M-40 W SS Officer tunic Wittman $7995

[Robert H]

for my five cents think also its a German complete repro (except of the insignias), reminds me with certain tunics I remember back from the 90's.

[John Pic]

for my five cents think also its a German complete repro (except of the insignias), reminds me with certain tunics I remember back from the 90's.

Your five cents is a valuable 5 cents Robert .

[HAF]

Have you handled this tunic then.

not this one ,but some identilcal just insignia minus.

[BenVK]

So, if I've understood correctly from this and the other thread, nobody can really say for certain about an SS tunic unless it's an obvious repro/ground up fake?

[BenVK]

And the point I've been trying to make is that being unsure about SS tunics is just not good enough anymore..
I can see several cap specialists are reading this thread and I'm sure they would agree with me..

[Ian Hulley]

those wide litzen always show up on faked pieces.

That alone is enough to give serious concern.

Ian

[John Pic]

And the point I've been trying to make is that being unsure about SS tunics is just not good enough anymore..
I can see several cap specialists are reading this thread and I'm sure they would agree with me..

Yes and a good point . But as you see right off the bat it’s not easy. One persons trained eye might see something another does not. First impression for me was it looked basically ok after a few more looks I noticed the litze and the unusual sleeve liners which as others point out were common in faked tunics of the 90’s and also used to reline the shells of Heer tunics reworked into SS , I examined a couple examples like that from Manions auction, almost like the Alteste caps where period fabric and modern fabric are put together to form something reasonably convincing at first look .

[John Pic]

There are one looker fakes but in this case anyone who claims “ one looker” was guessing. Maybe a three or four looker ????

[Biber]

No holes for belt hooks?

[John Pic]

No holes for belt hooks?

Private tailored officer cut tunics did not use the belt hooks .

[Reichsword]

I see it's now "on hold", wonder who consigned all these uniforms?

[BrianK]

The only thumbs up so far was for the sleeve eagle, so I guess $7995 for a sleeve eagle and the rest is a gamble.

[John Pic]

Compare the rune tab with the one on this Janke tunic featured on the estand. Do they look similar ?

https://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/for...adjutants-cord

[judas]

image_4703194.jpg nice spotting john . do you think its killing the hobby it makes me wonder if its time to jump ship ( tab from link on jank tunic)

[John Pic]

image_4703194.jpg nice spotting john . do you think its killing the hobby it makes me wonder if its time to jump ship ( tab from link on jank tunic)

No don’t jump ship, just have fun and enjoy what there is .