Found these in north germany last week, seems to be a kriegsmarine duffle bag with stencilled name and number, no other markings, inside was a converted tropical jacket, was a 4 pocket but has been shortened and elasticated , then a white naval work shirt, 1939 dated and a blue jumper, looks like a sweat shirt of some kind. All comments are welcome regarding these items, Pete.
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Anyone recognize the tropical jacket? Not Kreigsmarine....Comment
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Looks Luftwaffe produced, but no eagle...pretty nice short waisted jacket. Maybe early post war production from wartime materials?
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Jacket is Luftwaffe tropical, with eagle and lower pockets removed, shortened, and a waist adjustment set-up applied (tunnel with ties) to create a short civilian looking jacket.Comment
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Every Luft Tropical I have ever seen had pleated upper pockets and I've never seen that color lining on one. Heer late-war Sudfront?Comment
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I believe you are right about the pleats (though I have seen blue lining in Luft models). There was a similar Heer Sudfront tunic with the same lining as this one discussed several months ago.Originally posted by John Huff View PostComment
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The burning question I have (because I have something similar):
I know shortening of tunics was common in WW2 for fashion purposes but what about the addition of that "waistband"? Was that an addition during the period or post-war?Comment
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That John is a question I would like an answer to, as I have a modified luftwaffe tropical tunic and one of them is the addition of a waist adjuster.Originally posted by John Huff View Post
An interesting tunic, and probably late war sudfront seems most likely to me.
Rregards,
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