m36 question

[jürgen]

hello guys..
iam not as often here on the board, and as less iam not a very big poster
my english istn as good as yours and so its hard to describe things for me

the WAF is a huge community and i hope that someone can help out with pictures

iam getting in progress to obtain a m36 with insignias removed
eagle and collartabs traces are still vusible

it will not be a problem to "push them up" with new OLD insignias

but the only problem will be the shoulder straps,
cause there isnt any more a button, nor a loop to slip on the strap

so my question!

was it common in 39- 40 to sew in directly the straps for enlisted men?

or should i try to get old wool to make the loops?

does anyone of you have a m36 tunic of EM with direct sewn in straps?


greets
yours jürgen

[Seigfried]

Welcome Jürgen!
I have a 1939 dated M36 and it has slip on shoulder boards. If you type 'M36' into the search machine at the top right of the page it will give you lots of M36 photos to compare. Do you have any photos of your tunic?

Regards,

[jürgen]

yes there are toooooo many search results

pics are possible but cant post them

[airborne_steve]

jürgen,

Factory M36 tunics came standard with shoulder board loops, for the slip-on shoulder straps. However, some NCOs had dress type shoulder straps sewn in for "walk out dress" apperance but this was rare for the most part.

Steve

[jürgen]

hmmmm

yes i know...
so i have to look out for a pice of wool

[jürgen]

after looking through all results here on m36 i cant say that ive seen m36 EM tunics with direct sew in shoulderstraps...

come on guys... help me out
original pictures ore your tunic pics

[FestungSpanien]

Hi Jürgen
Your english is good and wellcome to the forum.
I used to have a M36 tunic that had no wool loops and someone, most likely period, had sewn a piece of fat black thread to use to fit the shoulder boards where the original loops should be.This seemed to be period done.
Other way could be buying some cheap repro shoulder boards and cut the needed lenght of wool and sew it.
Hope this helps
Ace

[jürgen]

with loop i mean the loop on the tunic to slip through the strap

it would be more easier to explain if someone could post the tunic pic for me....

so therefore my english isnt as good

[FestungSpanien]

Sorry I have been looking through my pictures and cannot find the one with the loops.

[airborne_steve]

Here is the only pictures I have on hand that show a close up of the shoulder strap "loop".

Steve

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[airborne_steve]

M36 NCO With loops!

[airborne_steve]

Close up!

[airborne_steve]

M36 EM, Arty!

[jürgen]

thanks steve!

my coming tunix doenst have the loops to fix the straps...
so iam asking for ideas how to fix the boards,...direct sew in or shall i search for wool and make the loops myself



so i make a link to PETER s site to show you what i mean

was it normal also for Enlisted Men to wear the shoulderboards like that?

http://www.ww-2militaria.com/images/image_15361.JPG
http://www.ww-2militaria.com/images/image_15358.JPG


and therefore iam searching for your pictures showing soldiers wearing jackets like that

[airborne_steve]

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