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    Huge fur over coat.

    some pics of an old coat with some interesting stamps. one three-digit number stamp to the collar, the other a faint luft uv equipment stamp imo.
    one pocket sewn up, the other with simple liner, as per usual.
    buttons are mostly the integral wooden ones, one end slightly more pointed than the other. four in all, up the coat front. plus one under the collar. signs of the familiar hook and eye to collar opening still in place.
    turned cuffs. several panels, collar fur seems from different source to main body. the mix reflecting the famous german domestic drive for ladies fur coats to be handed in to 'help our boys in the Ost'.
    not the best condition, but the dry animal skin problem only at small parts of the wrist. all in all a 'fair' example of a 'been there, done that, got the frost bite' much loved and used rare winter coat, mass produced by the wehrmacht but seldom found today. kept away from the cold winds in a wardrobe for years! but! wearable and perfect for fashion/display shots.
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    Last edited by corporalSteiner; 06-15-2009, 03:45 PM.

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    front
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      back...patched with sections of what look like rucksack canvas pieces.
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      Last edited by corporalSteiner; 06-14-2009, 08:08 AM.

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        now the details...luft uv imo.
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          more...batch/part number...nice 'usual' numerals...
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            more...note different end shapes to this button.
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              more...pocket lining...unstamped, unlike some. green colour reminiscent for me of wss m44 pea camo interior lining...
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                more...partial hook-eye to collar closing, as per usual long greatcoat ones...thanks for looking.
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                  #9
                  Looks like a salty Ostfront dog, i like it, regards Johnno.

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                    #10
                    Well worn, but original Pelzmantel. Hard to find in nice condition, but even harder to sell.

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                      Originally posted by Vincent S. View Post
                      Well worn, but original Pelzmantel. Hard to find in nice condition, but even harder to sell.
                      haha! people do look for them! and whatever they do pay, these are really valuable as documentary pieces. the idea of just how cold the front might have got is appreciated slightly more, thanks to handling such an item. as are the individual sacrifices, hopes and obedience of everyday german ladies of the time, through their generous surrendering of important and valuable symbols of femininity; their fur coats, stoles, hats and gloves. here shows one worn but not beaten example, saved from the sucking, sapping clutches of russian front, mud, ice and gulag. thanks for your comments.
                      Last edited by corporalSteiner; 06-14-2009, 10:47 AM.

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                        what we have here is a borrowed research pic of unfortunate german army prisoners in the autumn/winter of 41, russian-gulag bound. one man showing a hint of a smile and a superb view of the thread-starting pelzmantel, in all its wookie-esque heavy collared glory (patched too, what a salty dog!)(thanks to a.archipov in advance)
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