Hi guys, I do not have (enough) experience for such items, can you please help? Thanks a lot
Rare ss summer jacket or nice fake?
Hi guys, I do not have (enough) experience for such items, can you please help? Thanks a lot
I have no experience with SS items. However, I know you will be asked to provide a clear photo of the Adler on the arm and a close up of the SS collar tab. NH
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It is all fake.
Cheers, Ade.
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Thanks Ade. It looked fishy to me without the closer photos. I'm going to guess it was a reenactor item. NH
You would want this one:
It looks nice, depends on the price
by MM1985
You would want this one:
You certainly do. What a contrast to the junky rag illustrated at the start here. Pfui.
Last edited by Friedrich-Berthold; 06-06-2017 at 09:45 PM.
The handwritten Garnitur roman numeral on a drillich item of clothing is also a sign of rank stupidity.
Last edited by Friedrich-Berthold; 06-06-2017 at 11:21 PM.
Regarding tunics I had seen this Roman numbers only in Police tunics.
Those serve a different purpose.
The "Garnitur" (roughly "set") markings identified a uniform item's condition, with "I" being the best and "IIII" the poorest condition. Thus, a soldier's "best wear" uniform was referred to as the "1. Garnitur" etc.
Garments were regularly inspected and as they got gradually worn out were successively downgraded through the categories, with additional "I" stamps added.
(That's why 4th class items were marked with a "IIII" instead of the proper Roman numeral "IV".)
This system was used by the Wehrmacht. Offhand, I couldn't say whether the Waffen-SS implemented it as well, but it would have made sense.
None of which changes the fact that the jacket in the first post is a poor fake, of course.
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