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    My New Favorite NCO Tunic

    I have several of these ornamented tunics, but this one is a very nice specimen that finally arrived in the mail. The wool quality and shade, a darker grey-green fine gaberdine, just outshines any other tunic I own or have owned. The piping in jaeger-green, and matches perfectly on tabs, boards, and front piping. The eagle is a finely-sewn officers type, and apprears original to the tunic - not common for a tunic coming from Germany.

    The cut is a standard "rock" configuration in the back, with reduced-size breast pockets and a large two-hook standing collar. Officer-type turnback cuffs and a sidearm slit under the pocket show this to be a senior NCO tunic. The liner is unnamed with no visible markings or tailor tags, but the hand-finished quality is superior - it even has armpit patented "sweat shields" and extra material shields.

    The insignia is unmothed and bright, with settling into the fabric all around. The boards have the metal pre-war type unit buttons and cyphers, and have a bottlegreen underside that matches the collar.

    I bought it from the son, who had no interest in it - even though he had the same name as his father and gave me his four-year service medal and promotion warrant to Feldwebel, along with his garrison ID in a leather holder and a pass with embossed SA embelishments.

    I'm really happy with this tunic, and welcome any commenst (good or bad).

    regards, Robert
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    Back cut -
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      Collar -
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        Tab -
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          boards -
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            Bird -
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              Pockets are undersized, with narrow pleats. It looks like someone took black thread and did something funny at the bottom of the badge loop, but I'm going to keep it like this instead of ripping it out. The original bottom loop is intact, though.
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                Liner -
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                  "Armpit protector"
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                    Documents to the original owner -
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                      Pass - documents are to an Oberjaeger from the 9. (Jaeger) / Infanterie - Regiment 17. Buttons and cyphers match on the tunic.
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                        #12
                        Very very nice set.

                        It is a M1928 pattern piped service tunic-

                        It is great when it has all been kept together and the historical context is preserved. It always amazes me when family, especially sons etc. will sell this stuff. Then again seeing people pay 30 dollars for hamburgers perplexes me as well.

                        http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/...enter/IR17.htm

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                          SUPERB set. I am drooling over it. I agree with Johnny's comments on how someone in the family could just sell the family history.

                          Great find.

                          Jeff

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                            #14
                            Very nice Congrats on the find.

                            Richard

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                              #15
                              Nice looking jacket,congrats.





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

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