NTZ Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Well guys the most exciting part of being a tunic collector is dressing them up and placing medals on the loops. I just picked up a nice panzer Hauptmann tunic and dove into my box of spare medals and came up with a problem. I like to try and get as accurate as I can with these by taking into account everything (I am a bit anal, lol). What do you guys think on this one? I thought it would be pretty easy. I was thinking center top EK1, left panzer assault, right wound and lower center maybe a DRL. Well the problem is the top center loops. They are exactly the right length for an EK1 but the loops are too narrow. I can?t get the thick part of the pin through. This throws a wrench in things. Maybe a panzer assault top center but that leaves a lot of loops left. The right and left loops are the exact length of a wound. The bottom threw me too. A DRL would be too long. The loops are a little closer together than the rest. Any thoughts guys??????For a little background the tunic is a panzer Hauptmann. It is an enlisted conversion field tunic. The loops with out a doubt are original to the tunic and all added at the same time. The thread used is the same as the tread used on all the reinforcements from the conversion. The loops are not stretched out so my guess is he rarely wore them on the tunic. The only impression in the wool is from the top center loops. Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 How about:PAB in silverWound Badge in SilverDRL BadgeHorse Rider's Badge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 EK, Wound, Panzer, Sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 If you think he was into understatment, you cannot go wrong with a simple EK.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 WW1 EK has a thinner pin.... a nice WS should fit the loops... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTZ Posted November 28, 2006 Author Share Posted November 28, 2006 Thanks for the help. The Sport and riders sound pretty good. I didn't think of that. I am going to try the WWI EK1 right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTZ Posted November 28, 2006 Author Share Posted November 28, 2006 OK, the WWI EK1 was a go. Very tight fit but it worked. Now the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 OK, the WWI EK1 was a go. Very tight fit but it worked. Now the rest. Good for you! lets see the finished result!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTZ Posted November 28, 2006 Author Share Posted November 28, 2006 (edited) Will do, I was shy a pz assult & and a sports but they are on the way. Edited November 28, 2006 by NTZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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