This weekend I bought an m42 no decal from a vets grandson. He mentioned that he had more stuff, so the next day I went back. He said that his grandfather was part of the 9th US Air Force, a mobile unit that moved to France D+10. Story was that when Paris was overran, they found a warehouse full of this unissued stuff. He brought out this m43.....Paris maker marked and unissued. He mentioned also having a tunic but couldn't describe much about it and wasn't sure he could find it. I started thinking about the story and doing some research on the m43, and in doing so found an identical cap on a dealer site that was part of a vet horde of unissued KM caps and insignia. So I thought maybe there was something to the story and that the unit possibly overran a KM depot. So I was pleasantly surprised when he called me back yesterday saying that he found the tunic. I arrived to find an unissued KM HBT as well as pants!
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tunic. all the buttons are there, i just didnt have it buttoned up. -
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the white ink stamp is on the pants. can anyone make out the maker mark on the tunic?Comment
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Wonderful finds! The hbt set with a m43 cap look great together. Congratulations.Comment
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very nice original set !Comment
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Nice find, congratulations
French made M43 are not very rare, but the hbt set is very interesting.
Collector of Kriegsmarine and Küstenartillerie items
Regards
Eduardo
Collecting Kriegsmarine !!!: http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=725610
sigpic "Deutsche Kriegsmarine"Comment
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Thanks guys. I did a search through the KM section and only saw a handful of KM HBT's posted. How common are they?Comment
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Not very. They don't get better than this one....lots of collectors are willing to pay a premium' for this caliber of tunic in this condition. Woodwork scooping is the only way to buy....keep it up.Comment
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Lucky A** !!!!!!
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I see you posted it. Great set !!
That will make a killer KM coastal artillery display.
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Thank you guys for the comments and information
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wow!!!!!!!
Way to go Big D, a wonderful score and scarce set!!!!!!!!!!
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Killer find there Mr big
Give a man an opinion and you feed him for a day,
teach a man to use the "search" function on the WAF and you feed him for a lifetime.Comment
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answer to your question : the maker mark in the tunic reads CFA 1943 PARIS
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