Shirt
The collar tabs shown are 1933 and would have been worn with silver cord around the collar. Since the shirt has light blue collar piping (post 1934), the tabs should also have light blue piping around them. I'm not sure the gold buttons are incorrect. I don't think these "L" shaped bars on the tab have to match the buttons. Most later political armbands ARE wool, and some have the light blue Ortsgruppe level piping on the armband edge. Not sure if that applies to the brownshirt. Political Leader uniforms are even more confusing than SA. Unless the thread holding on the tabs and armband looks period, I'd strip the shirt except for the piping, and start over. The piping and buttons are probably the only original & correct parts.
The collar tabs shown are 1933 and would have been worn with silver cord around the collar. Since the shirt has light blue collar piping (post 1934), the tabs should also have light blue piping around them. I'm not sure the gold buttons are incorrect. I don't think these "L" shaped bars on the tab have to match the buttons. Most later political armbands ARE wool, and some have the light blue Ortsgruppe level piping on the armband edge. Not sure if that applies to the brownshirt. Political Leader uniforms are even more confusing than SA. Unless the thread holding on the tabs and armband looks period, I'd strip the shirt except for the piping, and start over. The piping and buttons are probably the only original & correct parts.
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