BGS Thread

[Anderson]

Took a while but patches now correctly attached to BGS jacket. Really looking good with generous help from Mark in supplying the patches and insignia.
Photo not the best, but you get the idea.

[Watchdog]

Took a while but patches now correctly attached to BGS jacket. Really looking good with generous help from Mark in supplying the patches and insignia.
Photo not the best, but you get the idea.

Nice to see it as it should be

So many of these have been butchered and a complete one in this condition is becoming more rare every day

Regards

Mark

[Anderson]

This one's a keeper Mark.

[Didier]

Here is my unissued BGS jacket: it is absolutely immaculate and exhibits neither any label nor any traces or having been patched and worn.



The only visible marking is a faint 4012 where the label should have been.

I suppose this one was a leftover from the time when those jackets ceased to be worn and that it never left the factory.

I had harboured some doubts about the authenticity of the jacket but, all things considered, I cannot see why someone would go to the trouble of manufacturing such a complex item, with all those inside pockets and thingies all over its fabric.

[Anderson]

You could well be right about it being an end of line left over. Nice to see.

[Didier]

Actually I was wrong: upon closer inspection and under an appropriate lighting, I could see the traces left by the stitching of the BGS Bundesadler on the sleeve pocket (what the Germans call an Ärmelbüro).



The same goes for the buttons that held the shoulder boards on the jacket:



Likewise, the maker's label seems to have been removed with utmost (and most unusual!) care.

Now, the question is do you think my Wachmeister shoulder boards and their buttons are the correct type? They came with an East German shirt I bought a few years back.



If they are, I will use them to restore this jacket to its former glory.

[Didier]

A typical BGS Stahlhelm 35/53, I suppose.



A size 64 shell made by Linnemann & Schnetzer (in 1959?).



You can tell from the different layers of paint that this helmet has had a lengthy service life.



Which is confirmed by the fact that at least three names possibly appear on the helmet.

[Didier]

Compared to my M35 lid, the BGS helmet seems to sport a smaller visor and to be of a more rounded shape.

[IAN S]

Hi, I think I have patches for the arm flap of a BGS Sumpftarn parka I have but need to know if they are correct, also advice on stitching them on, the left photo shows possible zig zag stitching? with straight single stitching for arc? the middle shield seems to fit this but the far right doesnt [but the green colours look better on this one] is the arch correct and what about the shields, the parka is dated 1972, please advise, thanks, Ian

[Didier]

I suppose these two are original to the uniforms they are on.