Drill Tunics

[David H]

Thought I'd get a thread on drill tunics going, after the comments on the early photos thread.

So here is a 1st pattern artillery NCO drill tunic 1958 dated, the colour is indicative of these tunics after numerous washes, it has early grey litzen collar patches and metal buttons. Overall a nice looking tunic, as usual I'll let the pictures do the talking.

I do hope other members will chip in with there examples

[David H]

Collar and cuffs

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Inside

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closeup of belt holes and stampings

[David H]

Another 1st pattern drill tunic, but this one to a panzer NCO, this one is dated 1963 and still follows the previously shown tunic but has plastic buttons, again heavily washed.

[David H]

collar and cuffs

[David H]

inside

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split pin buttons

[David H]

Another 1963 dated tunic, but this one is of the superseding pattern with four patch pockets and plastic buttons, note the deletion of belt holes. This tunic is branch non-specific as it has the short lived subdued insignia. I doubt this tunic has ever seen any real use as the colour is so crisp

[David H]

collar and cuffs

[David H]

inside

[Gene T]

Great pictures, David! Thanks for posting these! As there are no sewn-on belt hook straps inside the tunics you posted, would it be safe to assume that the hooks were worn on M36/40 style suspenders? We all know how difficult it is to locate original M36/40 suspenders, even though we see quite many of those tunics; I have a feeling that the DDR version, if they had one, could turn out to be even harder to find.

cheers,
Gene T

[Soviet]

Hehe, are you sure it's not the Wehrmacht.

They look like pretty much the same.

Nice tunic and nice pictures guys.

[Ralph P]

Hello all...this thread is very educational and informative for me about these tunics. Thanks Dave for getting this thread started.

[Mike G.]

David,

Thanks for posting those great photos of different Drillich Tunics.
Gene, I hope this thread helped you somewhat regarding questions you raised in another thread.

David, you encouraged others to post their Drillich Uniforms, so I will post an example I have.

This one has a very pronounced herringbone weave to it. All of the buttons save for one are of the older type metal that are gold color on the reverse. The left (from wearer's view) shoulder board button is of the newer type.

Following are some pics of it, to include matching trousers. It is dated 1959, and the insignia on it was introduced in 1964. Of interest, is that on the lower right sleeve, are some small paint splotches, which are an exact match to the color of the insignia and shoulder boards - Fallschirmjager Orange. The original owner of the uniform must have at one time been assigned to some sort of "Paint Detail".

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