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Old 07-02-16, 09:27 PM
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Here's another interesting little tidbit relating to Dorothea production. I have attached a picture of a current day para beret beside a 1943 dated para beret. As you can see, the actual size of the grommet never changed for decades.

1943 - steel
1993 - aluminum.

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