Dave Suter

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4-pocket service tunic for a Municipal Police Meister.

A silly question.... what do you do aganst moths and dust?

Well, when I was still living there, I'd go through and vacuum the stuff every so often. Moths haven't been a problem - really don't see many, possibly because of the altitude.

Tunic came with the original piped stone-grey trousers. (BTW, another beauty I got from Jack Angolia.)

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Heer is a high quality private-purchase Dienstanzug Modell 1936 (Service Tunic Model 1936) for a Nachrichten Oberstleutnant (Signals Lieutenant Colonel).

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Another Flak flight blouse, this one is private purchase for an Unteroffizier (Corporal). The left upper pocket is stamped with the maker's name, location, and sizes but it's now unreadable.

Here's an issue tunic for a Flakartillerie Kanonier (Anti-aircraft Artillery Private). The inside of the pocket flaps are both stamped 2120 in black ink. The left upper pocket is stamped R A B '44 under which there are the five individual size numbers. Nice example of a basic issue blouse.

This one is for an Oberfeldwebel (Master Sergeant) of Beobachtungs 5 (5th Artillery Observation Battalion). Don't have a seperate photo of it, but on the left lower sleeve is a BeVo Richtkanonier-Abzeichen patch (Artillery Gunner's Proficiency Badge). I like this tunic because it's an issue piece for a MSG.

And, here's the label.....

This is one of my favorites. For Pioniere Unteroffizier Baurle of the 1st Companie of Pioniere Gebergs Bataillon 54 (Engineer Corporal Baurle of the 1st Company of the 54th Mountain Engineer Battalion). The breast eagle is the early pre-1935 type. The name tag (see below) matches the branch, company and regiment, and the edelweiss. (German Order of Battle, 1944, page L53 lists the 54th Pi.Btl. and shows it as Geb. It as allotted to the 1 Mtn. Div. Page D48 shows 1 Gebirgsdivision as coming from Garmisch (Wehrkries VII). It states "Active division. Personnel mainly Bavarian with some Austrians. Fought with great distinction in Southern Poland. Less prominent during the French campaign. Played a minor role in the Yugoslavian campaign of 1941. In July, 1941, it was in action on the Southern Russian Front and in 1942 was in the Caucasus. In March, 1943, it was transferred to Northern Greece and in the summer of 1943 to the Greco-Albanian frontier." German Army Order of Battle, October 1942, page 70 shows the same information.

Cuff showing how the NCO tress was added over the top of the pattens.

Standard chain-stitched regiment number.

Thank you all for the kind comments. Hope all of you are still around when I have to sell it all to fund my retirement.....

Here's one of the rarer Waffenfarbe's - for a Fahrtruppe Unteroffizier from Regiment 9 (Transport Corporal). The tunic is a standard issue piece. The breast eagle is the early style (the field-grey backing changed to dark green in September 1935). It appears that this is an enlisted tunic up-graded to NCO.

Luftwaffe Wehrmachtbeamte Hauptmann.

Luftwaffe Beamte auf Kriegsdauer, a.K. (Wartime Official) Oberfeldwebel (Master Sergeant) of the Medium Career.

My last Engineer tab -

Pretty much standard-issue Engineer 1st Lieutenant.

Lots of oxydation, but still a nice tab. For a Fliegerhauptstabsingenieur (Engineer Colonel).

Have always wanted a uniform of this branch. 'Course, I've always wanted to be rich & good lookin' too... Anyway, before being lunch for a family of moths, this pair was for a Fliegerstabsingenieur (Engineer Major).

Waffenrock for a Pioniere Leutnant (Engineer 2nd Lieutenant). Notice the early eagle on field grey rather than the more common dark green backing.

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This Waffenrock is for a Beamte Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant). Probably for either an Inspektor of the Mittlerer Nichttechnischer Dienst (Medium Non-technical Career) or, most likely, for an Oberzahlmeister of the Nichttechnischer Heeresverwaltungs Dienst (Non-technical Administrative Service - commonly called the Paymaster Branch).

This tunic is for a Kriegsverwaltungsbeamte '39 - '41 (War Administration Official). In '41 this changed to a Militarverwaltungsbeamte (Military Administration Official). From '39 - '40 the rank was changed to Oberkriegsverwaltungsrat. It changed again to Kriegsverwaltungsoberrat in '40 to '41 and in '41 it was changed again to Militarverwaltungsoberrat. The army rank equivalent is Lieutenant Colonel.

Note the Wehrmachtadler device on the shoulder board instead of the HV device. The design of the tabs indicates the Hoherer Dienst (High Grade Career).