ss tunic for review

[Brodieb]

hi all seen this for sale locally I don't have much hope for it but I have no experience with ss tunics. so here it is for review.
thanks In advance brodie.

[Brodieb]

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[Glenn McInnes]

Um,no...








Glenn

[Ludwig]

Not a chance! IMO.

[Stossgruppe3]

The is an old west German police tunic
Regards
David

[viva_giulio]

^ exactly

[Ian Hulley]

Yep, as David say's it's a badged up BundesGrenzSchutz tunic.

Ian

[DonC]

Ah, the memories... First time I got screwed as a novice collector it was on one of thse...

Don

[ValhallaMilitaria]

Hurts the eyes to look at.

[Tom Kibler]

As much as a novice as I am with SS cloth - "I" know it's bad...

[MadMax17]

I would suggest learning about the insignia as well, sometimes it can help with a quick sanity check...

For instance, wrong placement of EK2 ribbon. Panzer Assault Badge plus infantry waffenfabre and a made up (as far as I know) Dachau cuff title? And what looks to be an SS-Sturmmann chevron as the Old Fighter's chevron?

Of course these alone doesn't mean the tunic is bad in every case, but they are red flags and your spidey senses should be tingling a bit, aware that somebody has put something together that doesn't make any sense. Again you can tell all of that before you even analyze the base garment itself.

[NickG]

BGS for sure based on the collar...infantry piped with fantasy Dachau CT... ?
More red flags than a Chinese Government parade...yikes...

[Dr. Strangelove]

Nabobs

Well, just maybe the Bundesgrenzschutz had a Secret Unit we did not know about. No need to be all negative about this items possibilities without further Research.

If you believe the above then you deserve to own this Tunic.