SS anorak italian camo

[Napalm]

Well they had to contend with Hugo Boss :-)

[helmuthunter]

Great pics thanks DMV, i do have this one in the Angolia HJ book. Any others ewould be appreciated, they are scarce. Thanks and regards, Johnno.

[Dmv]

Anybody else has pictures?

[David T]

Pg. 220 "SS Armor on The Eastern Front 1943-1945" by Velimir Vuksic. Pg. 90 "A Collectors Guide T0: The Waffen-SS" by Lumsden.

[helmuthunter]

Thanks David T, i will check them out, regards, Johnno.

[Georg Steiner]

Hello, this photo is Czech SNB after 1945

[Vincent S.]

That is one beautiful picture for sure..
If it ever needs a new home, you can always drop me a line.

Although I really value these parkas highly, I still prefer the first pattern, pullover style. They have that particular look to them.


Regards;
Vincent S.

[besslein]

Hello, this photo is Czech SNB after 1945

very nice,the guy on left has a green parka,nice photo

[werner]

Here is the picture with the 2 young german soldiers on the Jeep.

[kammo man]

Werner
Thanks for finding and posting the picture .
I have Never seen that one before .
Those boys look like they as 12 SS !!!!!
owen

[eurocentric]

Hello, here it is HJ boy with italian camo parka
(sorry my scanner didn't work so had to take a photo)

Interesting picture! Does the boy wear a fieldgray StuG-wrapper under the parka? They seem to be dressed with everything available in the last months of the war. But that does not question the exclusive wear of those uniforms by the Waffen SS, as the HJ-boys and Volkssturm were no regular troops but civilian combatants.

A Wehrmacht unit dressed in those uniforms (not in case of concrete hardship at the front), would it be possible? Was the supply of the different organisations strictly seperated or did they get the stuff from the same source?

[Remy Spezzano]

Hi Guys,

I realize this thread was started last year but I couldn't resist to add several nice clear shots of the Italian camo anoraks being worn during the end of the war. Both photos were taken in Germany in early 1945.

The photo posted by Georg Steiner definietly proves the rumor I had always heard over the years. Which was the left over unissued stocks of both fieldgray and Italian 3rd model Waffen-SS fur anoraks were used by members of the Czech military.
Thanks for posting this photo!

regards,
Remy

[Remy Spezzano]

Keep in mind that both photos posted do not show soldiers who are in the Waffen-SS.

I believe they are simply young teenage conscripts activated from the local HJ district who were then issued all types of winter clothing to keep warm.

To prove my point I will post the whole photo so you can see the other HJ kids who were captured together with the young man wearing the Italian camo anorak.

Also if you look carefully and you will see that he is wearing the following layered items to keep warm.

-athletic top suit with zipper
-dark wool HJ tunic
-civilian wool dress jacket
-arnorak.

regards,
Remy

[Remy Spezzano]

HJ Kids in late war service.

[besslein]

i like the guy on right,looks like me when i was 12