Generals' Jackshirts

[grobletan]

I've noticed that generals' jackshirts seem to be have made in different shades. Some are gray while others lean towards a greenish color. Did different service branches wear different shades (e.g. LaSK generals wearing a gray one while VoPo and border guard generals wearing a greenish one)?

Jeff

[Rev462]

All the Generals jack-shirts I've handled have been either gray or white/cream.

I do have an officer jack-shirt that is a light, mint green color and is NVA marked. Its quality is also higher than what you typically see, being about the same as a General's jack-shirt.

[Gordon Craig]

grobletan,

In simple words the answer to your question is yes. Vopo wore pale green, Border Guard wore grey, and so did the Army, while I believe the cream shirts were marine so would have been worn by Admirals. These colours represent everyday dress. White jackshirts would have been worn by all services depending on the event and the order of appropriate dress. The pictures below come from complete uniforms for the service identified.

The first General's jackshirt is for the police. Since they are a pale green it is not easy to tell that in a photo.

[Gordon Craig]

The next one is a grey jackshirt is from a Border Guard Generals uniform.
That is followed by a white shirt paired with a Army General's Gesellschaft tunic and pants.

Regards,

Gordon

[Gordon Craig]

None of these shirts bear any markings on them except for size and washing instruction tags. There are three different style of jackshirt but only two are illustrated here. The final style is the police Generals and the white shirt. The waist on these shirts is plain with out any means of adjustment. The grey shirt has elastic and tabs on both sides to adjust the fit. There is a third type, not illustrated here, that has two buttons on each side of the waist to adjust the fit. This shirt, with two buttons on each side of the waist, is the one most often seen in period photographs.

Regards,

Gordon

[grobletan]

Thank you very much for your input.

Jeff

[Gordon Craig]

Jeff,

Your welcome. I'm glad that I could help.

Regards,

Gordon