Heer Panzer Tunic and pants

[Mike Davis]

It is fun and a little heartbreaking as I see a number of items that I sold in that sale on a number of dealer sites over the last 7-10 years or so. They are not always found now the way they left my collection...which was the way they came into my collection.

Ain't that the truth? I've seen simple clean uniforms sold appear later with badge loops, buttonhole ribbons, TDBs, DKs, cufftitles - the lot! I take a dim view of these 'enhancements'.

[240stevek]

Sadly I have to say the same thing about 1/3 of my collection that I sold about 15 years ago! It is fun and a little heartbreaking as I see a number of items that I sold in that sale on a number of dealer sites over the last 7-10 years or so. They are not always found now the way they left my collection...which was the way they came into my collection.

What else is new.

[1corps]

Beautiful tunic & trousers! A question though. Was it common to see officer grade tunics with the eagle sewn over the pocket? I though early DAK was the only ones to do that. Mike.

P.S. - I remember the good old days well!! I remember going to show in the early 80's and not being able to scrape up $200 between 4 of us!!

[John Huff]

Good question about the eagle. Since it was found in a German fleamarket, was the eagle still on it?

[Steve Sherlock]

Good question about the eagle. Since it was found in a German fleamarket, was the eagle still on it?

Yes, the tunic as you see it is exactly as I found it, including the eagle. That's one of the things I recognized first when I saw it posted last night. A couple of other distinguishing characteristics I remembered was the heart-shaped green material around the dagger slit, and the connecting threat between the two ribbon loops on the inside.

Steve

[D Funk]

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Steve, I want to thank you for your story and input on this uniform. As we all know that when we buy a piece there is sometimes a story that comes along with it. All we can do is consider our best judgment, experience, reference materials and now a little help from our online community, to help us build a nice collection. Even with all of this sometimes we wonder if a piece is not what it seams to be or that it may have been doctored up a bit. It is nice to find out that all of the time and passion we put into this crazy hobby does realy pay off once in a while. Thanks again Duane