Adler 1 Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Recently, I was able to find the holy grail of Pickelhauben twice (as I showed before), but this nice mannequin also crossed my path… Of course I couldn’t wait to long to dress it up… It became a Würtemberg NCO in working outfit. He is wearing black standard boots, a white (faded grey) trousers, NCO Drillichrock, M17 gasmask, M17 steel helmet and Krätchen. The NCO Drillichrock is slightly different than the enlisted man’s Drillichjacke.The Drillichrock is longer, it has a Waffenrock type rear with two buttons in the middle and all the buttons are made of polished tomback or nickel (as on the corresponding field gray tunic). It has a narrow piping in the state colours around the small standing collar, in this case red and black. Imagine this NCO was doing some chores and the gas alarm went of. He grabbed his gasmask and steel helmet and rushes out of the bunker… Enjoy the pictures, Adler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Karel,It's a nice piece and not easy to find. I've been looking for an enlisted man's version for decades. You mentioned that the buttons were polished tombak or nickel, but these look like steel painted M15s? Is the jacket missing it's original buttons or is this a later wartime version? Is it dated?Thanks,Chip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGunner Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 I was recently reading about the NCO Drillichrock and the state colors as piping around the collar. Unfortunately, all the photos were black/white. It's great to see a real one in living color! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Very nice, the face is pretty cool as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adler 1 Posted October 24, 2013 Author Share Posted October 24, 2013 (edited) Thank you guys! It's a nice piece and not easy to find. I've been looking for an enlisted man's version for decades. You mentioned that the buttons were polished tombak or nickel, but these look like steel painted M15s? Is the jacket missing it's original buttons or is this a later wartime version? Is it dated? These are of course original, but wartime painted steel buttons (forgot to mention this )... I see no date in it, but maybe it's washed to much, I don't know... Adler 1 Edited October 24, 2013 by Adler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccj Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Very nice, I surely wish I had a mannequin like that. nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adler 1 Posted October 29, 2013 Author Share Posted October 29, 2013 Glad you like it! One day you will certainly find you mannequin... Adler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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