Opinions on Officer's tunic please

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interior

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Opinions on Officer's tunic please

pocket and sleeve

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Opinions on Officer's tunic please

Collar and shoulder boards

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Opinions on Officer's tunic please

3 hook front closure

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Opinions on Officer's tunic please

Hello,

Here is a tunic recently acquired. There are no stamps or dates. Can anyone please identify what type of tunic it is and its period - WW1 or later?

Thank you,

Christopher

[Chip M]

DAK,

This is a very nice and correct M1915 Leutnant tunic for a Prussian Eisenbahner. I cannot see the shoulder straps well enough to tell, but there should be a regimental number inside the lower loop of the "E". By 1913 there were four Prussian and one Bavarian regiments.

The tunic is typical of a privately purchased piece, from the cut, to the buttons, to the quality of the lining and materials.

The gray (Hellgrau) underlay of the shoulder boards for officer's of the Verkehrstruppen was adopted in 1911.

A Prussian officer's belt with this would make for a great display.

Chip

[Tony & Kaiser]

there should be a regimental number inside the lower loop of the "E".

But there's not according to Chris. Odd? The boards are Preußen, so that rules out Bayern Eisenbahn. Was there a reserve Eisenbahn of some sort? Could that explain why there are no Regimental numbers in the "E"?

[Chip M]

OK, I found it. Besides Bavarian officers, those officers of the Betriebs-Abteilung also did not wear a unit number on their shoulder boards.

Chip

[ccj]

VERY, VERY NICE!

Please think of ME if you ever need to sell it... I need a nice M1915 tunic for my collection.

[Chip M]

ccj,

No gratuitous begging allowed. Please refrain.

Chip

[MilitaryCollect]

Thank you

Hi Chip,

Thank you very much for your help with the tunic and helmet.

Christopher

[MilitaryCollect]

Thank you

Hi,

Thank you very much for your help with the tunic and helmet.

Christopher