Waffen SS Crusher Cap Tricot Fabric White Infantry Piping by EREL

WW2 German Waffen SS Infantry Crusher cap made by EREL in Germany.

This cap is made from the officers tricot fabric which is normally used on the officers visor caps (Schirmmutzen). 

The Offizierfeldmutze is more often called the "Crusher" cap due to its shape when you remove the hat shaper from the inside, which is a metal ring on the inside of the crown. This is not attached in so can just be popped out.

Top quality reproduction of the German WW2 crusher cap worn by the Waffen SS infantry. This cap is made in Germany by EREL who was a wartime hat manufacturer in WW2 for the German Army and still makes caps today.

There are plenty of replica German caps for sale but none compare to the quality of these German made caps which are made using the finest materials and workmanship.

The EREL made SS Crusher cap features:

• Officers Tricot fabric instead of the normal Feldgrau wool crown.
• Black wool band.
• White infantry piping is wool.
• Soft leather peak.
• Rayon liner.
• EREL Offizier Kleiderkasse Berlin stamping inside the hat.
• Included and fitted with top quality aluminium two piece cap insignia (1 x SS eagle and 1 x SS skull)

Not all EREL caps are the same, as EREL do not supply the badges on the caps, so it is down to the retailer to add the badges some attach cheap poorly made badges others like ourselves only use high quality reproductions. We believe the best cap deserves the best badges so you may find a cheaper EREL made cap but check the quality of the badges first.

Made by EREL in Germany.

The Robert Lubstein company is better know by its brand EREL. In WW2 the EREL factory was contracted to make hats for the German military and you can still find original war time hats with the EREL mark inside them today. In fact many reference books show original war time hats made by EREL and in these books you can clearly see the EREL brand marks inside them.

Amazingly the EREL company is still making hats in Germany today! so what is better than having a reproduction German hat made by one of the original hat makers in WW2. These EREL caps are made with high quality fabrics just like the war time hats you cant really have any better.

As these hats are made in Germany, under current German laws they are not allowed to sell them with insignia on them. So we have high quality insignia made and we then fix the insignia onto the cap in UK.

So with this cap you are getting a high quality hat and high quality badges