Kreta cuff title on sleave opinion please

[tobe]

Hello exparts,

Is this Kreta cuff title original? Also I want to know it it is period applied or not.

[tobe]

back side

[JustinG]

IMHO, It is going to be difficult to determine. Can you show the inside of sleeve where stitched? This is a pretty clean cuff and I am pretty suspicious of this being period applied. The Cuff appears to be a good variant though.

Regards,
JustinG

[tobe]

Thank you for your comment.
In reality it's not so clean and very match to the tunic as you can see below photos. I will post some photos of back stitch later.

[tobe]

Here you are!

[tobe]

any opinion?

[JustinG]

IMHO, You appear to have a nice cuff that was post war applied to this jacket. Unable to say if this LW jacket is period or not. But as it stands now, My best guess is a period piece post war applied to dress up the tunic.
I would suggest posting some views on the Luftwaffe uniform section and get it checked over there for authenticity of the jacket.

Regards,
JustinG

[tobe]

Hi Justin,

Thank you for your opinion. The tunic is not for LW but GJR. The tunic is apparently original from WW2. I bought this tunic from previous owner with soldbuch discussed in the thread below.

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...t=kreta&page=2

I like the tunic even though someone applied armband to the original tunic postwar to add some value as you mentioned.

Best Regards,

Tosho