My new Combat Officer Setup

[bnz. 42]

Here is my new Feldgendarmerie M40 tunic (war-period converted to a combat officer tunic), Feldgendarmerie gorget, and really cool-looking tailor-made breeches. The tunic is in mint condition; even has a small paper attached/glued to the inside.
Hope you will like it too.

[bnz. 42]

 

[bnz. 42]

  

[Darrell]

Nice ... I liked it better when your wife modelled the same gear ...

[macki]

cool looking one suggestion get it a way from the window and direct sun lite
the sun lite can raze havoc

[Greg Kubasek]

Looks great! I've been waiting to see this.

[bnz. 42]

cool looking one suggestion get it a way from the window and direct sun lite
the sun lite can raze havoc

Thank you and of course, I already know that. It is why all blinds on windows in my room are always closed all the way.

I am glad that, you guys, liked the setup.
The only thing it misses is a Heer officer belt. So please let me know if you have an extra one.

[Greg Kubasek]

Peter von Lukas has a few decent looking officers belts on his site. The prices seem pretty fair.

I actually just recently picked up an officers belt for my tunic, in nice worn condition to make my tunic.

The officers belts seem a little harder to find but I think they really finish of the look of the tunic.

[bnz. 42]

Peter von Lukas has a few decent looking officers belts on his site.

Here is what Scott Pritchett recalled from Angolia's book on belt buckles and brocades:

Distinctions are made between a Luftwaffe Officer's two-pronged belt and a Heer officer's. The difference is in the distance bewteen the prongs, with the Heer being farther apart. That pictured in this thread would tend to me to look more like a Luftwaffe pattern buckle as a result. Photographs support that they were interchanged between the services, but generally each used the type provided through their respective officer clothing sales stores...and the Heer and Luftwaffe had different retail stores.

It is why I tend to believe now that belts on Lukas' Web site are Luftwaffe.
Picture for comparison.

[Greg Kubasek]

Very interesting!

If that logic stands correct then I do believe I would actually have a luftwaffe belt.

[bnz. 42]

Very interesting!

If that logic stands correct then I do believe I would actually have a luftwaffe belt.

Your belt looks even more like Political because Political buckles have rounded corners, not squared off. Also Political are marked while Heer are not.

[Greg Kubasek]

After reading this I flipped through some of my photographs and spent the past half hour trying to figure out how to get a decent high res scan (damn technology!)

Anyhow, first here is the full picture, and then I will post a close up of the belt the general is wearing. It appears - and let me know if I am wrong - that the general is wearing a belt with rounded corners and close spaced prongs.

[Greg Kubasek]

The plot thickens.. dun dun duuuuun <-- my attempt at suspense music

[bnz. 42]

You know, Greg, I think so too now, it is OK to use both buckles on Heer displays; and it looks like it wasn't a big deal for them either
Very nice picture, by the way.

[afrika]

But surely a General could and would wear whatever he felt like, I'm not really convinced you should take an example from a General to apply to company grade officers. Note the aide's belt behind him !! Just a thought.

NICE setup on the mannequin. The pose suits the uniform extremely well. Good work.

Steve