forestry uniform

[james s.]

i don't know anything about forestry uniforms so i'm posting a few pic's to see if this is good or not , all the ones i seen have green collar tabs this one is gray. thanks james

[james s.]

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[james s.]

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[abigor]

german army forestry uniform

james s it is a german army forestry uniform. like the luftwaffe have ther own forestrey branch. have the german army ther own forestry branch

[Ohlau]

Looks good and correct - white tabs are Heer Forestry, not Luftwaffe.

Btw, First time I see white tabs on forestry cloth. I'm waiting for experts. Rare if original.

[Richard P]

Looks to be all original in the photos, one thing for sure it has the coolest tailor label name I have ever seen!

Richard

[Gerdan]

As you can see the factory of the former "Uniformfabrik Blitz" are still in Klein-Umstadt (not far away from Darmstadt) and today you can buy them:

http://www.immobilienscout24.de/49145208


Gerdan

[Diane]

Forst_Spartenfarbe / Waffenfarbe colors

To correct an error - Grey is Gemeindenforstwirtschaft. Community Forestry Service, not Army.

Black is Wehrmactforstdient (Armed Forces Forestry Service

Brown is Privateforst (Private Forestry Service)

Green is Landforst (State Forestry)

The rank of collar tabs do not match the shoulder boards.

[Richard P]

Diane,

So is the actual background color on the tabs and boards grey? Does that also explain the absence of any eagle insignia sleeve or chest?

Richard

[foersterBerlin]

Hi Richard,
generally none of the forestry service branches wore the breast eagle except the military branches of Heer and Luftwaffe.
Personel from the civilian forestry sometimes (during the war) was attached to the military and then they sometimes had a breast eagle.

Diane is right collar tabs and boards are not the same rank and sure the "Waffenfarbe" is grey.

Do You have a photo of the back?
Could be that someone "upgraded" a WG post-war tunic ( this would explain the not matching insignia).

Regards
Stefany

[KM-NZ]

wow i wanna know lol

[james s.]

thanks guys ,the collar does not have the zig-zag pattern under it and the tabs are grey and the shoulder straps look like white piping

[james s.]

thanks for your help, last pic

[foersterBerlin]

James,
do You have a pic of the back of the tunic ?
TR period tunics have two buttons at the back and the old typical " Rockschnitt".
Regards
Stefany

[james s.]

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