field marshal

[sovvisor]

Hi all.
can anyone help me where to find a genuine field marshal tunic or greatcoat. Please pm if you know of any, I want it 100% sure that it´s a period piece 1939-1945
best

[PaulR]

WOW! That is a huge order to fill! I dont know of anything that is currently available...

[km-spain]

Here you have. Good luck.

http://www.relicsofthereich.com/shop...h=1259&phqu=10

[sovvisor]

hi

thanks for the link. Is it 100% ok?
best

[Gary B]

Dear Sovvisor,

Although I can not speak to the overall authenticity/provenance of the uniform, from the pictures, the GFM boards look good. Before purchasing such a uniform I would want some rock solid provenenace/chain of custody. As for pricing, this is more difficult; as reference, Kai Winkler recently sold several pieces of GFM Milch's uniforms/shoulder boards. Kai asked between $5000 - $6000 USD for Milch's boards.

Also check with The Marshals Baton to see his website. http://www.themarshalsbaton.com/

Gary B

[NTZ]

For such a high profile named greatcoat it has been there for a while.

[sovvisor]

thanks

I agree. I´m also alittle worried about it not being sold in 6 months.It´s alot of money but good things costs and they usually sell anyway.

[steiner99]

The boards looks good, BUT don't forget after 1942 a Fieldmarschall shoulder boards had complete gold linings. From Generalmajor up to Geleraloberst had the boards silver and gold lings.

Have a look at the date from the named label. It's from 1944.

Best,
steiner99

[bergfurher]

This greatcoat on our website www.relicsofthereich.com, originally came to us, through a second party which got it form his daughter many years ago. We do wish we had more paperwork, but that cant be the case all the time, remember, years ago, people who sold these items werent worried about what collectors were going to do with them, so paperwork sometimes is hard to get, tracing them can also be very hard, as many items we get from families want nothing to do with them after there sold. As for the boards, GFM Rundstedt wore all types of generals boards in his GFM rank till the end of the war, the early ones with batons, the numbered "18" ones, the all cellon ones, there seems to be no reason why he wore what he did when he did. Hope that helps some.

[GFM]

Bergfuhrer is correct, von Rundstedt wore a wide variety of boards....in time I will have some of these original examples up on my site as I've been working on a special section dedicated to Rundstedt.

GFM von Rundstedt, however, never had a daughter. He only had one child, a son, who died in a POW camp in '47 from throat cancer. He did have five grandchildren from that son, amongst them some girls.

In regards to the regulation for all gold cords, it was also not unsual at all for GFM's to use the standard gold/silver boards. Period photos show a mixture, reflected as well with the collartabs. It almost seems like they often used whatever was at hand. Also, the Luftwaffe only specified all three cords in gold for their GFM's but there are many examples where they used standard Generals boards too. Like any other regulations throughout the different branches of service during the war, they weren't always followed, and Generals were notorious for personal preference.

[GFM]

I agree. I´m also alittle worried about it not being sold in 6 months.It´s alot of money but good things costs and they usually sell anyway.

I wouldn't concern myself too much with inventory sitting on a site for a long time....it happens to all the dealers. Even Wolfe-Hardin have been hauling the same old high end GFM items to show after show, year after year without moving it. Price probably has more to do with it than anything else.

Collecting this stuff is a bit of a niche market and most are afraid of it from lack of knowledge and high price. Though it does amuse me how many will spend equivalent amounts of money on other more common things that they have little knowledge of without blinking an eye.

[bergfurher]

Mike, sorry, It must have been a granddaughter, I have had this coat for a longtime in my collection, and thought I remembered it was a daughter, but you would know on that one. I have a large group of Keitels uniform and items I do remember is from his son several years back, maybe I though with Gerd it was a daughter! Price is hard, my thought is try and find another to price it against, thats the hard part.

[bergfurher]

Mike, I was looking through the volume 4 war booty book, and Shea mentions that the batons he has are from his daughter, Dr. Edith von Rundstedt. Page 65. Including a letter from her as his daughter? The letter is dated 1953 and clearly mentions him as father.

[GFM]

His only child was Hans Gerd, who had a wife named Editha .....and they also had a daughter they named Editha, who would be the granddaughter.

I talk to one of the grandsons fairly often, I could verify this through him. But I think a quick search of the web will probably verify it for you yourself. Either way, there WAS a von Rundstedt named Editha!

[bergfurher]

Thats good, I only was quoting from the book, and wanted to make sure who was who. I cant remember everything, so want to make sure on what few bits of info I have!