Hello there,
I just tried to post this whole story but the site wouldn't load so I had to type it over again. That's the reason it became a somewhat smaller post, but ok...
Anyway, I got offered this SS Sturmgeschützjacke of a SS-Unterscharführer of the 2nd SS panzer division "Das Reich". I like the jacket but it's not cheap so if I buy it, I want to be 100% sure that it's an original jacket. So I hope you guys can help me out.
It seems that we are dealing with a mouse-grey private purchase jacket here. The jacket is in pretty good condition and is made of Drillichstoff but not with the Fischgrät motive.
The shoulderpads and collartabs are the correct one's for a SS-Unterscharführer and seem ok to me as far as their not partically covered up but I come to that later.
At the left arm sleeve the "Das Reich" cuff title can be seen(allthough not very well) and the shadow of the SS arm insignia and the place where a sleeve insignia has been can be seen. The owner of the jacket is probably promoted so the sleeve insignia had to be removed and the SS arm insignia could have been removed at the end of the war. Of cause these reasons for removale of these two insignia are just suggestive...
The jacket has been in the collection of the seller for more then 20 years and he sells a part of his collection now.
That's about all I can tell you about the jacket, the rest can be seen on the photo's.
More photo's are requested and are comming up as soon as I get them. I also asked for the photo's which does show the SS-runes and the "Das Reich" cufftitle. These were covered up because this a the pictures the seller also used to place the jacket on a sale site.
Normally I don't have so much to do with Waffen SS colectibles so I don't know that much about them. I know there are allot of fakes offered on the market and that some of them are of a very high quality so that's why I ask you guys. This jacket isn't the standard or much used type of panzer jackets so there won't be much reason to fake this one but you never know, that's why I ask.
Hopefully you guys are willing and able to help me with this, thanks in advance!!!
I just tried to post this whole story but the site wouldn't load so I had to type it over again. That's the reason it became a somewhat smaller post, but ok...
Anyway, I got offered this SS Sturmgeschützjacke of a SS-Unterscharführer of the 2nd SS panzer division "Das Reich". I like the jacket but it's not cheap so if I buy it, I want to be 100% sure that it's an original jacket. So I hope you guys can help me out.
It seems that we are dealing with a mouse-grey private purchase jacket here. The jacket is in pretty good condition and is made of Drillichstoff but not with the Fischgrät motive.
The shoulderpads and collartabs are the correct one's for a SS-Unterscharführer and seem ok to me as far as their not partically covered up but I come to that later.
At the left arm sleeve the "Das Reich" cuff title can be seen(allthough not very well) and the shadow of the SS arm insignia and the place where a sleeve insignia has been can be seen. The owner of the jacket is probably promoted so the sleeve insignia had to be removed and the SS arm insignia could have been removed at the end of the war. Of cause these reasons for removale of these two insignia are just suggestive...
The jacket has been in the collection of the seller for more then 20 years and he sells a part of his collection now.
That's about all I can tell you about the jacket, the rest can be seen on the photo's.
More photo's are requested and are comming up as soon as I get them. I also asked for the photo's which does show the SS-runes and the "Das Reich" cufftitle. These were covered up because this a the pictures the seller also used to place the jacket on a sale site.
Normally I don't have so much to do with Waffen SS colectibles so I don't know that much about them. I know there are allot of fakes offered on the market and that some of them are of a very high quality so that's why I ask you guys. This jacket isn't the standard or much used type of panzer jackets so there won't be much reason to fake this one but you never know, that's why I ask.
Hopefully you guys are willing and able to help me with this, thanks in advance!!!
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