M43 Tunic modified for post war wear

[fgepart]

Hello guys,
here is my m43 tunic modified for post war wearing by the vet, who had survived the war, but like most of the people, had nothing after that so he had to arrange dress for himself as he can. Sad to see destroyed tunic, but still no moth damage.
The cap belonged to the same man at 100%.

I bought this while ago from a lokal dealer, who had the items directly from the vets family.
I thought i could restore it as m43 tunic, to hide this side pockets by making it shortent so the front two holes to remain hidden into the pocket.

But there is one problem - i cannot find m43 pockets with the same color and i dont want to destroy other tunic, even if WH one.

So im planing to move this lot.

The pants are not interested so not pictured - they werent part of the lot.

What do you think, does it worth a restoration?

I like it as it is, as there is still a lot of history in it. And the camo inside pocket matirial is original from the camo tunic of the guy.

Cheers

[fgepart]

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[Jørn Schmidt]

With all respect,I would not restore it,it has a great history as it is.
Just my opinion.

J.S

[Ludwig]

Agree! An interesting piece of history just as it is! If I may say so...

[wehl]

i think here is a good chance it was reworked war time to be honest.

[vonStubben]

Quite intetesting. I have owned a number of these post war re-worked jackets having found them all while living in Germany. I still have a traditional "Trachten" jacket made post war from LW blue wool that I wear during our "winter" months here in Florida.

Chuck

[panzergren]

im with wehl that its been reworked. why if you were going to remove the insignia would you leave all the thread of the eagle still in place surely thats going to tell everyone around you that you were SS

[viva_giulio]

Imo Post war modified but a great piece of history.

[fgepart]

an interesting question panzergren,
i think the last think this person has to think of after the war is if someone sees on his jacket that he was SS.
In fact, after the war many former SS members were still proud that the were a part of this organisation.

As far as I know, the shame came about end 40ties when all what SS did was clear to everyone. And noone knows how long this jacket was worn after the war.

Cheers

[feldman]

Leave it as it is - nice piece of history

[roby66]

With all respect,I would not restore it,it has a great history as it is.
Just my opinion.

J.S

I think to!!!