Jacket identification request!

[Collectinsteve]

Hi all,

Today I received this very nice summer jacket that had no date. I don't think I've seen this type before. It's constructed similar to a 1960s Sandfarbe jacket, and of similar material, but it doesn't appear to be a Sandfarbe jaket dyed gray. It has a very interesting feature which is related to the shoulder straps. I'll explain that in a sec. Here's the overview picture:



The rank is the 1950s pointed type, made from the same material as the jacket:



The very interesting feature is the reinforced "pass through" gap between the top seam between arm and shoulder. The bottom of the rank goes into this gap and a flexible metal strap is slipped through to prevent it from sliding out:



Does anybody know what this is for sure? There is no date on the label. My only guess is the "Truppenversuch für leichte Sommerbekleidung" shown on page 40 of Kunstwadl's book.

Steve

[Asbjoern]

Steve, basically its a "normal" four pocket dress tunic conforming to the regulations between 1958 and 1962. The light construction and the other features plus the missing of a label lead me to the opinion, that it must be a privatly purchased summer tunic as it is mentioned in KKB catalogues around 1960. Up to now I only saw a Luftwaffe version of it, but this had also no lining and the ventilation openings under the arms ...depending on the guy who now owns this LW jacket these are very hard to find as it was seldom purchased.

Jens

[Collectinsteve]

Hi Jens,

OK, that makes sense to me! I have an early 1960s private purchase LW jacket, which is pictured here on this Forum somewhere. Even lighter construction than this Heer jacket! Funny... these two private purchase jackets have the worst body oder in their armpits of any BRD jacket I own

Steve

[Gene T]

I wish there was a section in the conservation forum on how to remove BO from leather and woolen uniforms. I've tried dry cleaning, Fabreze, Lysol, charcoal briquettes, etc. Nothing worked on the afflicted garments! It's as though the previous owners had transferred their apocrine gland DNA directly to the fabric, which is now able to feed a colony of odor emitting bacteria all by itself, ad perpetuum, and nothing short of an acid bath would resolve the problem.


Gene T

[hoover]

Very nice jacket. Never seen that type before.

[Gordon Craig]

Steve,

Nice to see a Heer tunic in this model. I have a Luftwaffe one and they seem to be the more common ones.

Regards,

Gordon