How to identify fake "Italian" SS Covers

[rossmcpharter]

Outstanding Thread Thank you n160

[Mike Davis]

Good stuff Rollin, this makes our discussion so much easier to follow!

[rossmcpharter]

Sorry this is slightly off topic but do the so called 'pink' smocks have 2 needle felling on the side seams?

[giorgio]

Thanks very much for answer n160....
Regards
Giorgio

[salt*creek]

Like this Rollin?

[salt*creek]

And here's a blurred one where the fabric came out of the folder.

[Erik]

Sorry this is slightly off topic but do the so called 'pink' smocks have 2 needle felling on the side seams?

Now that is a very, very interesting question!

Erik

[GaryB]

Great information.

With respect to smocks, page 65 of Mike Beaver's first book (Camouflage Uniforms of the Waffen-SS) talks about the "Jefferson Quartermaster Depot" evaluating an M-40 Palm smock on 1 December 1943. Beaver directly quotes lines from the report: "The entire garment has been sewn on a regular single needle machine, whereas numerous operations could have easily been performed on a regular double needle filling machine"

[Zauberflöte]

Chapeau!

Another excellent disclosure of yours n160 (Rollin) and very educational.
Thank you.

F.

[Bob Hritz]

I would like to see this thread pinned for future reference.

Bob Hritz