Those Plaid or Checkered Kriegsmarine Shirts...

[lucalocatelli]

I can't say anything about the KM shirts, but I can confirm that the GJ shirts were private and in no way issued. However quite often large quantities would be ordered from one shop if the whole unit was granted time to go to town....poor tailor!

Fully agree.
GJ shirts were private. IMO whenever many of the same pattern can be observed means that big purchase was done by units.
This is the only explanation I can give myself.

Best,
Luca

[Norm F]

Here's a closeup of the collar of the shirt as seen in post #22 (the guy with the Afrika cuff title). In fact it's a different pattern from the one on Ray's shirt.

On page 40 of Gordon Williamson's "Torpedo Los" there are four photographs showing four or five different patterns in wear. A couple of them look like this pattern, especially the photo of Kapitänleutnant von Tiesenhausen.

Best regards,
---Norm

[Norm F]

A couple of them look like this pattern, especially the photo of Kapitänleutnant von Tiesenhausen.

The photo from "Torpedo Los" of von Tiesenhausen.

[PrinzEugenGJ]

There are also pictures of w-ss soldiers with checkered shirts or scarves. I think they werent picky on what they wore in combat, as long as you kept fighting and followed orders

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