LW Jacket Estand

[chrisson007]

Hello,

i will buy this jacket. Please give me some opinions if all is ok. I only ask because now i see the pockets......?http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=376781

[Renaud]

The tunic itself looks nice but IMO the insignias and awards are not all period applied, it would be too great...

What is the problem with the pockets ? I see nothing wrong...

[chrisson007]

The tunic itself looks nice but IMO the insignias and awards are not all period applied, it would be too great...

What is the problem with the pockets ? I see nothing wrong...

Because the pockets are waved, and at my last lw tunic some collectors here told me that waved pockets are BW tunics :-) Sorry i think i miss understand it....

[Luca Ongaro]

Good tunic and nothing wrong with the pockets, insignia in my opinion could be original applied but I can not say by pictures posted.
Luca

[Renaud]

Because the pockets are waved, and at my last lw tunic some collectors here told me that waved pockets are BW tunics :-) Sorry i think i miss understand it....

The TR Luftwaffe tunics featured the two types, there is absolutely no problem with that. But when you look at pictures, the BW tunics have only the scalloped flaps. That's it

[frank savage]

I agree! The 'bat wings' flap pocket have not to bother you... You can easily seeing those type in some early WWII pics, wear also by ace Helmut Wick...

http://images.google.it/imgres?imgur...a%3DN%26um%3D1

Cheers!

[PaulR]

As stated, batwings are not uncommon in tailored uniforms.

[chrisson007]

As stated, batwings are not uncommon in tailored uniforms.

Hope my colonel tunic i send back to the seller was sure a copy or bw tunic

[Renaud]

Hope my colonel tunic i send back to the seller was sure a copy or bw tunic

Don't worry, the rather negative comments were based upon other red flags I think.

[PaulR]

Hey Chris,

I had other concerns with the tunic you posted. I never would say that bat winged pocket flaps are an indicator of a repro tunic.

Some issues that I noticed were:

1. Reproduction collar tabs
2. Reproduction collar piping
3. Rough attachment of the shoulder boards
4. Post war tunic.

The tunic itself looks nice but IMO the insignias and awards are not all period applied, it would be too great...

What is the problem with the pockets ? I see nothing wrong...

Insignia is machine sewn with cotton thread with construction very much like the well, maybe 50 LW uniforms I've owned. Absolutely no way to know if the ribbon bar and cord are wartime original to the uniform though both are wartime original pieces. I know my pics are not the greatest, working on that.