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    Himmlers tunic.

    Himmlers wartime tunic appears to have olive green / field grey painted buttons as sometimes seen in use by SS and SD.
    Can anyone confirm definitively Himmlers choice of button colour?
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    It depends on which tunic you're referring too -
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      Black example
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        Guess he had quite many tunics...

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          The field-grey example is during the actual "war-time" with the black and white examples being pre-1939 due to SS uniform regulation. However, as we know, SS command sometimes ignored their own rules - I have seen the white summer-tunics being worn after uniform regulation changes by high-ranking staffers.

          With respect to your question - I believe the field-grey coloring was indeed used, as we see in the first photo I posted. I wanted to contrast the button coloring with a pre-1939 uniform to show you the difference.
          Last edited by C.Reinhardt; 04-26-2013, 10:28 AM.

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            Last photo - since you mentioned the SD too.

            Notice the use of "polished" buttons on Heydrich's jacket versus Himmler's war-time tunic above.

            In conclusion - I believe both button coloring was used and Himmler did in fact wear the non-reflective field grey button coloring you inquired about during the 1939-1945 years.
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              Originally posted by C.Reinhardt View Post
              Last photo - since you mentioned the SD too.

              Notice the use of "polished" buttons on Heydrich's jacket versus Himmler's war-time tunic above.

              In conclusion - I believe both button coloring was used and Himmler did in fact wear the non-reflective field grey button coloring you inquired about during the 1939-1945 years.


              Thank you. I am familiar with many of the pictures but noticed Himmler s often seemed to be painted green...unusual in a way for his position.
              As an aside I havent seen him wear the Treffen or Nürnberg tinnies post 39 on his tunic...

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                Originally posted by Obersalzberg View Post
                Thank you. I am familiar with many of the pictures but noticed Himmler s often seemed to be painted green...unusual in a way for his position.
                As an aside I havent seen him wear the Treffen or Nürnberg tinnies post 39 on his tunic...
                I don't think it is unusual - it looks better in my opinion too.

                There was no point to wear tinnies later on - look at Himmler's service record when he did wear them - the man really had nothing! Always remember the other Nazi "top-brass" were WWI veterans who were distinguished in combat, Himmler was not.

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