Surely the damn things are meant to be worn as they arrive, not modified to look like some WWII Luftwaffe pilot!!
So the option is to instead wear it unmodified and look like a present day Russian border guard?!?!
The hat just sits wrong and looks crap on most people if minor modifications aren't done. Not a fan of the new cap badge either!! It looks unbalanced now with the smaller 'coat of arms' (I know it's not a
REAL coat of arms!).