The old Suter's uniforms & stuff

[Dave Suter]

There's also extensive sections on map symbols, abbreviations, and rank comparisons.

[PaulR]

I love that book, Dave!

[Dave Suter]

I got Tim Curley & Neil Stewart's wonderful Waffenrock book for Christmas. Got me thinking about two dress tunics that I have that are unit marked. This first one is for a Cavalry Corporal assigned to the Wehrkreis X Remonteschule (Military Area X Remounting School). Wehrkreis X is Hamburg.

[Dave Suter]

This is the tailor's label. The town of Lüneburg is about 20 miles SSE of Hamburg.

[Dave Suter]

This is the proof stamp. A bit hard to read, but it says Geprüft over W. Rem.-Sch. X (Wehrkreis X Remonteschule (Military Area X Remounting School.))

[Dave Suter]

I'm no where near the professional photographer Tim & Neil had, but I tried a bit of photo-editing to make the stamp more legible. This is the best I could come up with. Still hard to see the 'X', but in person it's there.

[Santi]

Dave, its a great collection, one of the best ive ever seen!
Stunning!

[Dave Suter]

This one is for a Corporal assigned to the 54th Mountain Engineer Battalion.

[Dave Suter]

This is the owner's tag sewn in above the size stampings.

[Dave Suter]

And, a close-up of the label. Baurle is the soldier's last name. The unit line at the bottom reads 1./Geb.Bi.54 (1st Company, Mountain Battalion 54).

[Dave Suter]

Been a while, so I'll add a few more items. This first one is for a Revierforster (1st Lieutenant) in the Privat Forst Dienst (Private Forestry Service).

[Dave Suter]

The next few posts are of various trade badges. They were worn on the lower right sleeve. This first one is a machine-embroidered Gothic S for a Schirrmeister (Equipment Administrator). They were worn by NCO personnel only, and came with and without a border.

[Dave Suter]

This is the other end of the spectrum. A hand-embroidered example with the twisted cord border.

[Dave Suter]

A machine-embroidered yellow Gothic G. Is for a Gerateverwaltungsunteroffizier (fur Infanterie und Artilleriegerat) - Equipment Administration NCO (Infantry or Artillery Equipment). The backing material matches an M43 tunic.

[Dave Suter]

A hand-embroidered badge for Sanitätsunterpersonal (Medical NCO Personnel) before 1939 (when the border was added).