Opinions on this jacket and breeches

[luft56]

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[luft56]

Last one :d

[phild]

Another nice BGS tunic bites the dust! These will end up being the rarest German tunics of all (in original condition) as they appear to have been dyed black for fake A-SS tunics by the thousands!

[luft56]

It appeared to me that the breeches had been dyed.

Mike

[wewelsburg]

yaeh and they overlook originals have slash pockets on the bottom!

[luft56]

So, they also dyed the jacket as well. I also saw the remains of where a patch had been under the "eagle" mark on the left sleeve. That would be a BGS patch I assume.

Mike

[luft56]

I don't suppose that cuff title is an original?

Mike

[Felix]

I am sorry, cuff title is a reproduction.

//Felix

[Johnny R]

It is all bad aside from the Police/Fire boards, sorry.

[luft56]

Yeah, I knew the boards were probably good. I knew the collar tabs were bad. I had a feeling the cuff title was bad but wasn't sure. I knew the whole thing was put together.

Mike

[Johnny R]

This is a farly common set-up to see. My parents were antique dealers and bought me home something like this once from a buying trip they paid a couple hundred bucks for

[luft56]

Interesting. This is the first one I've seen. He's got $595 on it. I knew when I saw the price tag something was wrong.

Mike

[DonC]

Both items look to be post war border police and have been dyed. The Bundesgranschütz and forestry tunics seem to be everybody's fave for remaking into every sort of SS tunic.

Don

[Arran]

Oddly, I think the piping on the collar might be original...