Hi Steve,
now I have some time to write some more infos.
Thge woolen tunic is the "Kälteschutzanzug", a "cold weather suit". It was introduced in 1962 as a winter suit, but is was not very popular because its wool. The nickname was "Pferdedecke" (horse blanket).
The West German Katastrophenschutz was divided in 4 large parts:
1. BLSV (Bundesluftschutzverband, Federal Air Protection Assosiation)
2. LSHD (Luftschutzhilfsdienst, Air Protection Helping Service)
3. THW (Technisches Hilfswerk, technical Helping Service)
4. Fachorganisationen (Special Brands of Organisations), like DRK (German Red Cross), Samariter, Johanniter, Malteser, ASB (all medical services).
The BLSV´s task was the education of the civilians about air protection, building shelters and to run the big air raid shelters in the cities.
In war the BLSV had to run the shelters and to support the LSHD.
The LSHD was divided into 8 Branches (Fachdienste). Every Branch had his own piping/collar patches)
1. Brandschutzdienst (fire service) red
2. Bergungsdienst (recovery service) black
3. Sanitätsdienst (medical service) blue
4. Veterinärdienst (animals medical service) pink
5. ABC-Dienst brown
6. Betreuungsdienst (psychological assistance) green
7. Lenkungs- und Sozialdienst (social assistance and organisation) orange
8. Fernmeldedienst (signal service) yellow
Here are the collar patches of the branches.
In the beginning there were piping around the collar and collar patches.
From mid-60´s on the new tunics only got the collar patches, but my father had a tunic only with piping without collart patches. It seems there were a lot of non regulation items then.
The patches on the left arm were first "ZB" for "Ziviler Bevölkerungsschutz". From 25. January 1966 it was changed to "ZS" for "Zivilschutz".
Some of the West German "Bundesbetriebe" (Federal companies) had their own catastrophy protection services, like the Bundesbahn (Federal Railway) or the Bundespost (Federal Postal Service).
Until 1964 the BLSV wore dark blue uniforms, the LSHD khakigrau and the THW and most of the other medical services grey uniforms. From 1964 on the LSHD got the same grey uniforms like the THW. Only the BLSV stayed with their dark blues.
Here is my BLSV-guy.
The armpatch is BLSV. All itenms are BLSV-stamped, too: Helmet, goggles, gas mask bag, breadbag and the water bottle with dark blue cover. A rarity is the dark blue web belt, the later ones were the standard black leather ones.
Maybe I can find the time to take some pics of my collection.
Bye
Frank
now I have some time to write some more infos.
Thge woolen tunic is the "Kälteschutzanzug", a "cold weather suit". It was introduced in 1962 as a winter suit, but is was not very popular because its wool. The nickname was "Pferdedecke" (horse blanket).
The West German Katastrophenschutz was divided in 4 large parts:
1. BLSV (Bundesluftschutzverband, Federal Air Protection Assosiation)
2. LSHD (Luftschutzhilfsdienst, Air Protection Helping Service)
3. THW (Technisches Hilfswerk, technical Helping Service)
4. Fachorganisationen (Special Brands of Organisations), like DRK (German Red Cross), Samariter, Johanniter, Malteser, ASB (all medical services).
The BLSV´s task was the education of the civilians about air protection, building shelters and to run the big air raid shelters in the cities.
In war the BLSV had to run the shelters and to support the LSHD.
The LSHD was divided into 8 Branches (Fachdienste). Every Branch had his own piping/collar patches)
1. Brandschutzdienst (fire service) red
2. Bergungsdienst (recovery service) black
3. Sanitätsdienst (medical service) blue
4. Veterinärdienst (animals medical service) pink
5. ABC-Dienst brown
6. Betreuungsdienst (psychological assistance) green
7. Lenkungs- und Sozialdienst (social assistance and organisation) orange
8. Fernmeldedienst (signal service) yellow
Here are the collar patches of the branches.
In the beginning there were piping around the collar and collar patches.
From mid-60´s on the new tunics only got the collar patches, but my father had a tunic only with piping without collart patches. It seems there were a lot of non regulation items then.
The patches on the left arm were first "ZB" for "Ziviler Bevölkerungsschutz". From 25. January 1966 it was changed to "ZS" for "Zivilschutz".
Some of the West German "Bundesbetriebe" (Federal companies) had their own catastrophy protection services, like the Bundesbahn (Federal Railway) or the Bundespost (Federal Postal Service).
Until 1964 the BLSV wore dark blue uniforms, the LSHD khakigrau and the THW and most of the other medical services grey uniforms. From 1964 on the LSHD got the same grey uniforms like the THW. Only the BLSV stayed with their dark blues.
Here is my BLSV-guy.
The armpatch is BLSV. All itenms are BLSV-stamped, too: Helmet, goggles, gas mask bag, breadbag and the water bottle with dark blue cover. A rarity is the dark blue web belt, the later ones were the standard black leather ones.
Maybe I can find the time to take some pics of my collection.
Bye
Frank
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