"Out of the woodwork" group just came in

[Ian Hulley]

Good evening John, a photo of the eagle on the fez wouldn't hurt ... the skull is A-ok.

Ian

[Tom Kibler]

Love woodwork finds! Well done!

[John A.]

Awesome! Congratulations!!

I'd love to see close-ups of the Fez eagle and TK, if not too much trouble!

Thanks for sharing these!

John

[John W. Krueger]

Here are close-ups of the eagle and TK.

[John W. Krueger]

Inside the fez

[Ian Hulley]

Inside the fez

The eagle is the 'Silky Grey' so often found on these. Everything is perfectly original and untouched.

A typical Dachau SS-BW shopping basket.

Ian

[John W. Krueger]

I was asked to post a photo comparing the piping colors on the tunic. Here's the photo.

[DonC]

I'd say the tunic piping is artillery. The boards probably so and have just faded to a different degree.

Don

[OSS]

Werfer Rgt. 53 for me.

[billbert]

Plus +1 On WERFER 53..Billbert

[pauke]

arty

Though the shoulder straps tend to look like Nebelwerfer piping the remaining name tag from 1938 does state "Abteiling 53" and the artillery outfit was a GHQ unit. It would be amazing to think that the fellow transferred to Werfer Regt. 53 so I tend to think he was artillery and the privately made off-color straps are for artillery like the rest of the tunic. Is there no indication of a unit acceptance stamp inside the front fly of the tunic at the bottom?

[John W. Krueger]

Yes, there are very light markings on the inside of the tunic! I missed them the first time I looked. It reads "Gepruft II./A.R. 53". Here's a photo. John

[DonC]

Artillerie Regiment 53.

Don