Article about: Hello my fellow collectors and other militaria experts. I have buy this tunic some time ago. Like you all see, it is M42 reworked to the M36 style. The seller have very well reputation, and
Hello my fellow collectors and other militaria experts. I have buy this panzerjäger tunic some time ago. Like you all see, it is M42 reworked to the M36 style. The seller have very well reputation, and they said that insignias are all original, collar tabs, krim shield, driver badge, buttons etc. And what i have investigate, it seems like they are original, except the shoulder straps, they are most likely modern. The pink braid is different, compared to other shoulder straps i have seen. I am very grateful, if you can please give me your opinions about this tunic? Could it be war time conversion? Hope these photos are good enough.
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Niko
Last edited by Niko; 10-21-2020 at 08:40 PM.
Reason: Misspelling
Have seen them with and without the golden piping on NCO uniforms, not something that is definitive to adjudicated it as good or bad per say.
On the tunic itself, I defer to someone with more knowledge on their construction.
As an NCO, shouldn't the trade patch have a yellow border to it?
Hello,
The piping, if any, on the trade patch should be silver, not yellow. When there is one, it indicates that the bearer of the Feldbluse has officially the function shown on the trade patch within his unit. When there's no piping, it means the bearer has the qualification.
Could you please show better views of the unbuttoned shoulderstraps, front and back. They look privately purchased but better photos might help...
Thanks
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Thank you all for reply. Here is few new pics of shoulder boards, i can take more if needed. Im not expert, but the under flaps looks also very different what i have seen before. Trade patch piping was new thing to me, i didnt know that before.
The entire aspect of the tunic is that it is one intended for walking out use/ "best" tunic as some call it. The addition or conversion to dark green collar, the use of shiny Tresse on both the collar and the shoulder straps, the early style collar tabs with Waffenfarbe and backing, the flatwire breast eagle with backing, etc. Someone took a mid-war factory tunic and replaced all factory insignia to make it fancy. It appears to be a tunic that was not intended for use in the field.
The shoulder straps may be custom/tailor/home made but they are definitely not period factory straps.
Todd
Former U.S. Army Tanker.
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Why do you need to hunt for new collar tabs? Did you mean shoulder boards? No need for that either. This tunic is correct in this form as we see it. It was a standard enlisted man's tunic that was up graded with a new collar, early collar tabs, private purchase shoulder boards and awards. I would actually expect to see some award loops on the pocket or a ribbon in the buttonhole. This tunic is fine as it is ,don't mess with it.
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