The buttons are dated 1988, so that only means they were produced then...hat was probably at least 1 -2 years later, so we are looking at a cap from 1989-1991....I am not sure how many Marshals caps "we" have seen from that time period that we can compare this to. I would say in general we have no idea what materials were used at the very end of the USSR, perhaps counter to regulations and perhaps counter to what was made before. It might very well be a parts hat, put together with leftover materials after the fall of the USSR (what I am tending to now).
For some, "pronouncing" this cap fake is a major issue. I have some issues with it, mostly overall quality and the crazy high peak. The sweat diamond also concerns me, as the later era marshals and generals caps I have had in have not had this shape, rather they have the rounded one (though with same stamp)...again, leftover liner just thrown in and stamped? Maybe.
However, I am not willing to say its an outright fake.
If the cap were offered to me from a new source, I would decline. If it were from one of my regular sources i would ask to see it in hand first before I decided. That's it, thats my call.
I am not sure why this is a major issue here....each is entitled to his own threshold in what THEY consider real and fake...and, even then, it only applies to them...just because someone declares an item fake (or real for that matter) does not make it so anywhere else other than in that persons mind.
DougD
For some, "pronouncing" this cap fake is a major issue. I have some issues with it, mostly overall quality and the crazy high peak. The sweat diamond also concerns me, as the later era marshals and generals caps I have had in have not had this shape, rather they have the rounded one (though with same stamp)...again, leftover liner just thrown in and stamped? Maybe.
However, I am not willing to say its an outright fake.
If the cap were offered to me from a new source, I would decline. If it were from one of my regular sources i would ask to see it in hand first before I decided. That's it, thats my call.
I am not sure why this is a major issue here....each is entitled to his own threshold in what THEY consider real and fake...and, even then, it only applies to them...just because someone declares an item fake (or real for that matter) does not make it so anywhere else other than in that persons mind.
DougD
