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05-10-2012 09:33 PM
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Re: SS field jacket....maybe
Hi and welcome to the forum
Not SS. I have never seen them wear that style or camo
Nick
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Re: SS field jacket....maybe
I agree Italian cam, the Germans came into a lot of it after Italy surrendered...this jacket has a "battledress" feel about it, I believe this style came in later during the war after the Germans simplified the style of tunic after seeing British battledress
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Re: SS field jacket....maybe
I thought waffen SS were the only units that used camo during ww2. Would this be an italian SS jacket or would it be worn in regular army?
Thanks for the help so far.
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Re: SS field jacket....maybe
Waffen SS are famous for their cam, but all branches wore it....it saw limited issue to Heer and SS in the polish campaign.....all services had cam Zeltbahns.....SS wore and developed their own cam uniforms which differed from the other services....Italian cam was popular, many soldiers used it to make helmet covers and non issue garments. After the surrender of Italy Germans came into stocks of Italian camo and used it to make uniforms....
I actually believe the Heer was developing cam as early as 1935.
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Re: SS field jacket....maybe
These are not buttons on the jacket, but snaps. The 'Col Canton' label
is not what I'd expect to see - if it is supposed to be WWII.
'lg 2' appears to be the size.
Im guessing 1970's or 1980's.........
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Re: SS field jacket....maybe
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Re: SS field jacket....maybe
Im kinda not thinking this jacket is wartime produced...Ther are features missing I would expect to see on a German made jacket, as said, there are snaps....can we get closer pics of the buttons/snaps? Are they marked? It would be nice to see "Prym" on them!!!
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Re: SS field jacket....maybe
Zeltbahn camo Heer i beleive was used in 1932
Italain zeltbahn started in 1929 i beleive.
Dean also note that the soldat does not have shoulder board.
As for the Jacket in qeastion, most likely a postwar made. (never seen the elbow pads)
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