M43 SS tunic, battle demaged with blood...

[bresà]

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[TWP]

What I am curious about is that the tunic is a heer tunic, but it has SS Betr markings.

The SS rune tab appears good, but cant say if it is original to tunic.

[jotuntroll]

2 holes wh tunic?

[John Pic]

How is this a Heer tunic? Also I think the insignias are added post war.

[Glenn McInnes]

[quote=TWP]What I am curious about is that the tunic is a heer tunic, but it has SS Betr markings.


It is a SS cut tunic,not Heer.


Glenn

[Lassi]

Hi Glenn is right, it is a ss cut. Regards Lassi

[TWP]

2 holes wh tunic?

Ohhhh sorry, my mistake. I didnt see the 2 holes. My mind was elsewhere.
But, why is the interior lining like a heer tunic?

[Norman Keller]

the two belt ramp holes as well as the liner indicate SS over Heer. Looks like the runic tab as well as the eagle where replaced or added later, altough good. The rank tab looks like it maybe original to the tunic! Nice one! With the blood it really talks to you. very cool tunic

[Norman Keller]

Not the liner material. the amount. SS tunics the liner goes all the way to the bottom on the front, and Heer tunics stop short. Here is a Army tunic, as you can see compaired to the SS tunic pictured earlier in this thread.

[Luca Ongaro]

In my opinion this is an original ss tunic, probably the effects are replaced but original

[bresà]

Marking

What mind the marking Batr.Ra. ?
The eagle seems applied like in this photo.

[Gefreiter <<]

What I am curious about is that the tunic is a heer tunic, but it has SS Betr markings.

The SS rune tab appears good, but cant say if it is original to tunic.

This is not a Heer tunic 2 hole M43 tunic with a full liner " thi is an SS tunic!

[Bobwirtz]

What mind the marking Batr.Ra. ?

If you're asking what this means, well Betr. Ra. is the stencil for KL Ravensbruck, a woman's camp where the SS-Bekleidungswerke (SS-BW) was set up to manufacture Waffen-SS uniforms.

Bob

[Gary Wood]

This is not a Heer tunic 2 hole M43 tunic with a full liner " thi is an SS tunic!

And 5 buttons instead of 6,

The tunic looks OK but the insignia is far too fresh and does not match the use/wear of the tunic.
cheers
Gary

[TWP]

Hi TWP - Lining material wasn't not branch specific and several different rayon blends were used in the production both Army/SS M-43. The only branch specific material concerning the production of M-43 tunics, would be the captured Italian wool that was used exclusively by the W-SS. This wool is characterized by a rough texture and grey/green color...Hope this helps...Best, JD

Hi John and Norman, thanks for the info. I have some good teachers here and I appreciate that. I should have not confused the owner. I apologize for that.