Drillich uniform

[brabander]

I can buy this heavy used drillich uniform but i need your opinions.



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[NickG]

Based on the presense of pocket flaps and rectangular ink stamp in trousers
IMO it is a RAD fatigue set...not WH...
even though the HBT work jacket appears to have been green, but now heavily faded!

[brabander]

So do you think it is Original ~?For me its ok.

[NickG]

So do you think it is Original ~?For me its ok.

Yes original and heavily used so not too much value left...
Is the jacket 6 button or 5 button?

[brabander]

i count 6 buttons the uniform is ideed heavy used but for the price ok.
Normaly any insignia on this uniform?

[Johnny R]

The set probably was worn long after the War as work clothing or by a POW, most the stuff like this was used for working after WWII and people still were wearing WWII clothes for work when I lived in Germany in the 1980s. If it is Heer you could put rank insignia on the sleeves or tresse on the collar but the set is so beat up it will not match the wear and look very odd. I would wait for a better example if you want to use it for a WWII display with gear etc.

[brabander]

Thanks i think i wait for a better one this one is indeed beaten up putting insignia on it make no sence.

[NickG]

i count 6 buttons the uniform is ideed heavy used but for the price ok.
Normaly any insignia on this uniform?

It is RAD than! (5 buttons = Heer for this style uniform and pocket flaps = RAD trait as well)
Btw RAD also wore green HBT occasionally and there is some debate if a matching M43 HBT cap existed.
These have surfaced with RAD insignia on them.

I agree with Johnny, better sets can be found...it is actually not even a set..white pants and green jacket,
faded to white...

[brabander]

Where the pants come from also rad~?

[NickG]

Where the pants come from also rad~?

I believe so...

[NickG]

To illustrate the difference some images!
Medic HBT shown is adorned with full insignia as a makeshift summer uniform, commonly done early on during the Russia campaign...
(summer months 1941).

Now when Germany mobilized and RAD shrunk in size, (many RAD men being called up for active military service) a lot if RAD drillich utilty uniforms no doubt also ended up in Heer (WH) inventories for fatigue/work use...
So you could find RAD style HBT jackets (6 buttons, pockets with flaps) which have signs of WH army use! (like possibly WH insignia added).

[NickG]

Period pictures: RAD (6 button) + WH (5 button)
The RAD image shows RAD HBT work tunics with flapped skirt pockets and 6 buttons also apparent.

[brabander]

Interesting info.
The jacket is faded away and was once green so i can,t use it fot a display.
The seller ask 80 euro is that to much ?