Guys,
Could you help me out on this? The shown Waffen-SS Sahariana Tropenhemd was sold at 'Third Reich Depot'. It does have a machine sewn tropical sleeveagle and a tropical chevron on the left sleeve.
Is this an original shirt and were those insignia indeed worn on the SS Saharia Tropenhemd?
It's described as:
''Waffen-SS Tropical "Sahariana" Shirt for a Sturmmann in the Infantry. (Tropenhemd) Even though the Waffen-SS served in tropical regions of the Balkans, Greece, and southern Russia as early as 1941 tropical clothing wasn't produced until 1943. One of the most unique clothing items introduced was the "Sahariana" style shirt that was based on the Italian bush tunic. This near mint and possibly unissued shirt is constructed from tropical tan ribbed cotton. It features a four button front closure plaquet and a lay down collar. The collar is backed in a lighter weight linen with a scalloped tip and single button at the back. There are 2 pleated breast pockets below a scalloped shoulder yolk that covers the back as well. The front scalloped tips function as button down closure flaps for the breast pockets. The shoulder yoke also features 2 tunnel loops for each shoulder strap with 2 field gray pebbled zinc buttons. The infantry piped straps are so mint that I feared they may be reproductions but they appear to be constructed from period wool and sewn with 100% cotton thread (burn tested). The left sleeve features a BeVo tropical eagle and a single tropical tress stripe rank chevron. All 8 of the original tan "glass" type buttons are still intact. It does not appear as though there was ever a button sewn beneath the scalloped collar on the reverse, although there is a button hole. Over all a mint beauty with no stamps or markings other than a small "52(?)" in black ink at the neck.''
Here are the pictures: http://65.160.172.250/ss/ss776.html
Thanks a lot in advance, cheers,
Fleck!
Could you help me out on this? The shown Waffen-SS Sahariana Tropenhemd was sold at 'Third Reich Depot'. It does have a machine sewn tropical sleeveagle and a tropical chevron on the left sleeve.
Is this an original shirt and were those insignia indeed worn on the SS Saharia Tropenhemd?
It's described as:
''Waffen-SS Tropical "Sahariana" Shirt for a Sturmmann in the Infantry. (Tropenhemd) Even though the Waffen-SS served in tropical regions of the Balkans, Greece, and southern Russia as early as 1941 tropical clothing wasn't produced until 1943. One of the most unique clothing items introduced was the "Sahariana" style shirt that was based on the Italian bush tunic. This near mint and possibly unissued shirt is constructed from tropical tan ribbed cotton. It features a four button front closure plaquet and a lay down collar. The collar is backed in a lighter weight linen with a scalloped tip and single button at the back. There are 2 pleated breast pockets below a scalloped shoulder yolk that covers the back as well. The front scalloped tips function as button down closure flaps for the breast pockets. The shoulder yoke also features 2 tunnel loops for each shoulder strap with 2 field gray pebbled zinc buttons. The infantry piped straps are so mint that I feared they may be reproductions but they appear to be constructed from period wool and sewn with 100% cotton thread (burn tested). The left sleeve features a BeVo tropical eagle and a single tropical tress stripe rank chevron. All 8 of the original tan "glass" type buttons are still intact. It does not appear as though there was ever a button sewn beneath the scalloped collar on the reverse, although there is a button hole. Over all a mint beauty with no stamps or markings other than a small "52(?)" in black ink at the neck.''
Here are the pictures: http://65.160.172.250/ss/ss776.html
Thanks a lot in advance, cheers,
Fleck!
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