Jens,
Thanks for the info on my jacket. I know this is what was concluded when I first posted the pictures, but reading Gordon's initial post I began to wonder if it might be something else. Instead it appears the private purchase summer jacket was based on the Sandfarbe jacket and not before it. Makes sense to me.
I'm curious about your mid 1960s jacket. When you hold it up to a later model, then hold it up to an earlier model, do the colors match one better than the other? Do you also feel that the cloth of the mid 1960s jacket is similar to the later models and dissimilar to the earlier one?
Gordon,
I agree that it might be splitting hairs to say there is a difference between the early and late 1960s versions. However, there are distinct differences between them. Not massive, admittedly, but if someone is missing tags or trying to figure out what buttons or boards to use for a particular jacket these differences matter. Whether we, as collectors, refer to the two as "early Type 1" and "late Type 1" or "Type 1" and "Type 2" is not really important.
As an addition to Jens' comments about the Marine jackets, I have one from the 1970s (IIRC) and it is easy to distinguish from the ones used by LW and Heer. It is made of heavier fabric (100% cotton ) and has a different configuration for attaching shoulder boards. Perhaps other differences as well, but I'd have to dig it out to say for certain.
Steve
Thanks for the info on my jacket. I know this is what was concluded when I first posted the pictures, but reading Gordon's initial post I began to wonder if it might be something else. Instead it appears the private purchase summer jacket was based on the Sandfarbe jacket and not before it. Makes sense to me.
I'm curious about your mid 1960s jacket. When you hold it up to a later model, then hold it up to an earlier model, do the colors match one better than the other? Do you also feel that the cloth of the mid 1960s jacket is similar to the later models and dissimilar to the earlier one?
Gordon,
I agree that it might be splitting hairs to say there is a difference between the early and late 1960s versions. However, there are distinct differences between them. Not massive, admittedly, but if someone is missing tags or trying to figure out what buttons or boards to use for a particular jacket these differences matter. Whether we, as collectors, refer to the two as "early Type 1" and "late Type 1" or "Type 1" and "Type 2" is not really important.
As an addition to Jens' comments about the Marine jackets, I have one from the 1970s (IIRC) and it is easy to distinguish from the ones used by LW and Heer. It is made of heavier fabric (100% cotton ) and has a different configuration for attaching shoulder boards. Perhaps other differences as well, but I'd have to dig it out to say for certain.
Steve
Gordon's BEAUTIFUL hat is exceedingly rare. I have only seen one go for sale (2008) and it sold for EUR 131,99 on eBay. At the time I had no idea how rare these hats were or I would have bid on it much harder than I did.
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