Unknown WWII Ttalian camo smock - Torino

[Heeresspringer]

I just bougth that nice old smock ...

can someone identify it? What kind of smock is it ? Paratrooper ?

The size label is 45 ...

And inside it is written: CROMO AMERICA ... TORINO

It is heavy bleched and salty ...

Regards

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[dagoromagna]

45 seems some size or lot, not the year I think.
Inscription "CROMO - AMERICA - MAGNONI - TEDESCHI - TORINO"
Will study it.
Italian camo material for sure...seems an apron.

[kanister]

CROMO - AMERICA - MAGNONI - TEDESCHI - TORINO was the name of the factory of the fabric in Turin.

45 seems to be the size and is very strange for wartime..

These smocks were tailor made with Italian camo cloth for the Germans, but also post war for hunting.

The strange is that the camo side is in interior: for what reason?

[Heeresspringer]

the smock came out of a old woodwork in germany ...

I don´t thing it was made for hunting ...

what would be a "normal" size?

Regards

[Fritz]

I think this is a post 45 item. Note that it looks as if the actual camo pattern is on the inside (edit: as already stated by member "kanister").

Cheers

[besslein]

I think this is a post 45 item. Note that it looks as if the actual camo pattern is on the inside (edit: as already stated by member "kanister").

Cheers

agree post war working coat,but abaut camo pattern inside ,i whave owned a pair of trousers made that way in m40 cut, that pair was worn by Luftwaffe soldier in Italy/

[Heeresspringer]

why should a uniform factory make working coats and use wwII camo cloth ?

And what has it to do in an old german house ?

[Heeresspringer]

Inside out does not mean postwar ...

here in the forum some members have period war cloth which is made inside out ...

one example :

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...3&postcount=21

[Fritz]

With field or post war manufactured items it is very possible that the print is on the inside. I was just pointing out that this is the case here as you called it bleached.

The "45" tag indicates that the item wasn't fieldmade and with something wartime factory made I would expect the camo print to be on the outside.

The item to me shows no features of a military garment. Hence I believe that the fact that the camo print is on the inside is - in this case here - because of the manufacturer (whoever that was) wanted to avoid a military look.

The fabric is high quality and after the war almost everything was hard to get and you had to use what you could get. Thus stocks of camouflage material were used up and not thrown away.

Just my 2 cents.

Cheers

[Ron P]

To me it also appears to be a post war (right after the war) industrial workers smock made in leftover camo material. This would explain why the printed side is on the inside. Like German helmets being made into cooking utensils. Use what you have on hand.

[Heeresspringer]

ok ... thanks for the help ...

so what can I do with it now ?

Does someone collect that type of "uniform" ?

regards