I recently aquired this very interesting enlisted\man's gebirgsjager tunic. It is heavily worn and the nap to the fabric is gone across the tunic, except where the pockets and flaps protectected it.
The shoulder straps are the first feldbluse pattern, the interesting thing is that on of the numbered shoulder straps button were lost and then replaced with another one (same number, but different style). The belt hole loops have seen heavy duty and has been period repaired.
There is also evidence through the shade and stitchmarks that a Narvik shield was on the tunic before. The nap wear behind the eagle and the edelweiss shows that both were replaced at some stage. The interesting thing however is that the wear on the insignia is heavy and both match the tunic and the stitching is very old. It most definitely is a heavily used combat jacket.
My first question is should one restore the Narvik shield to the tunic, secondly would the early style shoulder straps be worn, say up to 1941/42 and thirdly would this guy have been an officers candidate. Jacques.
The shoulder straps are the first feldbluse pattern, the interesting thing is that on of the numbered shoulder straps button were lost and then replaced with another one (same number, but different style). The belt hole loops have seen heavy duty and has been period repaired.
There is also evidence through the shade and stitchmarks that a Narvik shield was on the tunic before. The nap wear behind the eagle and the edelweiss shows that both were replaced at some stage. The interesting thing however is that the wear on the insignia is heavy and both match the tunic and the stitching is very old. It most definitely is a heavily used combat jacket.
My first question is should one restore the Narvik shield to the tunic, secondly would the early style shoulder straps be worn, say up to 1941/42 and thirdly would this guy have been an officers candidate. Jacques.
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