Greatcoat

[madandi]

I bougth this greatcoat because i liked the shoulderboards.
Imo they are fine M44-originals. But what is the rest?
Do you ever have seen such a eagle? Perhaps not SS, but anything else?
Could the tabs been foreign-made or are they pur crap?
Is the greatcoat a privat-purchase or a modern fake?
Without the boards, i would put the rest in the trash. But is there
a little chance, that something is oirignal there?

[madandi]

Shoulderboards

[madandi]

Eagle. Never seen this type before. Not as original, not as fake.

[madandi]

Tabs

[madandi]

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[Ian Hulley]

I'm really not keen on the tabs or eagle at all. Looks to be a West German coat badged up.

Ian.

[Fritz]

I'm really not keen on the tabs or eagle at all. Looks to be a West German coat badged up.

Ian.

Agree. Don't know what a west german coat looks like, yet that's not an original ss coat.

Cheers

[chrischa]

Agreed with the comments above. The coat looks wrong.

The eagle is facing right, so 'representing' Nazi Germany (i.e. Wehrmacht, bus conducters, etc.), rather than facing left 'representing' the NSDAP formations (i.e. SS, Nazi party, etc).

I can't comment on it's authenticity.

Chris.

[madandi]

The eagle is facing right, so 'representing' Nazi Germany (i.e. Wehrmacht, bus conducters, etc.), rather than facing left 'representing' the NSDAP formations (i.e. SS, Nazi party, etc).

What??? Sorry, but i don´t understand this comment.

[chrischa]

Sorry, ballsed that up!

Eagle facing left (as the one you have with the greatcoat) = civillian, home, etc.

Facing right = Party, Army etc.

[airborne_steve]

Are the shoulder straps sewn in, if so, do you think they still have their tongues under the seam? The coat has the proper 12 button front for a period private purchase coat, though it looks to be some sort of para military, forestry or something? Hard to tell without having in hand. Just me two cents on the subject.

Steve

[besslein]

for me this coat looks like as was used in movie or theater.,the boards do have a chance to be only one real think here.

[madandi]

Here are the boards. Cut tongues

[Lenny W]

Here are the boards. Cut tongues

post war made boards as well imo