Heer Piped 13. IR Tunic of Oberst Julius B?chert

[DonC]

Hi All -

Just wanted to post the total tunic from Oberst B?chert - the full story of his career is in the Heer History and General Militaria Forum. Once again, a big thank you to Rick L?ndstrom and Simon Orchard for helping me with a positive ID. The tunic is a little salty, but has tons of character. Enjoy!

[DonC]

An "unadorned" shot without the gew-gaws. There was a 1/2" oval tear in the fabic where some doofus tore out a ribbon bar loop. I tried to repair it as best I could...

[joe campbell]

couldn't agree more re: character.

you've got a great one there. perhaps the photo doesn't

show it, but it looks to be in excellent condition!

perhaps you'd post a synopsis of Sberst Buchert's activities.

thanks,

joe

[DonC]

Here's the link, Joe - Rick can explain it better than I in his own words!

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=2245

Don

[Simon Orchard]

A jacket is just a jacket, but put a name to it and it comes alive, suddenly it has a face, a life, a past, a history, a soul. All of the stuff we collect have stories to tell but without a name, unit or other means of identification it's all just so much metal and cloth. Had there not been a name to go with this jacket it would still be a nice jacket but it would be an empty uniform if you know what i mean. Now that uniform has been filled.

[joe campbell]

many thanks don and rick!

joe

[byf]

Wow. What a fantastic piece. Thanks for posting it.

byf

[Paul R]

Don,

That is one beautiful piped tunic!!! Thanks for sharing it with us!!!

PAul