Stug Wrap with history

[Ostmark]

Thanks for your comments

For the M38 Officers side cap i have already all insignias. To get insignias for the M40 trop cap is a challange. The eagle is incoming soon, but i cannot find a cocarde and a pink Soutache. If someone has such insignis for sale, please drop me a PM. I will pay top euros for it

[JOHN JONES]

Hi Ostmark,
Attached shows a well known, but better quality than
normal clip, of wnat I think is your veterans unit? (starts at 6.21)

Cheers,
John.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zukq-...eature=related

[WEISNER]

Hi Ostmark,
Attached shows a well known, but better quality than
normal clip, of wnat I think is your veterans unit? (starts at 6.21)

Cheers,
John.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zukq-...eature=related

Nice point to that clip John! Looks like you may be right! Ostmark has dome a heck of a job restoring this wrapper to its former condition!
Kevin

[Steinar]

You are a lucky guy. I hope you will take good care of these items.
What a GREAT veteran. WOW.

[Ostmark]

Thanks for your comments

Many thanks for the youtube link John. Sadly i could not find the vet. I have to show him this video i think he will be very very excited

[Ostmark]

Officers side cap restoration is finished

[Ostmark]

Could manage to get field used insignia

The result looks not so bad, the credit goes to my mother in law

[Richard P]

Super restoration...you are to be congratulated! I hope the vet has seen it all now! Thanks for showing us the end result.

Richard

[PANZERPIONIERE]

Great job! I would love to have this in my small humble collection.
Steve

[WEISNER]

Excellent job! Your mother in law is a wiz! The cap looks perfect with just the right wear!
Kevin

[Luca Ongaro]

Outstanding restoration really well Made and desiderable pieces!!!
Luca

[Mark Gibson]

Incredible job and great to see it all nicely restored.
You will be interested to know that I found some photos of your friend wearing his stug wrap around the time of Normandy. He originally had field grey panzer tabs with skulls attached. He later changed to the standard officer Litzen tabs. Might be worth asking him about this. Very interesting photos.

Mark

[Lionel H.]

HI Ostmark.

Thanks to invite me to visit your great post, after I shared a nice 21.Panzer Officer Group too....http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=560113

With Both Tunic, it could be a nice Beginning for a special "21.Pz.Div." Virtual Museum ...

As a lot of Guys there, I was first not convinced about the project to restore the Tunic. But really, you have done the right Choise and chose the matching [Insignias, that is really an awesome Job !!

Concerning the Wet himself, you wrote he was taken POW in Epinal by the French. You mean probably the 2nd French Armored Div. under Leclerc ?? As Epinal is the place where I grew, I would be especially interested to get more Details (MP) about that...
You were right in your MP, perhaps "my" Vet, Major and Commander I.(gepanzert)/Pz.Gren.Rgt.125 and "your" Vet knew each other...

I spend some very nice Minutes to read your Thread and looked at your Pics, thanks for that !!

[Greg B]

Thankyou for sharing this amazing story. I have really enjoyed reading this thread and hope you can continue adding more to the story with more details about the vet.

The way the DAk Pz m40 cap appears I would almost be inclined to leave it as it is . It really says it all in its present condition although restored would look great as well.

A photo of the vet holding or waring the caps would add great significance to the group IMO.

Greg

[Ostmark]

Here is a pic taken in Normandie wearing the sidecap