Coastal tunic on Stewarts Militaria

[Norman Keller]

Ok, help me out. Is it original? I my opinion it's not all the coastal Art. tunic i've had and seen have slash lower pockets and are lined through out. Please lets hear from you. link;
Stewarts Military Antiques - militaria, collectables, photography and books

[Gene]

Larry's a good guy and very knowledgeable; looks good to me but my experience with Coastal Artillery items can be summed up in one paragraph.

[JPhilip]

Hello Norman,
what i see from these poor dealer's pics could be an original Feldbluse 1933 with KM Costal artillery insignia applied. Feldgrau collar, four external pockets, no lining (strict minimum), no belt hooks holes on the front, belt hooks on the back and specific stitching make it a very nice M33 Feldbluse
but as it bears KM markings of 1942, i'm wondering if this one was issued to KM in 1942 from Heer stocks (Heer acceptance ???) or if the KM used the same design as the Feldbluse 1933 for a "first type" of garment for coastal arty without reproducing any of the features introduced along the years in the Heer? (sounds weird)

[John Huff]

Larry's a good guy and very knowledgeable; looks good to me but my experience with Coastal Artillery items can be summed up in one paragraph.

Is the website still active??? -- it mentions a Dec. 2006 catalog now available?

[km-spain]

Hello Norman,
what i see from these poor dealer's pics could be an original Heer Feldbluse 1933 with KM Costal artillery insignia applied. Feldgrau collar, four external pockets, no lining (strict minimum), no belt hooks holes on the front, belt hooks on the back and specific stitching make it a very nice M33 Heer Feldbluse
hope it helps...

I agree with you, is a model 33, but also could be a KM feldgrau tunic, as the KM also used this model of tunic, only depend if insignias are original from the tunic or not.

My only doubt is why a KM tunic that discontinued its use in 1936 has the KM depot stamp from 1942. If is original, a very rare an desered tunic for a KM-CA collector as me.

[PanzerJager1944]

Is the website still active??? -- it mentions a Dec. 2006 catalog now available?

The website is still active, I have been in touch with Terri in the last week so if you have a question I would just drop them an email, I usually hear back in a day or two. I will say though they really need to take better quality photos as you can’t make out squat from the ones on the website.

Regards

[JPhilip]

My only doubt is why a KM tunic that discontinued its use in 1936 has the KM depot stamp from 1942.

Hello,
As KM is not my field of collecting, i wanted to ask you a question concerning the KM Feldblusen.
- The Kriegsmarine was created in 1935, did they used M33 Feldblusen only between 1935 and 1936 (before it was discontinued as you say), or were M33 Feldblusen also used in the Reichsmarine from 1933 ?
thanks in advance...

[km-spain]

Hello,
As KM is not my field of collecting, i wanted to ask you a question concerning the KM Feldblusen.
- The Kriegsmarine was created in 1935, did they used M33 Feldblusen only between 1935 and 1936 (before it was discontinued as you say), or were M33 Feldblusen also used in the Reichsmarine from 1933 ?
thanks in advance...

Hello, the first pictures that I have seen of the KM men using the M33 are from 1933-34, because they are still using the model 1921 cap that was used until that date, so I think that KM people used this model of tunic from 1933-34, when changed the old Weimar tunic for the new ones, to 1937.

In 1936 they had the new M36 desing, but I have some pictures dated in 1937 where you can see a KM unit using the M33 tunic with the M18 helmet. Here you can see one of them.

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...&postcount=119

Just my mind about this.

[JPhilip]

Hello Eduardo,
thanks for your reply...
so when the M33 Feldbluse was adopted in 1933, it was meant to both Army and Reichsmarine..!?
Do you have the Reichsmarine official text concerning the adoption of the M33 Feldbluse ?
If yes, i would be interested to have a look on it...
Thanks in advance

[km-spain]

so when the M33 Feldbluse was adopted in 1933, it was meant to both Army and Reichsmarine..!?

That's my mind.

Do you have the Reichsmarine official text concerning the adoption of the M33 Feldbluse ?

Unfortunately not, the KM fieldgrey uniforms regulations are not clear, and the knowledge of the evolution of the tunics in more by the study of dated pictures and tunics than by the study of the ofrfial texts.