Interessting Windbluse

[Mac]

another item i wanted to show you...

some more information to this windbluse would be helpfull

[djpool]

Mac,

Very nice and IMHO a rare windbluse.There are plenty of prewar and wartime pics of it being worn. Now trying to find one is another story.Regards Jim

another item i wanted to show you...

some more information to this windbluse would be helpfull

[GJR100]

Yep ... it looks a lot like the "1st model" snow camo only feld grau ...

Nice

MfG,
Bart

[djpool]

heres a pic of a similar item from a US Army Intell manual.jim

[Mac]

thanks for the replys, are there more information about this bluse??
till now i found only the snowcamo or the version with a zip in the front (a pic in my collection dated italy 1944)

finding such a bluse would is very hard, i never saw one before

[djpool]

thanks for the replys, are there more information about this bluse??
till now i found only the snowcamo or the version with a zip in the front (a pic in my collection dated italy 1944)

finding such a bluse would is very hard, i never saw one before

Maybe one of the GJ specialists will dig in and provide more info. Truthfully yours is the only 2 pocket version I've ever seen other then in wartime pictures.

I would love to see a pic of the zippered one. Would be interesting to see if its a issue piece or possible field made/commercial. Commercial items were worn by soldiers in the field. Heres a pic of a snow shirt in my collection along with some wartime pics of a similar shirt.

jim

[djpool]

Heres a commercial ski wrap.

[BergführerKiser]

Maybe one of the GJ specialists will dig in and provide more info. Truthfully yours is the only 2 pocket version I've ever seen other then in wartime pictures.

I would love to see a pic of the zippered one. Would be interesting to see if its a issue piece or possible field made/commercial. Commercial items were worn by soldiers in the field. Heres a pic of a snow shirt in my collection along with some wartime pics of a similar shirt.

jim

Grüß Gott Jim,

The Jacket in the wartime photos and your collection is an Italian Aipini Wind Jacket which seems to have been popular amoung Gebirgstruppe also. I have seen many photos of guys wearing them.

[djpool]

Grüß Gott Jim,

The Jacket in the wartime photos and your collection is an Italian Aipini Wind Jacket which seems to have been popular amoung Gebirgstruppe also. I have seen many photos of guys wearing them.

Patrick,

Thanks a lot for the info. I always thought it was German.Jim

[BergführerKiser]

Jim,

There is also a white version of the Alpini Windbluse.

[BergführerKiser]

Jim,

I also have an example of the Alpini Windbluse in my collection. I will post some photos when I get home.

[BergführerKiser]

Here is a wartime photo of an early Windbluse that is similar to one that MAC posted, but has a longer front drawstring closure.

[BergführerKiser]

Here is the 2 pocket Windbluse with the zippered neck closure from the Gebirgsjäger Museum in Sonthofen:

[djpool]

Jim,

I also have an example of the Alpini Windbluse in my collection. I will post some photos when I get home.

Patrick,

Great! That must be the zippered version Mac was referring too.jim

[Mac]

i show a pic of the bluse this evening, but the version i'm talking of is again a different to the ones shown here...
the bluse looks more like mine, but it got a zip from the bottom to the top
and i don't think, that these jackets were fieldmade, cause on the photo 4 of the 5 shown montaintroopers wear exactly the same jacket (the 5. one wears a regular windjacket)

but the photo will come this day i promise