Here is my model 1957 four pocket service jacket, this is my oldest example in my collection of this style of jacket, its label shows it to have been made in February 1960...this style was introduced in mid 1957 to replace the double breasted short Affenjacke style of tunics...a heavy woolen mix jacket with four patch pockets, open neck style collar with french/loose cuffs, this style is with a little alteration still worn as a service/walking out jacket in today's Bundeswehr, having evolved from the tunic I show here....this tunic sported pointed shoulder straps and could have, fixed upon the wearers right arm, an oval armshield for either Fallschirmjager or Gebirgsjager affiliation...in 1962 Division/Brigade Arm shields were introduced and were worn on the wearers left upper arm...the new rank structure/regulations in 1963 did away with the pointed straps and they became rounded, the arm chevrons of junior NCO's being discontinued and small metal rank devices were fitted to the shoulder straps instead...this rank structure is still used today.
The tunic shown here was obtained from E-Bay for £4.75p ! I did offer the seller £20, but he declined, insisting it ran its course......
It is for a Sanitats (Medic) Hauptgefreiter Fischer, attached to the "Zentral Sanitatedienst".
In the pocket is a Bundeswehr spare parts tag, instructing somebody, probably the tailor in the clothing stores to affix collar patches/armshield and medical specialist badge, this would of been around 1962, sadly the form/ticket is not dated.
Prost ! Steve.
The tunic shown here was obtained from E-Bay for £4.75p ! I did offer the seller £20, but he declined, insisting it ran its course......
It is for a Sanitats (Medic) Hauptgefreiter Fischer, attached to the "Zentral Sanitatedienst".
In the pocket is a Bundeswehr spare parts tag, instructing somebody, probably the tailor in the clothing stores to affix collar patches/armshield and medical specialist badge, this would of been around 1962, sadly the form/ticket is not dated.
Prost ! Steve.
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