My Bundeswehr Collection.

**carpediem** · 08-31-2018, 01:46 AM

My collection of West German items has been slowly growing.
You may recall the first two items;

and the tunic;

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 08-31-2018 01:46 AM

We also buy and trade your items and full collections!

**carpediem** · 08-31-2018, 01:52 AM

Now they have some company;

**carpediem** · 08-31-2018, 02:07 AM

Also this pairing of tunics;

and the second tunic of the same individual;

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I also have a pair of slip on rank insignia and a belt which I have yet to photograph. None of the images here are ones I took, but the items are mine. Hat tip to the former owner for his photography skills!

**TWS** · 08-31-2018, 04:48 AM

I love the tailor's label. I have some Wehrmacht Heer tunics from the same firm!

**Gunny Hartmann** · 08-31-2018, 06:50 AM

Very nice items!..

**carpediem** · 08-31-2018, 08:23 PM

Thanks for the input guys! is the rank displayed on the tailored tunic that of Hauptmann?
These items fit right into the story I am attempting to tell with my collection. Eventually, I will be hunting for unmolested NVA tunics before entering the fray and attempting to get some TR pieces.

**HPL2008** · 08-31-2018, 08:44 PM

by carpediem

Thanks for the input guys! is the rank displayed on the tailored tunic that of Hauptmann?

Yes.

1 pip = Leutnant
2 pips = Oberleutnant
3 pips = Hauptmann
4 pips = Stabshauptmann (rank instituted in 1993)

**carpediem** · 08-31-2018, 11:00 PM

by HPL2008

Yes.

1 pip = Leutnant
2 pips = Oberleutnant
3 pips = Hauptmann
4 pips = Stabshauptmann (rank instituted in 1993)

Thanks Andreas! I appreciate your assistance! Would a Hauptmann have worn a schutzenschnur or an aiguillette?

**HPL2008** · 08-31-2018, 11:29 PM

Schützenschnüre
[marksmanship lanyards] are not worn by officers, only by other ranks and NCOs.

Fangschnüre [aiguillettes] are worn by officers serving as military attachés abroad and by other officers while carrying out certain ceremonial duties (receiving foreign dignitaries, escorting flags, carrying the medal pillow or manning the honor guard by a coffin at a funeral etc.).

**carpediem** · 09-01-2018, 12:07 AM

Thanks again Andreas. I was just thinking of something that might dress the tunic up a little without being permanent. Would you happen to know the unit indicated, if that is what that is for, by the pocket fob on the Hauptmann tunic?

EDIT - I found it! Panzerjägerkompanie 200 (PzJgKp 200) or 200th Tank Destroyer Company and his shoulder patch is for 2 Jägerdivision.