Wachregiment swearing ceremony postcard

[iannima]

The regulations say that the shoulder chord is worn on the overcoat ONLY by officers and men of the Wachregiment and Musikkorps on parade. No other NVA units did that. So a shoulder chord on an officer overcoat is incorrect UNLESS the officer belongs to either Wachregiment and is on such a ceremonial occasion.

I am not sure when this difference in the cuff title arose and when it was discontinued but I suspect that it might have had the purpose of visibly distinguishing the two regiments whilst they still had the very same cuff title. If that is true, then 1981 and not 1974 is more likely to be a date for change. But there are many things I am not clear about on this issue: I have mainly seen the half cuff title on overcoats, but also on one (dark collar) tunic. Was it done for all tunics? I am not so sure. I once had a Friedrich Engels tunic with the cuff title all the way round the sleeve (the five buttons service one).

[iannima]

DV 010/0/005 Uniformarten und ihre Trageweise, Bekleidungvorschrift (page 45)

39 Die Achselschnur ist an der rechte Seite der Uniform [...] (für Offiziere der Ehrenkompanien der Wachregimenter auch an Uniformmantel) [...]

[tony james]

I know of 5 dark collar tunics with the half cufftitle that are in collections. . 3 are EM unpiped service tunics , one is a EM piped parade and one is known to have a half cufftitle but no other information about it . very rare tunics . there has to be a lot of fotos out there somewhere. of the wachregiment wearing dark collar uniforms and later that would answer a lot of questions . contacting former soldier's that served would be a goldmine of information also.


Matteo
perhaps you could ask the veteran of the Hugo Eberlein if he has any fotos of his time in service that he would be willing to share .