Very cool! The guy's name or perhaps unit name was "Shekel" but nothing to do with the Israeli national currency, just a coincidence. Very hard to tell what was written at the bottom and partially covered by the Magen (Shield) of David.     

1973. I knew that. Guess I had a brain fart there. Lol. I figured from your user name you were IDF.  Great picture, too. Nagmash is an APC, correct?

Yom Kippur War was actually 1973, but either way, cool uniform ensemble. I can't imagine wearing anything wool in the Israeli summer or even springtime, especially on the Mediterranean coast where it's always muggy.    Pic is me (infantry) posing on top of an Israeli Merkava MKII or MKIII on Mt. Hermon in 1993. 

I've had this hat in my possession for quite a few years and the seller could tell me nothing about it's provenance. I'm hoping that you fellows (gals too??) can help me out here.    Danke shon,   -Steve in Arizona

He wasn't from Berlin, Detective Rath transferred from Cologne in 1929.

It looks to me like a home made copy of a CW Kapi, maybe for a costume or a not too authentic reenactor.

Hey folks,   I wanted to share this medal and document group I have had for a good number of years now.  It is to Albert Philip Oster, an infantryman with the Bavarian 8th Reserve Infantry Regiment.  He joined the German army in 1907 and fought on both fronts in WWI.  The fun didn't end there and he "joined" the Volkssturm in 1944.   The group includes the following:   1.  Iron Cross 2nd Class with  certificate 2.  Bavarian Merit Cross 3rd Class with certificate 3.  Bavarian 9 Year Service Medal 3rd Class with certificate 4.  Cross of Honor with certificate 5.   Service book 6.   Volkssturm call-up card   Thanks for looking!   -Ski    

Hnn 17th Infantry Regiment,  Infanterie-Regiment „Graf Barfuß“ (4. Westfälisches) Nr. 17  Being from  Berlin you figure he would of been in a Brandenburg Regiment not a Westphalian one.

I might do that, thanks! Give it that “camo” that really isn’t. 

How old is it and how do you know the age? It looks like denim. The visor looks modern. Good luck.

Let me add a little Weimar era GEIST   From 1930 Lotte Lenya Mack the Knife from the  1928 play The Three Penny Opera , Auf Deutsch Die Dreigroschenoper  the lied Mackie Messer.    Lenya played Jenny Diver on stage and screen, she didn't sing the song in either the play or the 1931 film but simply recorded it independently here in 1930.   Play  opened in Berlin 13 August 1928: Theater am Schiffbauerdamm.      

I recently acquired this Kepi almost a American Civil War McDowell style.  Just something tells me about it that its not US.  Might just be a US Civil War copy or even a studio prop but again just curious if someone might be able to identify as a Non-US kepi.  Its very old, my thoughts  almost too old to be a CW reenactor copy.  Anyhow any thoughts great appreciated.  Many thanks.