Very interesting thread 
Congratulations Nick, it's a very rare tunic IMO
Thanks to share it.
Congratulations Nick, it's a very rare tunic IMO
Thanks to share it.
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Very interesting thread, here my Partisan Uniform aquired few weeks agò, in hands it look untouched.
Collar tabs showing two winter on the mountain.
LorenzLast edited by Lorenz; 10-16-2012, 10:39 AM.Comment
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details of the Partisan collar tabs and EdelweissComment
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Are the edelweiss of partisan production? They don't seems to be the standard GJ ones.Comment
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Yes!!! Those are the partisan copied edelweis insignia which lack the German stitch holes and center is uncolored...
made in 1 piece with no doubt prongs on the back! (as explained in post 54)!
My sahariana came with detached standard GJ edelweiss marked "F&B" ....which were also used (after capture).
The prior owner of my collarless sahariana did not know about this practice, so he sold those GJ edelweiss seperately...
and I had to get another replacement German made GJ set! Fortunately the red collar tabs were kept, so easy to restore!
That's a great tunic Lorenz! Thanks for making this thread even more interesting with another example!
So 2 white stripes on the collar means 2 winters in the mountains! Good info!Last edited by NickG; 10-16-2012, 11:57 AM.Comment
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Thanks NickG,
yes, the tunic is really great, when I saw it I I didnt wanted pass on it, also if I collecting uniforms from the other side.
yes, two white stripes on the collar tabs means two winter in the mountains.
Lorenz
Originally posted by NickG View PostYes!!! Those are the partisan copied edelweis insignia which lack the German stitch holes and center is uncolored...
made in 1 piece with no doubt prongs on the back! (as explained in post 54)!
My sahariana came with detached standard GJ edelweiss marked "F&B" ....which were also used (after capture).
The prior owner of my collarless sahariana did not know about this practice, so he sold those GJ edelweiss seperately...
and I had to get another replacement German made GJ set! Fortunately the red collar tabs were kept, so easy to restore!
That's a great tunic Lorenz! Thanks for making this thread even more interesting with another example!
So 2 white stripes on the collar means 2 winters in the mountains! Good info!Comment
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Very nice and surely original tunic Lorenzo but indeed unpleasant to touchOriginally posted by Lorenz View Post
Siam fatti cosi!Comment
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Black SideOriginally posted by Lorenz View Post
very nice uniform Lorenzo thanks for sharing!
best
RaffLast edited by Raffaello Carola; 10-21-2012, 04:22 PM."six italians, dressed in rather unusual diving suits and equipped with materials of laughably little cost have swung the military balance of power in the Mediterranean in favour of the Axis".Comment
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Not identical uniforms..not Sahariana in style.... but Lorenz's partisan tunic could I guess be a captured GNR,Originally posted by Lorenz View PostIn this pictures, member of the Black Brigade wear an identical uniform, but in field grey color....
or Black Brigade militia uniform!Comment
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Yes Nick, very similar but not identical in fact, in the upper pockets and the back side I think, it is very close with the model of the republican Police that is different just in the sleeve ends.. No, the GNR "Ruggine" color is different, this IMO is the classic dark brown partisan color.... IMO the cut was the fashion of the time, for this they are very similar...
Originally posted by NickG View PostComment
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Super (plausible and courageous) post and super thread!! Thanks a lot to all for sharing photos, tunics and knowledge...Originally posted by enorepap View PostHallo NickG
In 1943 in Rome, there were only a few radical chic boys, sons of the Fascist leaders who amused themselves by betraying the Italian army forces, with the acquiescence of the weak dictator Mussolini and the police, while our soldiers were fighting for life or death at El Alamein and the Don. No authentic communist partisan in Rome despite the post-war clowns. You must tell your vendor to clarify the origins of your safari jacket.
alessio
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Lets bring this thread back to the top! I was in Italy last week and visited the
resistance museum in Ferrara which has a room dedicated to the Garibaldi (partisan) Brigade.
Unfortunately the glare did not help much with the quality of many images
A Garibaldi partisan uniform which is a German Bahnschutz blue wool with German pebbled buttons devoid of any insignia,
displayed along with communist Girabaldi partisan scarf and German map case + post war partisan commemorative medals...Last edited by NickG; 04-15-2014, 12:26 AM.Comment
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The same tunic...again sorry for the bad quality of the images...
Is that a US Bronze star???Last edited by NickG; 04-15-2014, 12:27 AM.Comment
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