SS M40 Tunic

[ryanww2]

Whats your opinions on this ss tunic on e-stand is the insignia re-sown.

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/FORU...d.php?t=427128

thanks in advance ryan

[Lenny W]

jacket looks restored imo

[viva_giulio]

the only problem of this tunic... it's to be sure it was an SS tunic. So ask more pictures and look how the eagle is stiched. If it was wartime stiched... you could spent the amount request.

It's the only reason that this model of tunics is underpriced.

[90th Light]

This tunic is an interesting one

Is it restored post war or refurbished during the war ???

If one researches for example Ravensbruck Concentration camp, one will read that they brought in battle torn and blood soaked tunics and rebuilt them for re-issue to the SS.

There is a interesting book about a female inmate in Ravensbruck who describes the jobs and speed with which SS camo items had to be made but she goes on to say that was a good job compared to having to work on rebulding the battle damaged tunics.

I believe that this is an example of such an SS tunic. Rebuilt later in the war with SS bevo insignia reapplied and the tunic then reissued. Would appear to have been an SS tunic first however before its rebuild because there is no sign what so ever of a WH breast eagle.

The insignia on it is a matching set of SS bevo collar tabs both runes and rank tab are machine stitched on plus a nice bevo eagle machine zig-zagged on to the sleeve. The collars show a lot of wear, the eagle less so.

My pick is that it may well have been pressed into SS use in 1940. It saw a lot of action and then was rebuilt in the likes of Ravensbruck in 1944. Again seeing action after that.

With the benefit of a hands on inspection I can say that it certainly has been an SS tunic all its combat life, the insignia is correctly applied for the period before May 45 it has several needed repairs to make it a functional combat tunic again and it shows hard use.

Chris