Gesellschaftsjacke Stabsfeldwebel Musiker ?

[Volkspolizei]

Recently bought this one on Ebay for € 31,50.

Gesellschaftsjacke Stabsfeldwebel Musiker der Luftstreitkräfte,Flieger.

There are doubts if this one s correct, the rank is Stabsfeldwebel (Sergeant-Major), however the Kragenspiegel are for officers (unterleutnant 'till hauptman)

I have no information whatsoever if there was a Gesellschaftsjacke Stabsfeldwebel Musiker der Luftstreitkräfte and if there was, is this one correct? Anyone?

Thanks!

[rchmontreal]

This would be correct. See"Uniformen der Nationalen Volksarmee der DDR 1956-1986" Keubke/Kunz, pages 161-163. There is a photo on page 162 of a stabsfeldwebel Militarmusiker der NVA from the 1980's, wearing a landstreitkrafte officer's Gesellschaftsjacke and reprasentationsschnur.

[Jan Klaassen]

In the Land Forces they did use GSA's with officers collar tabs, but is there any evidence in Kuebke/Kunz that the LuSK did the same, and that they have Jr.Officer-collartabs (which seems logical)?

[Rev462]

I have not seen any photos showing an Air Force NCO wearing such a Gesellschaft jacket. However, I agree that it seems reasonable that this was the practice. Indeed, Air Force Warrant Officers wore junior officer collar tabs. So the pattern seems to be that, for the Air Force, junior officer tabs were used by "non-officers" as well.