Gordon Craig Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Gents, My reference book for this particular tunic is packed away and this post will be from memory so please forgive any errors or omissions. In the prewar cavalry, each regiment was authorized to wear a specific colour of summer tunic during competitions. I can not remember any of the regimental colours except the 3rd Cavalry regiment. That one is easy because I have one of their tunics. If I remember correctly from the text of my reference book, these tunice were not to have shoulderboards. Mine came with slip on shoulderboards and the loops to hold them in place were obviously put on when the tunic was made. The tunics were not lined. Regards, Gordon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Craig Posted October 31, 2009 Author Share Posted October 31, 2009 The shoulderboards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Craig Posted October 31, 2009 Author Share Posted October 31, 2009 The back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naxos Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 (edited) Gents, ... In the prewar cavalry, each regiment was authorized to wear a specific colour of summer tunic during competitions. ... Gordon, I never heard of that before. I only know of the white Sommerrock, permitted to be worn by officers from April to the end of September. Edited October 31, 2009 by Naxos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Ditto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Craig Posted November 1, 2009 Author Share Posted November 1, 2009 Gents, When I unpack my reference books I will quote you the reference for this tunic. Regards, Gordon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naxos Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Gordon, here is a white summer tunic for comparison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh kitchen Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 And smply because the subject of white summer tunics has been raised - my own extremely suspect example..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Craig Posted November 4, 2009 Author Share Posted November 4, 2009 Gents, Thanks for your posts. I was going to start a separate thread on white summer tunics from my collection. I'll do that is a couple of weeks when I hope my house renovations will be completed. Regards, Gordon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Craig Posted November 6, 2009 Author Share Posted November 6, 2009 Gentlemen, Here is one reference for the use of coloured light weight tunics by the German military. "Cavalry of the Wehrmacht - 1941-1945" by Klaus Christian Richter. Page 48. A second reference to these tunics may be found in "Uniforms and Traditions of the German Army 1933-1945 by Angolia and Schlicht. This reference is either in Vol 1 or Vol. 2 but I can not cite a page for this reference as I have not unpacked these books yet. Regards, Gordon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naxos Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Ah, racing colors for Wehrmacht jockeys. Never knew there was such variety of colors... only seen black and white pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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