Show us your UNTOUCHED & BATTLE WORN field tunic!

[Zauberflöte]

.. no doubt one day when it leaves me it will be badged SS by someone as it has never had a eagle on it.

Just make sure that at that certain day it comes to me, and it will remain the same, you have my word..

[afrikasandman]

Hi,
Here's a close up of the insignia,how many times do you see a SS fatigue jacket badged to the Heer? no doubt one day when it leaves me it will be badged SS by someone as it has never had a eagle on it.

Merdock,

Fred and I have your back, one of us will keep it like it is. Preferrably me, but if I die then give Fred a shot at it! Matt

[Zauberflöte]

Hi,
Here's a close up of the insignia,how many times do you see a SS fatigue jacket badged to the Heer?

It is a wild shot and probably not, still thought it would be nice to mention.

Indeed it is fairly uncommon to see a standard Heer tunic without breast eagle, I have seen it with SS tunics though missing the sleeve eagle.
...Maybe, maybe, maybe this tunic belonged to a member of the SS Polizei Division, prior to the moment in the beginning of '42 when they were given Waffen-SS insignia???
After all, the artillerie regiment was filled with former Heer personell. It is known that they used Heer shoulderboards, and although special collartabs existed (see photo) perhaps for some reason this one retained his former Heer tabs? Again, just a wild guess of course.

[kaiserwilhelm2]

Yes indeed a very cool tunic!

[merdock]

It is a wild shot and probably not, still thought it would be nice to mention.

Indeed it is fairly uncommon to see a standard Heer tunic without breast eagle, I have seen it with SS tunics though missing the sleeve eagle.
...Maybe, maybe, maybe this tunic belonged to a member of the SS Polizei Division, prior to the moment in the beginning of '42 when they were given Waffen-SS insignia???
After all, the artillerie regiment was filled with former Heer personell. It is known that they used Heer shoulderboards, and although special collartabs existed (see photo) perhaps for some reason this one retained his former Heer tabs? Again, just a wild guess of course.

Hi,
Interesting that former Heer personnel were drafted into the SS-Polizei but as it also has 3 marked shoulder buttons did a number 3 regiment transfer? collars are attached like ive never seen before only being sewn by the 4 corners of the boards? not all the war around.
thanks for the info.

[CWP]

Buttons are not used to specify Regiment, just Kompanie (I guess that would be Batterie, in an Artillerie unit).

[giberville]

M42 combat tunic

This is my latest find. M42 combat tunic. Zig-zag stitched eagle, machine stitched litzen. Will post more pictures later. Any thoughts?

[giberville]

collar stitching

[Ron C.]

[WEISNER]

Great tunics, I like the look of the M42 very much giberville, it will look great with some fieldgear dressing it out!
Ron that 1st pattern tropical tunic is a real beast! it is a true stand out I would love to have! do you know the history? I would like to see more of it in its own thread!
Thanks for sharing guys!

Kevin

[WEISNER]

duplicate post, Sorry! I have a house full of neighborhood kids making concentration difficult, anyone with youngsters knows how it is at times LOL...

Kevin

[don_kihotis7]

It's a beauty indeed. But not tropical. It's a summer lightweight tunic.

[Ron C.]

Another that I posted before

To save time I am just posting the previous post again. http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=228710 .

As I said in it.....the boards didn't come with it, I just stuck them on there....don't know what they are. They are not on there now. They were taken off before it was packed away.

Ron

P.S. Sorry......I forgot this was Heer uniforms, and this isn't. Remove it if you want.

[Ron C.]

Ron that 1st pattern tropical tunic is a real beast! it is a true stand out I would love to have! do you know the history? I would like to see more of it in its own thread!
Thanks for sharing guys!

Kevin

Kevin,

It already had one. I posted it before here http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=228508 . I have never photographed the sports documents, and all of the stuff including the tunic are packed away. It is not for sale.

Thanks,
Ron

[Zauberflöte]

I posted it before here http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=228508 . I have never photographed the sports documents, and all of the stuff including the tunic are packed away. It is not for sale.

Thanks,
Ron

It is a very attractive tunic Ron.

Don't believe it is an EM upgrade though such as you imply; these summer field made tunics are mostly made for NCO or officer ranks and this is a particular officer design incl. the French cuffs. The fact that the collar shows previous EM tabs could simply be due to the fact that the tailor used an EM collar, which this is.

F.