Hi, this has already been reviewed elsewhere, when it was for sale on the E-Stand:-
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=874849
but I've since bought it and wanted to show it in it's own thread with some new pictures. Something to look at and study, as that is what this Forum is for! Although I have a weakness (like many) for mint items, or items in excellent condition, there is no doubt that there is a feeling of a worn item having more history attached. I've waited a while for one with originally applied insignia, and I like to think that it follows that the wear on such an item that was not 'de-Nazified' has a very good chance of the wear being from wartime service, rather than from being worn post-war as 'army surplus', as no doubt many items were. I hope you like it as much as me!
Also, in recent times I've become quite interested in the Italian Campaign, and it has something of an 'Italian connection'! I bought it from Italian WAF member Cesare Cornia (great guy to deal with
), who acquired it from another collector who bought it from the Italian dealer "Der Alter Art", who I discovered still has it on his website here!
http://www.deralterart.com/site/germ...-gebirgsjaeger
I contacted the owner of "Der Alter Art" (Stefano Borghi, who is also Hermann Historica's representative in Italy) to ask if he recalled any history with the tunic, as items with history are definitely my thing, and after all if you don't ask, you don't get... He recalled:-
"Dear Paul, the tunic come from Germany, but unfortunately no history behind it.
I buy every month a lot of stuffs from collectors and dealers, so I don’t ask the history of each.
For sure is a very nice and untouched tunic.
Best regards Stefano"
so there goes the Italian connection
, it was sourced in Germany. It was very good of him to reply though!
I was slow to pull the trigger on this one as I had an M43 in my sights, and I can be quite obsessive when it comes to the next 'target' ! However, as stated in Jean-Philippe Bourg's and Laurent Huart's Feldbluse book, the 'M42' (modern collector term) with scalloped pocket flaps is not really seen in wartime pictures until the summer of 1943 at the battle of Kursk (unless more photos have been discovered since then?). It makes you wonder how accurate the term 'M42' really is, perhaps one day it might be re-christened 'early pattern M43' ! Of course with my latest Italian Campaign interest, this intoductory date of July 1943 fits in very well with the start of the Italian Campaign...
Regards, Paul
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=874849
but I've since bought it and wanted to show it in it's own thread with some new pictures. Something to look at and study, as that is what this Forum is for! Although I have a weakness (like many) for mint items, or items in excellent condition, there is no doubt that there is a feeling of a worn item having more history attached. I've waited a while for one with originally applied insignia, and I like to think that it follows that the wear on such an item that was not 'de-Nazified' has a very good chance of the wear being from wartime service, rather than from being worn post-war as 'army surplus', as no doubt many items were. I hope you like it as much as me!
Also, in recent times I've become quite interested in the Italian Campaign, and it has something of an 'Italian connection'! I bought it from Italian WAF member Cesare Cornia (great guy to deal with
), who acquired it from another collector who bought it from the Italian dealer "Der Alter Art", who I discovered still has it on his website here!http://www.deralterart.com/site/germ...-gebirgsjaeger
I contacted the owner of "Der Alter Art" (Stefano Borghi, who is also Hermann Historica's representative in Italy) to ask if he recalled any history with the tunic, as items with history are definitely my thing, and after all if you don't ask, you don't get... He recalled:-
"Dear Paul, the tunic come from Germany, but unfortunately no history behind it.
I buy every month a lot of stuffs from collectors and dealers, so I don’t ask the history of each.
For sure is a very nice and untouched tunic.
Best regards Stefano"
so there goes the Italian connection
, it was sourced in Germany. It was very good of him to reply though!I was slow to pull the trigger on this one as I had an M43 in my sights, and I can be quite obsessive when it comes to the next 'target' ! However, as stated in Jean-Philippe Bourg's and Laurent Huart's Feldbluse book, the 'M42' (modern collector term) with scalloped pocket flaps is not really seen in wartime pictures until the summer of 1943 at the battle of Kursk (unless more photos have been discovered since then?). It makes you wonder how accurate the term 'M42' really is, perhaps one day it might be re-christened 'early pattern M43' ! Of course with my latest Italian Campaign interest, this intoductory date of July 1943 fits in very well with the start of the Italian Campaign...
Regards, Paul
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