Smithy
Well-Known Member
I've been trying to tidy up all my stuff of late. The wife has been onto about it and rightly so, I've got lots of stuff which just needs to be organised and stored so it's not in the way.
Doing this I came across a Waffen-SS cap I have, it's in perfect condition (dated to '44) and something I've had for years but in truth it always makes me uneasy. I've got some WWII German stuff which I don't really have a problem with but this is the only Waffen-SS thing I have and it still gives me chills whenever I pick it up. It's in perfect condition and I think yeah, I could sell it but it is an amazing historical piece.
Just wondering whether anyone else here has that similar kind of quandary with having an interesting historic piece but perhaps one that is slightly unsavoury in terms of its origins.
The cap is beautiful and in excellent condition but what it represents always makes me think twice about it, especially that death's head badge. Part of me wants to sell it but the other side of me thinks if I hold onto it, it's going to shoot up in value. Waffen-SS caps have doubled in value over the last ten years and I'm wondering if it's worth hanging onto it.
Doing this I came across a Waffen-SS cap I have, it's in perfect condition (dated to '44) and something I've had for years but in truth it always makes me uneasy. I've got some WWII German stuff which I don't really have a problem with but this is the only Waffen-SS thing I have and it still gives me chills whenever I pick it up. It's in perfect condition and I think yeah, I could sell it but it is an amazing historical piece.
Just wondering whether anyone else here has that similar kind of quandary with having an interesting historic piece but perhaps one that is slightly unsavoury in terms of its origins.
The cap is beautiful and in excellent condition but what it represents always makes me think twice about it, especially that death's head badge. Part of me wants to sell it but the other side of me thinks if I hold onto it, it's going to shoot up in value. Waffen-SS caps have doubled in value over the last ten years and I'm wondering if it's worth hanging onto it.