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No offense taken, NB-13...
Here's MY constructive criticism. There IS no perfect answer to which crusher to choose. In fact, it's a bit of a nonsensical question. WWII saw MILLIONS of men and women in uniform. Hundreds of choices/options for officers to choose from. Nobody was all matchy/matchy. Things were thrown together and people were worried about getting KILLED, not about how their crusher cap looked or whether it matched their tunic.
There is NO serious market for reproduction crushers. Diamond Dave is about it. The other stuff, Garcia, specifically, ain't worth the money. I bought one from them and a Landcaster and sent the Garcia back. It looked horrible. I sure as heck-fire don't have a photo of me in it. I continue to search eBay after 5+ years for an original. That's my advice; keep looking for an original. That's the consensus advice of this forum.
I have VERY little net investment in my WWII gear. Been buying and selling for a lot of years. Learned something with every purchase/sale. That's what getting to be an expert on this stuff takes. You have to be in the scrum. If you're not looking at and handling this stuff in person, you'll never get past square one. Asking a bunch of questions from a bunch of busy people won't get you there. Ya gotta get your hands dirty.
PS: BTW. I second EVERYTHING that Dixon just said.
Here's MY constructive criticism. There IS no perfect answer to which crusher to choose. In fact, it's a bit of a nonsensical question. WWII saw MILLIONS of men and women in uniform. Hundreds of choices/options for officers to choose from. Nobody was all matchy/matchy. Things were thrown together and people were worried about getting KILLED, not about how their crusher cap looked or whether it matched their tunic.
There is NO serious market for reproduction crushers. Diamond Dave is about it. The other stuff, Garcia, specifically, ain't worth the money. I bought one from them and a Landcaster and sent the Garcia back. It looked horrible. I sure as heck-fire don't have a photo of me in it. I continue to search eBay after 5+ years for an original. That's my advice; keep looking for an original. That's the consensus advice of this forum.
I have VERY little net investment in my WWII gear. Been buying and selling for a lot of years. Learned something with every purchase/sale. That's what getting to be an expert on this stuff takes. You have to be in the scrum. If you're not looking at and handling this stuff in person, you'll never get past square one. Asking a bunch of questions from a bunch of busy people won't get you there. Ya gotta get your hands dirty.
PS: BTW. I second EVERYTHING that Dixon just said.