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Is it true that Hitler's hat was custom built to serve as a helmet, lined with metal and weighing several pounds?

Question #107621. Asked by unclerick.
Last updated May 02 2023.

smartee123
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smartee123
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According to the website I found, no it wasn't. Hitler's hat was no more than a black top hat, nothing necessarily unique about it's build.

link http://www.jeffkrulik.com/hitlershat/story.html

Here's a Youtube video with an interview with the man who found his hat (There was actually a movie made on the story of it's finding):

link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K41ZxYTqd_I

Aug 02 2009, 3:09 PM
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The hat in question may be the one used with his military uniform. I once saw a documentary on Hitler which went into some length about his hat being designed as a helmet and consequently being very heavy. I haven't heard anything about it before or since and have often wondered if it was true.

Aug 02 2009, 5:04 PM
smartee123
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smartee123
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Oh sorry about that, then you probably mean his visor cap. I'm trying to find another resource on that. Here is a forum discussing that specific topic, according to what others say, it was probably custom made and a guard of Hitler's said he had been built to be bulletproof.
wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/showthread.php?t=366561 [no longer exists]

"It is generally thought among conspirators to guard against attempts of assassinations, Hitler would have worn a bulletproof waistcoat and cap". This is taken from the below link (Google books), it talks a bit about Hitler's cap (be careful with scrolling the page)
link http://books.google.com/books?id=212hoVrF3B4C&pg=RA1-PA278&lpg=RA1-PA278


Response last updated by gtho4 on May 02 2023.
Aug 02 2009, 5:37 PM
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