W-SS Oberscharfuhrer Tunic

[Mike C]

Basel,

I stand corrected - thank you.

Mike

[B. N. Singer]

Mr Singer,

As requested...

Mike

Mike,
Thank you Very Much for your indulgence.

B. N. Singer

[Mike C]

My sincere pleasure - and I would be happy to show any other views you would like. Regards,

Mike

[Lorenz]

Hi Mike!
Congrats for your Beautiful famous tunic and also for the restoration with title, perfect chose also the SSRF title .
But , maybe I wanted a title in better condition to restore the tunic.
IMO,the title that you chosed it isnt the perfect piece to restore this tunic, because was already on a tunic and taked off in very bad way.
If you notice the black rayon border is almost all broken ,we know that is very difficult sewn a bevo title two times..
The rayon is too much delicate.
Now, to re-sewn the title on your very Very nice tunic you re-sewn it by hands (and it's correct) but also you can see the black thread on the grey side of the title, this for what I saw in original tunic on books or pictures of the war time it's not correct.
Is too much evident that it's restored and not too much good, IMO.
My advice is to sell the title and found an other with the correct wear for your tunic..with more attention for the black border of the title and sewn it with hands with the black thread only on the black border..
I think that this rare and famous tunic deserve the maximum quality of restorig. IMO naturally, my friend.
Compliments again!
BY Lorenz

My sincere pleasure - and I would be happy to show any other views you would like. Regards,

Mike

[Mike C]

Dear Lorenzo and Bob,

I must confess that the last thing on my mind was a "professional" restoration of this tunic - heck, I tacked the cufftitle on myself!

I guess what I wanted to do was simply illustrate how the tunic might have been - and soon I will pull the CT off and leave the tunic as it was.

Dear Bnz.42

I have owned many issue W-SS tunics. I guess the difference with this one is that it seems to have a story to tell - made from captured Soviet cloth for a senior NCO in (it would seem) the famous/infamous Totenkopf Division, who survived the bitter Demjansk fight, and then served elsewhere (Italy? With the Florian Geyer in Budapest? Who knows?)... And who, in the process, earned the drivers badge in gold and three other badges (my guess is the EK 1, the PAB in bronze and a wound badge).

In hand, this tunic is much more stained and worn than the Beaver pictures suggest - perhaps for the purist, this would be a negative however, at least for me, it is a simple affirmation of the nature of what we collect: the tangible legacies of soldiers who did extraordinary things.

Regards,

Mike

[John Pic]

I have to agree a dirty worn tunic to me is far more interesting than a minty closet hanger that was hardly used..but to each his own.