M43 feldbluse Heer, mint condition!

[Wijtman01]

super tunic sander looks awsome

[Wijtman01]

before i forget
what was the other jacket?

[B. N. Singer]

Sorry guys... tunics m'43 must have the eagle sewn under the lining. This rule begin to deceive by not every tailors only with the tunic m44.
Alex

IMHO, Completely incorrect!

Nice Mint piece.

B. N. Singer

[FestungSpanien]

A hell of a tunic
Ace

[Mike Davis]

Textbook example! I have often seen the national emblems sewn through the lining to include G.I. cut off pieces.

[sander vw]

Thanks fellow collectors!

[airborne_steve]

Great tunic. I have a M43 with the eagle machine sewn through the lining just like yours. However, It was removed and replaced with a NCO silver wire eagle due to promotion.

Cheers!

Steve

[nutmeg]

Sorry guys, but why do you think the brest eagle has original mounted? I never have seen a tunic model '43 with the breast eagle sewn upon the lining! Neither the later ones! The tunics m'43 must have the eagle sewn under the lining. This rule begin to deceive by not every tailors only with the tunic m44.
For me it's just a nice, super original but put togheter tunic.
Alex

Alex,

If it was put together the eagle couldn't be sewn "under" the pocket unless you took the pocket off first. Considering the large number of shops making these things there were always exceptions to the rules.

[Alex Ciavaglia]

IMHO, Completely incorrect!

Nice Mint piece.

B. N. Singer

I could entertain doubts.

A. Ciavaglia

[Mike Davis]

I could entertain doubts.

A. Ciavaglia

Here is another example with application through lining that you can have doubts about.

[Mike Davis]

And another.

[Glenn McInnes]

Looks like a super untouched jacket...Congrats.




Glenn

[steiner99]

Sorry Mike Davis but I cannot see two different insides! You show two different tunics but I see on bouth pics one and the same inside.

[Mike Davis]

Sorry Mike Davis but I cannot see two different insides! You show two different tunics but I see on bouth pics one and the same inside.

Woopsy daisy. So I did. Thanks for catching that. I replaced the image.

Actually, national emblem application through the lining is quite common on later war pieces. I can post close ups if anyone is interested.

[Waffenreich]

Mint stuff doesn't scare me, in fact I love it, but I have to agree with Alex on this one. Here are three things I don't like, I may be way off base, and if so I tip my hat to the owner.

1. Why does the lining where the eagle stitching shows through appear to have a drawn template/shape of an eagle (looks like light brownish ink/pencil)? I've never seen that before and maybe it's just the picture???

2. The font of the numbers of the dice mark to me look scarily like what is seen in some mid-1980s+ repro tunics.

3. The buttonhole for the wound dressing pocket reminds me of those fake crappy shoulder straps being pumped out all over the place. I've not seen a buttonhole like that on any "contract produced" garment of the period.

If I'm wrong let me know. I'm always up for an education.