This was posted as a PL tunic, but really has some unusual features that I'd like to share with the forum. The tunic is a five button field tunic, with belt support straps like a combat tunic. The neck has a hook closure, and the cuffs have an inner smooth cotton elastized cuff, which close with the brown plastic buttons. The rear sleeve slit also closes over the bloused interior cuffs with a conventional closure. The two pleated breast pockets have a real attractive slant to the upper flaps, and the corners are very well sewn down so opening the pocket would be a challenge.
The smooth cotton liner has two side-opening interior pocket bags, attached and oriented like a panzer tunic inside pocket. The Berg Rock tag in sewn inside one. It also has a wound packet pocket. No other interior markings, other than a single size marking in the back panel. The collar undersize has the coarse cotton backing, zig-zag applied.
Never had any other insignia but the armband. No sign of collar tabs or shoulderboards, and seams are not open for shoulderboard sew-ins nor looped.
The trousers are straight leg type, and I think they are cut more generously in the leg than my other field trousers. They are made like combat trousers, and came with one strap made from the same shade, and lined with the same material. It looks like an ankle strap, with two sets of snaps to allow for adjustment. They are marked as flaired trousers on the tag.
So - does anyone else have one of these tunics? How widely issued were these? Does anyone have any idea of when they were issued? I'd appreciate any information folks may have - thanks! Regards, Robert
The smooth cotton liner has two side-opening interior pocket bags, attached and oriented like a panzer tunic inside pocket. The Berg Rock tag in sewn inside one. It also has a wound packet pocket. No other interior markings, other than a single size marking in the back panel. The collar undersize has the coarse cotton backing, zig-zag applied.
Never had any other insignia but the armband. No sign of collar tabs or shoulderboards, and seams are not open for shoulderboard sew-ins nor looped.
The trousers are straight leg type, and I think they are cut more generously in the leg than my other field trousers. They are made like combat trousers, and came with one strap made from the same shade, and lined with the same material. It looks like an ankle strap, with two sets of snaps to allow for adjustment. They are marked as flaired trousers on the tag.
So - does anyone else have one of these tunics? How widely issued were these? Does anyone have any idea of when they were issued? I'd appreciate any information folks may have - thanks! Regards, Robert
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