Found a Mint Paratrooper Camo outfit!

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On 3 falli outfits that I have within easy reach 1. "I", 1. "C" and 1. "P"
I never noticed this 1st quarter trend before.

Dave, That's why I mentioned it. I believe there was a similar discussion on the forum a few year back where someone doubted this was true. So back then I inventoried my 9 Para field uniforms and found that they had dates ranging from 1980 to 1988 and all of them were made in the 1st Quarter of the year.

The winter liner for the Para field uniform and the Para combat vest don't follow this trend, I have some examples of these that were made in 2nd Quarter.

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I forgot to mention the even my MdI marked Para field uniform (thanks Dave) is marked 1st Qtr.

[DaveM]

Kevin... Perhaps there was some kind of seasonal production plan from this evidence... I wish I had a few more sets of those flexible boards

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Kevin... Perhaps there was some kind of seasonal production plan from this evidence... I wish I had a few more sets of those flexible boards

Dave, That's my guess, the DDR had a planned economy so it's likely that there were quarterly production quotas for different types of military uniforms. As for the Para flexible shoulder boards, I was fortunate earlier this year to buy out an established collection of NVA Para insignia. So now I have examples of all of the types of this flexible shoulder boards. To include the elusive Warrant Officer boards.

[DaveM]

Nice... Falli WO boards...