Karl Hohenstein Lederbekleidungs

[sauron249]

Does anyone know about this leather manufacturer: Karl Hohenstein
Lederbekleidungs? I'm wondering because I have a jacket that I recently bought and seems to be a private purchase Luftwaffe leather jacket. It has a label on it from this maker and all the period stuff like shoulder board buttons and award loops. The zippers are RUHR which seem to be period too. It's a double breasted jacket. Any info on this manufacturer and what products were produced during WWII would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

[Wood]

I presume you have googles them :-

http://hohenstein-leder.de/

Etc etc

[sauron249]

Yes, I have. Just can't find a lot about them and the leather goods they made during WWII and pre-war. I know they existed and manufactured goods at this time, I just wanted to know more about them and see if anyone owns any of their items.

[sauron249]

Here's the label.

[Jan43]

Hi sauron249

I stumbled over this firm in my research about Fritz Habelt in Crailsheim., and you can read about it in this thread. It could look like the firm is still located in the same town today.

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...t=fritz+habelt

Karl H. firm's Rbnr. must be something like 0/0708/????

Best Jan

[sauron249]

Thank you for the older post link!