Umweltschutz und Wasserwirtschaft

[Gordon Craig]

still one reply - have seen now your older pictures - think the tunic and trousers are also not right

tunic - looks like an Gesellschaftsjacke for VP - Transportpolizei - please look in the inner pocet - if there are stamps MdI? and please look at the pipes on the collar - if they are dederon or Biesentuch - you also can make an high resolution foto and show here.

trousers - General ranks used only an blue pipe (same as ZOLL in green) - no Lampasen like NVA or MdI Generals - the lampasen here are also not nice stitched - not parallel - and no much space between the pocket an Lampase.

its my option only... but i think these thinks are not good. the other items - VERY NICE.
have seen this tread first today
hope you understand my english

Friede,

Your English is fine. I understand it perfectly. I have been busy this week but finally have time to respond to your comments. You could be correct about the hat but since you can only show a picture and not something from your collection I can only consider your statement a comment on a picture.
As you are no doubt aware, unlike other civilian organizations, Wasserwirtschaft did not use any piping on there hats such as that used by other civilian organizations such as firemen and prison guards. This is clearly shown in the pictures of visor caps in my collection. If they did not use piping on their hats for members of the wasserwirtschaft organization why would they use them for those of general equivalent rank? I think that adding a blue band to a visor cap to illustrate a person of rank equivalent to a generals officer in other organizations makes sense to me under the wasserwirtschaft hat design.

You have also question the uniform. You are judging what you see from a picture and again do not have a wasserwirtschaft uniform of this rank to show as proof of what you say. I don't have time to take a picture and post it to prove that you are correct. You will have to be content with what you see. The pants are made very well and the lampasen was obviously part of the original production of the pants. In construction, they match those I have in my collection of generals in the NVA and Border Guards. There are no markings anywhere on the pants or in the tunic as would be the case for a man of generals equivalent rank.

Regards,

Gordon