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Back of summer jacket

Stuttgart Eagle

Close up of collar

Gendarmerie summer mottled orange flecked jacket for other ranks with district name of Stuttgart

back of the jacket which shows how different it is from the previous example

eagle

Close up of the collar showing the bevo style collar patches

Regular M42 combat jacket with straight edge pockets, it has been suggested that the jacket with the straight edge pockets is a fake, however, photographic evidence exists that shows both the straight edge and scalloped pockets being worn together in the same photo.

back of the jacket in the M36 cut, missing the coloured stripes, but still retaining the belt ramp buttons

Eagle without district name as per the 1942 regulations

Close up of police green piped collar, a nice addition

This one is an unusual one. I believe this jacket is transitional jacket from the M36 to the M42. This is an all police green jacket including the collar and cuffs, conforms to the M42, but unusually it has piping around the collar and down the front of the jacket, which conforms to the M36, the jacket is also fully lined as the M36, the back of the jacket is also cut the same as the M36 with the 4 seperate panels. A one of a kind jacket transitional M36-42.

Back of other ranks jacket

Eagle with missing district name that has been cut away.

Close up of collar

Gendarm other ranks jacket with iron cross second class ribbon and KVK ribbon, the name above the eagle on this example has been removed, in accordance to the 1942 regulation.

Back of the officers jacket.

officers eagle, I like this eagle with its big fat embroidered legs

close up of collar and cuffs, notice the shoulder boards and the use of the lighter brown traditional nebenfarbe

Gendarmerie Officers jacket with dark brown collar and cuffs, medal ribbon bar is added by myself.

Back of the NCO jacket

Eagle for district of Dusseldorf

Close up of collar showing the the rank insignia for senior NCO, this man would have been allowed to wear officers cords on his cap

Other ranks Light brown collar and cuffs Gendarmerie jacket for Dusseldorf, with Iron cross second class ribbon.

Two striking orange stripes running down from the belt ramp buttons