Luftwaffe Waffenrock (Flak Obergefreiter) for review

[PaulW]

Hi, grateful for any feedback on this Luftwaffe Waffenrock for a Flak Obergefreiter.

Regards, Paul

[GELIS44]

Looks great to me !!! I would love to own one.

[PaulW]

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[Mike Swan]

Same goes for me.

Mike

[werner]

This one is perfect.

Ron

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[PaulW]

Thanks

Many thanks to all for the speedy feedback!

There may be some extra pictures still to come, I'll post them if they arrive.

Best regards, Paul

[rameses]

looks great, collar badge applied manufactures,

[PaulW]

More pictures

Thanks rameses.

The other pictures are on this link:-

http://www.virtualgrenadier.com/sale_item.php?iid=3959

Regards, Paul

[PaulW]

More pics

Hi, got some more pics through. Thought I'd post them as the pictures in the link might disappear one day.

Regards, Paul

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[PaulW]

Maker

Interestingly, the maker is "C & O Dressel" (Cuno & Otto Dressel) of Sonneberg, Thuringia (Thüringen), the very same town that the LBA (S) Sonneberg Luftwaffe Depot was based in. Originally a doll and toy maker:-

http://www.die-puppenfee.de/PuppenA-Z/Dressel.htm

as the war approached they clearly took up some of the military contracts on their doorstep! The company was around from 1789 until 1942 when it apparently ceased trading. The buildings that this Waffenrock may have been made in were apparently still standing until the late 1990's.

Some company history:-

http://www.historytoy.com/company-st...l#.VfcU3BFVhBd

"Company history and description of the company Cuno & Otto Dressel, Sonneberg in Germany

In 1789 the Dressel family started with the business of toys and dolls in Sonneberg. They operated from one generations to the next.

In 1873 the company was known as the Cuno & Dressel Factory.
In 1942 the production closed.
Dressel purchased bisque doll heads from manufacturers as Simon & Halbig, Ernst Heubach, Gebrüder Heubach, Limbach and Armand Marseille, Schoenau & Hoffmeister and possibly others.
Dressel expanded to three factories in which; dolls were produced in Sonneberg, metal toys in Nurnberg and wood toys in Grunhainichen, Germany.
Cuno & Otto Dressel produced dolls of bisque, celluloid, china, composition, hard paste, papier mache, wax or wood; Täuflinge or baby, child, lady and portrait dolls."

Picture below from this link:- http://www.sonneberg-tourismus.de/sp...o-otto-dressel

Regards, Paul