Hi, Is this the real deal? Whats is worth? I bought it from an former collector.

Note the SS stamp.

#2 (inside band) Note it does pass the black light test. Now that I think about it, why would anyone want to fake a unpopular branch item???

#3

I believe it is one of many variants of a copy from the ostgebiete/former eastern block...

I can tell you for sure that the round rubber stamping just below the words "Mühlhausen i. Thür." is a definite fake, I have one of those exact rubber stamps here, in the ole junque box, taken in trade years ago to complete a deal.

IMO it is also fake. Sadly they fake everything. from Hitlers hats down to the lowliest pip.