Waffen ss mantel? original?

[alex gross]

Hi guys
what are your thoughts about this mantel?

Thank you!

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more pictures:

[alex gross]

more pictures:

[alex gross]

no visible markings the inside of mantel.

[alex gross]

No one?
Please help me.

[rbminis]

It is a Wachtmantel and unless you see signs of an arm eagle, it could have been worn by anyone.
It is similar to my example.
M44 Wachtmantel
Ralph.

[BOB COLEMAN]

No one?
Please help me.

It is summer and people are on vacation or out of doors on a weekend in the northern hemisphere. Have patience as there no paid employees who monitor this site hourly.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

It is a Wachtmantel and unless you see signs of an arm eagle, it could have been worn by anyone.
It is similar to my example.
M44 Wachtmantel
Ralph.

This is a fine assessment of this item by one of our fine moderators.

[Friedrich-Berthold]

We have other examples of SS overcoats here, of earlier vintage, mind you, but the helmet man had what I thought was an SSVT overcoat with the proper stamps.
We went through the exercise a few years ago with a lot of illustrations. I do not collect uniforms after 1939, so I am hors de combat with this task.
Bob Coleman is much more at home with Waffen SS, than am I. And there are others here, too.
Such as the evidence of these photos stands, I do not see an SS connection and the shoulder board button is more Deutsches Heer, is it not?

[Friedrich-Berthold]

Via our very stalwart Dr. CMH is the Schnittmuster of the black and early grey coats, though they also adhered to the army cut, as well.

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I own five of these things, ergo my generalizations, but they are all very black, indeed.


Mollo Vol. VI has images of overcoats, by the way....That is, pattern drawings.

[rbminis]

I do not see an SS connection and the shoulder board button is more Deutsches Heer, is it not?

Yes, it is.
Ralph.