did the DAK all wear the lighter tan coloured belts as well as the olive coloured belts
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did the DAK all wear the lighter tan coloured belts as well as the olive coloured belts
Cheers.
Last edited by Jocktamson; 07-25-2020 at 06:50 PM.
Hello,
Luftwaffe belts were more lighter tan than Heer ones. They came in a multitude of shades.
Fred
Thanks Fred, Maybe sounded a bit of a stupid question..but i'm just here to learn.
cheers.
Hello Jock,
No question is stupid if you don't know the answer to it. Luftwaffe web fieldgear is generally lighter in comparison to Heer fieldgear. The Luftwaffe also had blue web equipment too that went with the blue lightweight uniform!!
Here is a picture, not a very good one, from the bookGERMAN COMBAT EQUIPMENT 1939-45 written by forum member Jean-Philippe Borg that shows some differences in manufacture and color of tropical and late war belts.
Fred
Last edited by JPhilip; 07-25-2020 at 10:23 PM.
Thanks again...that's very helpful Fred. much appreciated.
Benny
Benny,
I am glad that I could help.
Fred
Late to the party...again....
Fred's correct. Olive webbing was first introduced in 1940 with the initial production of tropical belts. These were then superseded in 1941 with the tan/brown webbing we see most commonly in so many shades. Early olive webbed belts have various edge re-enforcements while all retain the slotted olive webbed tongue. The introduction of Tan/brown shaded webbing also saw the use of leather tongue, webbing tongue's with machine sewn holes and even a riveted version. Light tan is associated with the LW units that wore them, and a yellow tan is associated with KM webbed belts. Most of my belt sets came from North Africa with NZ veterans, while my one leather belt with tropical buckle may have come from Italy.
I've attached an image of some of them.
Regards from New Zealand,
Mark.
Great photo & collection Mark! Thanks for showing.
Very much my pleasure
Wow...here i was looking for one and you have a dozen...fantastic collection and thanks for the information.
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