This Just In

[DaveJ]

Finally got a cap to go with my tunic,
What do you think?

[DaveJ]

Closer

[DaveJ]

The board with strange pip placement, promoted but did not want to damage or hide the devices?

[Panzer]

Hi Dave,
nice looking set. The cap is a lovely match for the tunic....no doubt. What is with the extra pip on the straps? That is an odd arrangement I have not seen before......??? Have you checked out the pip to see if this was placed at the same time.....? A Stabsfeldwebel rank pip arrangement should not actually obscure the cyphers if done in the official manner.....(the bottom two pips side-by side near the shoulder seam)
Cheers, Wade K.

[Dave Suter]

Embroidered cyphers were not used above the corporal rank. Since this tunic is missing the bar across the base that would make the rank a sergeant, all of the pips are incorrect post-war additions. My advice - take them off. Then put plastic between the strap and the tunic itself. Get a toothbrush and dampen it a bit. Then work that over the holes to try and make the holes disappear a bit. The degree of success will depend on the specific manufacture of the straps. Otherwise, that is a beautiful tunic - I love waffenrocks, and have been looking for a panzer one for quite a while.

[DaveJ]

Thanks Dave,

This tunic was aquired from a vets estate and I hate to alter this, but I guess it would be proper and look better, I could always put them back,
Dave
Oh,
Here is the hat that came with the tunic

[DaveJ]

OOPs

By the way all three of these items came off the Estand, what a place!!