KM/KA Tropical Tunic

[Troy101]

I'd opinions on this tunic to see if it's original,thanks

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back

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maker mark

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shoulder board

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pocket

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adler

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reverse

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last

[-Ray-]

That's a fine looking example of a KM work jacket by these pic's so far. Any markings on the buttons?

-Ray-

[Troy101]

so would it be Coastal artillery or regular KM ?

[km-spain]

By regulations is the green jacket of the blue uniform, so IMO regular KM. You can find these also in brown.

[Troy101]

thanks

[Jean-Claude]

Hi Troy,
I know nothing about uniforms and very little about summer uniform metal breat eagles but I suspect that your breast eagle has been refinished with gold paint at one point. To the best of my knowledge this bird exists in 2 types (silver & gold) and 2 variants (tombac and zink).

The later zink version (typically with a flat metal "C" catch but the same hinge as yours) usually doesnt hold its finish very well but the earlier tombac version (same "S" shaped catch and hinge as yours) in gold is a very nice bird with great detail and a frosted gold finish with polished highlights. I have attachd pictures of my specimen for comparison purposes: the finish is not the same and the detail looks "plugged up" on yours as if it had been refinished

Regards

JC

[Troy101]

thank you for the info !

[GAMS1]

Green summer/tropical jacket for KA . A nice and rare early bird !
The sand / brown uniforms are for KM , but also for KA ...
Nick