Belgium Change in Design of Belgian Officers' Tunic between 1945-1950

[diwe]

I was looking for some help on the design of Belgian officers' tunic between 1935 and 1950. One of the most noticeable changes was the form of the flaps for the lower pockets. According to the 1935 dress regulations the flaps of the lower pocket were trapezoid in size. At some point at the end of the war the design changed to a three point format which are interestingly shown - to my knowledge - in the dress regulations of 1950 although the text still refers to the model 1935.

Does anybody know when this change took place and what influenced it?

Please see http://www.everyoneweb.com/uniformen/ - see Landmacht Generaal-Major 1935 vs. General-Major 1950 for the change of design in the flaps of the lower pockets.

Below please see the description in the dress regulations of 1935.

[Jef]

Hello Diwe,

I advice you to ask this question on this website: http://ablhistoryforum.be/viewforum.php?f=14 It's a duch spoken website, But the webmaster is a nice guy, I'm sure he will help you further. If you don't manage to get your question there I can do it on your behalf. There are specialists on Belgian uniforms there.

Kind regards,

Jef

[diwe]

Hello Diwe,

I advice you to ask this question on this website: http://ablhistoryforum.be/viewforum.php?f=14 It's a duch spoken website, But the webmaster is a nice guy, I'm sure he will help you further. If you don't manage to get your question there I can do it on your behalf. There are specialists on Belgian uniforms there.

Kind regards,

Jef

Jef,

thanks so much. I actually posted my question in there yesterday as well. Let's see whether I receive a response. As I am a native German I can read some Dutch but posting it might be a bit of a challenge. Thanks so much.

Best

Dirk

[Jef]

hello Dirk,

I saw your post, let's hope someone has an answer.

Succes,

Jef

[diwe]

hello Dirk,

I saw your post, let's hope someone has an answer.

Succes,

Jef

Jef,

thanks so much. THe ABL forum was some help but I got in contact with a Belgian collector of Belgian general uniforms. He dates the tunic as immediately after WW II to 1950 based on the decorations. More info will follow but thanks for your help.

[Jef]

Jef,

thanks so much. THe ABL forum was some help but I got in contact with a Belgian collector of Belgian general uniforms. He dates the tunic as immediately after WW II to 1950 based on the decorations. More info will follow but thanks for your help.

You're welcome, Dirk. Good luck with further research.

Jef