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Beery · 11-03-05, 01:36 PM

For Kriegsmarine caps, I suggest this place:

http://www.lynx.net.uk/epicmilitaria...?recnumber=183

This is a reproduction cap which is in my opinion better than the alternative redone East German caps that can be found.

As for the 'Nazi' issue, I don't think it's fair to characterize the Kriegsmarine as 'nazi'. The Kriegsmarine was not a nazi organization, and it retained its own non-political identity throughout the nazi administration of Germany. The Kriegsmarine even refused the nazi's order to fire officers of Jewish descent. The commander of the Bismarck, Admiral Lutjens, was part-Jewish, as was at least one of his officers.

For more about Jewish soldiers under the nazis, check out:

http://www.kansaspress.ku.edu/righitpix.html

11-03-05, 01:36 PM	#7
Beery Admiral Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Silver Spring, MD, USA (but still a Yorkshireman at heart - tha can allus tell a Yorkshireman...) Posts: 2,497 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	For Kriegsmarine caps, I suggest this place: http://www.lynx.net.uk/epicmilitaria...?recnumber=183 This is a reproduction cap which is in my opinion better than the alternative redone East German caps that can be found. As for the 'Nazi' issue, I don't think it's fair to characterize the Kriegsmarine as 'nazi'. The Kriegsmarine was not a nazi organization, and it retained its own non-political identity throughout the nazi administration of Germany. The Kriegsmarine even refused the nazi's order to fire officers of Jewish descent. The commander of the Bismarck, Admiral Lutjens, was part-Jewish, as was at least one of his officers. For more about Jewish soldiers under the nazis, check out: http://www.kansaspress.ku.edu/righitpix.html __________________ "More mysterious. Yeah. I'll just try to think, 'Where the hell's the whiskey?'" - Bob Harris, Lost in Translation. "Anyrooad up, ah'll si thi" - Missen.