Winter cammo anorak

[pimpf]

Just out of curiosity: was thi type of anorak produced in such "Italian cammo" variant ?

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Pimpf, yes these parkas can be good They were made in occupied Czechoslovakia during the latter part of WW2. There is evidence that they were produced post war and the Czech Army used them. You need to see the buttons are original to the jacket. The post war made examples have Czech Army buttons, which the dodgy sellers replace with original wartime German buttons.

They are also now reproduced by GMAX.

http://pacificcoast.net/~gmax/uniforms/italiancamo.htm

Hope this helps?


Cheers, Ade.

[Peter Moelans]

Is there any evidence that they were used during the war?

[Fred Fokkelman]

Is there any evidence that they were used during the war?

Yes, there is a picture of a, I think, SS Charlemagne member wearing one at the end of the war..

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Peter, yes, there is photograhic evidence of them being worn during WW2. I don't have any pics to hand or links to show you, but they are legit.


Cheers, Ade.

[Gary Wood]

Is there any evidence that they were used during the war?

I have also seen footage of a couple of US troops wearing this type of jacket as well probably from German captured stock, the US soldiers pictured were in bastonge, the footage is visible in the colour documentary D-day to Berlin,
cheers,
Gary

[Mark Holden]

Mike Beaver's Book Camoflage Uniforms of the SS has a good wartime photo of them being worn.

Cheers

Mark

Hi Peter, yes, there is photograhic evidence of them being worn during WW2. I don't have any pics to hand or links to show you, but they are legit.


Cheers, Ade.

[pimpf]

Mike Beaver's Book Camoflage Uniforms of the SS has a good wartime photo of them being worn.

Cheers

Mark

Aha .... Page 195 ! I see !!!

[Peter Moelans]

Thanks all! I was allways a bit suspicous, because of the rather low prices of these anoraks.

I will search for Beaver's book