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    HBT M42 for a Panzer/Pak/Panzerzug etc Uffz

    I’m sharing with you another very nice vet coming from the Italian War Front;this time a salty Mod 42 HBT tunic for a Panzer Unteroffizier.It's nice to think of this tunic as a tunic worn by say,the gunner of a Panther tank,but I'd rather keep my feet on the ground and take into consideration that he could have been a PaK gunner,a mechanic or whoever may have worn pink-piped boards!
    It comes from somewhere near Padua and the shoulder straps have been with the tunic forever.The piping looks darker in the pictures,nearly red,while in fact is a very faded pink,and a moth bite which makes the hidden part of the fabric of the piping visible is clearly pink...will try to take better pictures this afternoon!
    The collar has no tresse and no signs of having it ever applied but pictures often shows Unteroffizieren,especially late in the war wearing their rank’s straps on tunic whose collar was devoid of NCO tresse.
    The eagle is zig-zag sewn in a way often seen on tropical M41 and M42,i.e. it’s been straight machine sewn on top when it was reversed,then flipped over and zig-zag sewn for the rest of the emblem.The mose gray litzen are neatly zig-zag sewn as well.
    The lining is made of some sort of stone-gray thick cloth and the tunic itself is much heavier than your ordinary HBT blouse…at first I tought it was just an illusion,then I compared weights with other HBTs in my collection and yes…it’s heavier!
    Cheers
    Chris














    #2
    Very nice original one Chris A real looker


    Jan

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      #3
      nice,original

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        #4
        Very nice,untouched field worn example..





        Glenn
        "A Man's Got to Know His Limitations"

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          #5
          Thanks for the comments my friends!
          Cheers
          Chris

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            #6
            i far prefer this heavier hbt to the wafer-thin stuff many summer luft jackets are made of. nice item!

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              #7
              Hello
              That is indeed a nice , 100% original insignias applied , combat worn tunic .
              Regards
              P-Y

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                #8
                Hi,

                This is a nice " been there " tunic.

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                  #9
                  Untouched tunic for sure, congrats
                  Luca
                  Siam fatti cosi!

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                    #10
                    Hello,

                    There is something wrong with the "rank" of the shoulder straps.
                    The tresse is not closed.

                    Regards,
                    Wim.

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                      #11
                      Originally posted by Wim D View Post
                      Hello,

                      There is something wrong with the "rank" of the shoulder straps.
                      The tresse is not closed.

                      Regards,
                      Wim.
                      i agree with this observation.
                      lack of colar NCO tress too.
                      unusual configuration.

                      derka

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by derka View Post
                        i agree with this observation.
                        lack of colar NCO tress too.
                        unusual configuration.

                        derka
                        That is not unusual - have a look at Uffz. Schwinn, Summer 1944 (no Tresse on his HBT). However the pips on the Unteroffizier straps above is quite unusual and incorrect.

                        Last edited by naxos; 10-05-2009, 07:53 PM.

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                          #13
                          Third from the left.






                          Glenn
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                            #14
                            Originally posted by naxos View Post
                            That is not unusual - have a look at Uffz. Schwinn, Summer 1944 (no Tresse on his HBT). However the pips on the Unteroffizier straps above is quite unusual and incorrect
                            As noted lack of tress was not that uncommon on HBTs. I also agree that according the Regs and convention etc. the boards should be closed for Unterfeldwebel before the pip etc. if the pip is original to them. It may have been worn that way but rather odd to see.

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by Johnny R View Post
                              As noted lack of tress was not that uncommon on HBTs. I also agree that according the Regs and convention etc. the boards should be closed for Unterfeldwebel before the pip etc. if the pip is original to them. It may have been worn that way but rather odd to see.
                              On the reverse of the straps one could see that the fabric has been "sucked" into the hollow of the pips,and there are their prints below them.
                              The boards should be closed allright but what if our Unterfeldwebel got short of boards and needed a pair?He took a great risk for he may as well be sent to the front !
                              Joking apart...there's no evident trace of the boards being closed and I had notice this oddity myself but couldn't care less because the boards look like they've been on the tunic forever and I sure wouldn't have them neither replaced nor,horror of horrors,closed!
                              I've got boards that were closed with pieces of tresse barely held by a few stitches which are coming undone..it could well be that these boards were closed by pieces of tresse at a certain moment..this is the most obvious reason for the two short pieces lacking!Let's remember that this tunic doesn't come from a dark "Bekleidungkammer"...it was worn by fighting soldier who imo had a bigger problem staying alive that caring about its straps going against the conventions!
                              Cheers
                              Chris

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