M43 Cap
- Thread starter Steve87
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Most of the caps I see were apparently made for somebody with a head the size of a softball. Maybe that's why they weren't issued, or maybe the Germans were drafting pygmies.
Good observation! Something I learned back in the 1980s- as most of the usually needed sizes were worn out long ago, originals that remain tend to be the ones never issued because they are at the edges of the range, either way too small or way too large.
Steve87
Big Sexy Steve (not gay)
You may be right, and certainly unissued items are often in small/large sizes. I think the average young German soldier was also rather small, even compared to young North Americans of the same time. I remember reading somewhere the Germans were surprised to see how physically large American soldiers were. For this reason I've always thought of the small sizes as good period examples, maybe I'm not totally correct in my thinking but I prefer small sizes over large sizes (I've noticed most collectors are the opposite).
Thanks!
-Steve
