SS Feldbluse M43 für SS-Oberscharführer im SS-9 Panzerdivision "Hohenstaufen"

[DKig]

Hi All,
since I am not member in WAF, i can't post fotos for your reference,
I hope you can click the link for me. so sorry!
this is the NCO tunic, is it OK? please give me some comments,
the tunic was sold I remembered 2 years ago, but now it is put for resell,
maybe the buyer has some reasons.

here is the link:
https://www.weitze.net/detail/26/Waf...n__105026.html

[Naval Enigma]

Hi All,
since I am not member in WAF, i can't post fotos for your reference,
I hope you can click the link for me. so sorry!
this is the NCO tunic, is it OK? please give me some comments,
the tunic was sold I remembered 2 years ago, but now it is put for resell,
maybe the buyer has some reasons.

There has been some obviously pieced together SS tunics coming off that site lately. Don't buy something like that off the internet.

[Leroy]

Are the markings in the tunic itself correct? Just curious and trying to learn.

[Richard P]

At a glance the first thing that catches my attention is that the holes punched by the sewing needle are still open on the tabs. Time and use should have closed those up 60 + years ago. Same with the sleeve eagle and the stitching does not look like I have come to expect on sleeve eagles.

The SS-BW stamp looks acceptable, what you can see of it, nothing strikes me as odd with the rest of the markings. The whole tunic requires a much closer look than you can get in these photos in my opinion.

Richard

[wewelsburg]

Yeah,and even SA shirts are put togethers there,SA shirts 95% of teh time do not have machine sewn tabs,alll of weitzes seem to.If that gives you a clue about machine sewn tabs,there isway to know with SS..Also something I look for in grades over Scharfuhrer is a semblance of Litze having been on tab at one point.I dont always subscribe to the changing of tabs for every rank scenario in ALL organizations.And evidence of more than one pair of tabs having been on a tunic overt the rank of Sturmann,hard to see but if it was done more than twice you can tell.I dont think a new tunic was worn for every promotion of rank either.Common sense stuff,that isnt thought of sometimes.If its advertised as original,go in with teh idea its not.

[Ian Hulley]

The insignia are original ....

[besslein]

The insignia are original ....

yes but are sewn last month

[Ian Hulley]

That's hard to believe

[viva_giulio]

original insigna and tunic, price speaks well about touched-untouched.

I don't understand why, in this forum, we must talk about touched/untouched. 99% of tunic are touched also in usa dealers... please use our brain better...

[Wirth M16811]

original insigna and tunic, price speaks well about touched-untouched.

I don't understand why, in this forum, we must talk about touched/untouched. 99% of tunic are touched also in usa dealers... please use our brain better...

Agree!!

[Mike Davis]

I don't understand why, in this forum, we must talk about touched/untouched. 99% of tunic are touched also in usa dealers... please use our brain better...

99%? Really? I completely disagree. I believe certain sellers are very careful to describe items accurately and there are some that primarily offer items with originally applied insignia. Still, I can understand why there are so many skeptics given all of the fancy sewing these days and I DO agree that it is wise to be careful when making selections.

[John Pic]

Because there are collectors...forum members... who piece together tunics and sell them through these dealers who stand to make an obscene profit if its not discussed here on the forums thats why its an importsnt subject to talk about.

[frits00]

99% Is a bit to much, but a real lot of ss uniforms are put together. As long as sellers accept this and tell it and are not asking those crazy prices it is ok for me.
I thought there was a poll of that on the forum. Nevertheless, back to the subject.
Good jacket, good insignia but put together post-war.

[espenlaub]

SS BW added laterly to the original 43 depot tunic, probably that was done to make a tunic more valuable , by some not a well understanding collector

[Leroy]

SS BW added laterly to the original 43 depot tunic, probably that was done to make a tunic more valuable , by some not a well understanding collector

How can you tell this?