Are tThese Mountain Troops Wind Jacket Boards?

[RobertE]

Hope everyone had a nice Christmas! I just received these cotton-topped boards from a friend, intending to display them on a summer tunic I had. However, they are too long for a regular tunic and the cotton on top is an odd shade and weight: it is shirt-weight material.

Now that i have these in hand, I believe they are for the GJ windjacke: flatter curves to the nose of the tab (almost box-like), identical waterproof cotton as used on the jackets, same buttonholing features, wool bottoms, and the batch number stamped on the grey-green artificial silk tongues that many of these seem to exhibit.

So - are these for the shirt or other uniform item, or the windjacke type?

regards, Robert

[sander vw]

yes they are.

[RobertE]

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[RobertE]

Thanks Sander.

[NickG]

VERY desirable!
Another GJ clue, besides the waffenfarbe, is the material! used!
These straps are intended for the double breasted GJ "windjacke" (wind breaker jacket) !
So made in the same material as such a GJ coat!

[RobertE]

Thanks Nick, that's good news. I have a GJ jacket in storage; maybe time to dig it out!

[Johnny R]

Very nice and a great example of textbook Jager green piping.

[RobertE]

Two shades of it, actually! While these are obviously a pair, the piping is slightly off, with one board slightly lighter than the other.

[Johnny R]

Two shades of it, actually! While these are obviously a pair, the piping is slightly off, with one board slightly lighter than the other.

I think those minor differences can come just from being stored on top of each other stacked in drawer etc. These were in a trunk for 60 plus or minus years. I am sure they are the same manufacturer, look the same ? and an issued/worn pair etc.