-M43-Officer-WH-EM-field-Panzer-Wool-Cap-Hat-Grey-57-58-59-60cm/184046282154?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
Hope these help ;)
Have you thought about not buying cheap, crappy items and buying higher quality items instead? I know they can be expensive but it’s definitely worth it in the long run.
I think that these caps I got here are good quality and a good price. It all comes down to how much I think whatever item is worth
For me, I see no real point in paying, for example £80+ for an M43 cap, that I'm gonna throw around and use at a reenactment as when it gets damaged beyond repair I'll have to pay a lot to replace it or if it accidentally gets dropped into a fire etc. Also if I have it stolen at an event or I loose it, I'll have to pay out lots to replace it.
I do try to get high quality items for a low price and I think most of the stuff I have are that. I understand though, expensive stuff can be the best, however I have purchased a second hand Robert Lubestein EREL M43 field cap and imo it is pretty poor compared to his other items. New it would have cost £45, I got it for £20 when I started out. It has a black lining which is padded and makes it really warm at reenactments and when it's hot, it's dangerous to wear.
Now that compared to these caps which are a 1/4 of the price and not made by a big brand, imo, they are better than it. Now I do think that Robert Lubestein EREL are very good quality on everything else that I've seen from them so far, but my point is that if you pay more, it doesn't automatically mean you've got something that is more accurate.
But I do understand what you're saying, higher quality usually comes with price, however I try to get some of my stuff second hand that is made by the good manufacturers as I don't think they are worth their original price. Even if you look back to the time, there would be no way that the Wehrmacht would be paying the equivalent in Reichsmarks of £80 now for their M43 caps as if would have bankrupted them.
Also because of UK legislation, I'm putting priority on building up my deactivated weapons collection before its too late and we are in a situation where they are all welded solid and you can't move any parts which is part of the reason why I have been going for lower priced stuff so that I have more money to get either deacts or original pieces of kit.
@@thebritishww2man your caps are chinese. Most popular around wish and aliexpress
@@kajuslementauskas Yes, I know they are made in China. What has aliexpress or wish got to do with this?
@@thebritishww2man they are just mostly sold on these websites
@@kajuslementauskas I haven't looked so will take your word for it. Surely the only thing that matters is that they are accurate?
Mil-Tec caps?
I don't think so. I'm not 100% sure who Mil-Tech gets their caps from, but I don't think they are from here.
These caps seem pretty good and I've used them for as long as I can remember.
I've had one atrocious Mil-Tech M43 and another OK one, but I don't think they are in this video.
Military Harbour generally do really good everything including M43 field caps from what I've seen; their only problems being that they don't know how to sew buttons on properly as I've had an M40 tunic and great coat that I've had to re-sew a fair few of the buttons after only using them maybe once or twice, their cost and postage times.