Hello,
an Friend recently bought this Jacket, it was found in the early 80s in cellars of
KZ / KL Ravensbrück.
This type of Leibermuster was used by Division Charlemagne in 1944 and 1945,
Division Skanderberg in 1945 and Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler in 1945.
A modified version of this pattern, was produced by CSSR after the war.
I had the chance to check the jacket yesterday and i'm sure it's 100% original,
because it's like nothing i have ever seen before.
I have three different CSSR-Leibermuster-jackets in my collection, so i can tell
you, this is definately not a CSSR-jacket of any kind.
The overall colour-tone of the jacket ist very different..., pattern is very differ-
ent in details..., the style is not czech..., several details were sewn by hand...
wich ist typical Ravensbrück-made...
I have SS-Tarnjacken made by Texled in Ravensbrück in my collection and this
one was made there too 100%, even the way the Buttonholes were sewn, fits
perfectly...
I checked the jacket with Ultraviolet and Infrared, it's totally invisible..., typical
for authentic Leibermuster-jackets of Waffen-SS.
The jacket is not stamped, but this is not unusual for late war production or
prototype-series..., this pattern was first used by Charlemagne in August 44
for prototype-testing.
I knew that these Leibermusters were existing, because i have photos..., but
i never dreamed about touching a real one.
i offered my friend 5000 EUR, but he refused and told me, that he would never
sell it, not for any money...
Here some pictures:
At first, the difference of this jacket and the CSSR-pattern:
The jacket of my friend, you can clearly see the different colour and the white
band around the black sections of the pattern, which the czech patterns never
had.
For easier comparison:
This is the czech pattern, no white band..., different colours..., it glows slighty
under influence of UV- and IR-Light, unlike the SS-pattern...!
Division Charlemagne:
Late Third Reich-stamp:
Division Skanderberg:
an Friend recently bought this Jacket, it was found in the early 80s in cellars of
KZ / KL Ravensbrück.
This type of Leibermuster was used by Division Charlemagne in 1944 and 1945,
Division Skanderberg in 1945 and Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler in 1945.
A modified version of this pattern, was produced by CSSR after the war.
I had the chance to check the jacket yesterday and i'm sure it's 100% original,
because it's like nothing i have ever seen before.
I have three different CSSR-Leibermuster-jackets in my collection, so i can tell
you, this is definately not a CSSR-jacket of any kind.
The overall colour-tone of the jacket ist very different..., pattern is very differ-
ent in details..., the style is not czech..., several details were sewn by hand...
wich ist typical Ravensbrück-made...
I have SS-Tarnjacken made by Texled in Ravensbrück in my collection and this
one was made there too 100%, even the way the Buttonholes were sewn, fits
perfectly...
I checked the jacket with Ultraviolet and Infrared, it's totally invisible..., typical
for authentic Leibermuster-jackets of Waffen-SS.
The jacket is not stamped, but this is not unusual for late war production or
prototype-series..., this pattern was first used by Charlemagne in August 44
for prototype-testing.
I knew that these Leibermusters were existing, because i have photos..., but
i never dreamed about touching a real one.
i offered my friend 5000 EUR, but he refused and told me, that he would never
sell it, not for any money...
Here some pictures:
At first, the difference of this jacket and the CSSR-pattern:
The jacket of my friend, you can clearly see the different colour and the white
band around the black sections of the pattern, which the czech patterns never
had.
For easier comparison:
This is the czech pattern, no white band..., different colours..., it glows slighty
under influence of UV- and IR-Light, unlike the SS-pattern...!
Division Charlemagne:
Late Third Reich-stamp:
Division Skanderberg:
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