Ima guessin' mind you, but the peak doesn't appear to be leather and, I thought that the originals were leather. Plus, it also appears that the peak is two pieces sewn together and the top side is shiny. My guess would be that they are not original, but then again, I have never seen an original. I have two copies of a kepi, one with a leather peak and on the other one, the peak looks like the one in Ed's photos. The one with the sewn peak, I bought at Gettysburg 8 1/2 lustrum ago.