Question about Fliegerbluse...

[Marco]

Hi..maybe this question is stupid, but why in some photos soldiers wear Fliegerbluse without eagle? These are two photos new arrivals in my collection, but I seen other example.

[Marco]

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[240stevek]

Early jackets were issued without.

[sander vw]

And today they all have eagles

[240stevek]

[Gran Sasso]

Early jackets were issued without.

...and did not have pockets (like seen on foto "2").

[werner]

Or hidden pockets without flaps as like the officers fliegerbluses.

[Renaud]

And today they all have eagles

I can't remember where, but I saw an early fliegerbluse to sell without eagle. It was presumably original... But who knows ?

[werner]

I can't remember where, but I saw an early fliegerbluse to sell without eagle. It was presumably original... But who knows ?

They are some period pictures showing fliegerbluses without the breast eagle.

[PaulR]

Most of the period LW photos I have are void of the LW emblem(hats and tunics).

[Scott C.]

Sometimes they dorked it up and sewed the eagle on the wrong side...

[PaulR]

...or they could have reversed the negative when they were developed the photo?

[Yannis]

The eagle then would be looking to our left. It's sewn on the wrong side.

[Gran Sasso]

...or they could have reversed the negative when they were developed the photo?

Also, in that case, the buttoned flap would be reversed.

[PaulR]

Good points!