Kev in Deva Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 Hallo Gentlmen, this jacket has been recovered from storage in my garage, hence the crumpled condition The shoulder boards have green piping, and the tabs are edged in green too, the braiding is silver bullion, please see attached pictures.Maker label is: F. Birch of Marburg.There is one shoulder badge on the left sleeve.Above the left breast pocket are thread loops for attaching ribbon bars / awards to.All the main buttons are with the jacket, however under on of the sholder boards a small plain button is missing.It has four pockets, and two inner pockets, and very deep "French Cuffs" I once was told a favorite place to keep a packet of ciggeretes. Hoping somebody / anybody tell me something about it?Larger pictures are available if anybody wants to see them but they will have to be sent by email due to posting restrictions.Kevin in Deva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted June 15, 2006 Author Share Posted June 15, 2006 (edited) Hallo Gentlmen, this jacket has been recovered from storage in my garage, hence the crumpled condition Hoping somebody / anybody tell me something about it?Larger pictures are available if anybody wants to see them but they will have to be sent by email due to posting restrictions.Kevin in Deva Edited June 15, 2006 by Kev in Deva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted June 15, 2006 Author Share Posted June 15, 2006 Hallo Gentlmen, this jacket has been recovered from storage in my garage, hence the crumpled condition Hoping somebody / anybody tell me something about it?Larger pictures are available if anybody wants to see them but they will have to be sent by email due to posting restrictions.Kevin in Deva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted June 15, 2006 Author Share Posted June 15, 2006 Hallo Gentlmen, this jacket has been recovered from storage in my garage, hence the crumpled condition Hoping somebody / anybody tell me something about it?Larger pictures are available if anybody wants to see them but they will have to be sent by email due to posting restrictions.Kevin in Deva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted June 15, 2006 Author Share Posted June 15, 2006 (edited) Hallo Gentlmen, this jacket has been recovered from storage in my garage, hence the crumpled condition Hoping somebody / anybody tell me something about it?Larger pictures are available if anybody wants to see them but they will have to be sent by email due to posting restrictions.The pips appear to have a frosted silver wash.Kevin in Deva Edited June 15, 2006 by Kev in Deva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted June 20, 2006 Author Share Posted June 20, 2006 WHAT!NO TAKERS to tell me the rank, or branch of Service ? Unbeliveable!! Incredible!! Its not like I was expecting a reading from a crystal ball to tell me the guys name, address, service number, colour of his eyes, hair etc..etc.. and what he had for breakfast, dinner and tea Kevin in Deva. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Dwyer Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 (edited) WHAT!NO TAKERS to tell me the rank, or branch of Service ? Unbeliveable!! Incredible!! Its not like I was expecting a reading from a crystal ball to tell me the guys name, address, service number, colour of his eyes, hair etc..etc.. and what he had for breakfast, dinner and tea Kevin in Deva. Sorry, Kevin, I saw this much earlier and didn't respond because I thought one of our more learned colleagues would.I can tell you this much, it's for a haptmann (captain) and I believe green was the color for infantry. According to the web site I used to look this up, these type of shoulder straps were adopted by the Bundeswehr in 1962 and are still used today.Hope that helps a little. It's about all the information I have.The web site I used (and borrowed the picture from) is at http://www.uniforminsignia.net/ Edited June 20, 2006 by Mike Dwyer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted June 20, 2006 Author Share Posted June 20, 2006 Sorry, Kevin, I saw this much earlier and didn't respond because I thought one of our more learned colleagues would.I can tell you this much, it's for a haptmann (captain) and I believe green was the color for infantry. According to the web site I used to look this up, these type of shoulder straps were adopted by the Bundeswehr in 1962 and are still used today.Hope that helps a little. It's about all the information I have.The web site I used (and borrowed the picture from) is at http://www.uniforminsignia.net/Hallo Mike, thank you for your kind consideration and reply, interesting link too Kevin in Deva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Craig Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 Kevin,The green "waffenfarbe" on the shoulderboards and collar tabs is for the Panzer Grenadiers. The arm shield indicates the wearer is posted to a headquarters unit. The arm shield often indicates quite a lot of info on the assigned unit but that is all I can say at the moment as my reference books haven't been delivered to my new apartment yet. The ribbon bar loops on the left breast indicates the wearer was in the Wehrmacht so the tunic probably dates from the late fifties early 60s.Regards,Gordon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven G Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 The green "waffenfarbe" on the shoulderboards and collar tabs is for the Panzer Grenadiers....green also stands for J?ger and Fallschirmj?ger (Ranger and airborne)CheersSven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted August 8, 2006 Author Share Posted August 8, 2006 green also stands for J?ger and Fallschirmj?ger (Ranger and airborne)CheersSvenHallo Gordon in Canada and Sven in Bayern, many thanks for the information, Sven the jacket was bought in Bavaria (Sonthoffen) at a fleamarket.Kevin in Deva (Transylvania). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven G Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 Hallo Gordon in Canada and Sven in Bayern, many thanks for the information, Sven the jacket was bought in Bavaria (Sonthoffen) at a fleamarket.Kevin in Deva (Transylvania). when the owner was officer in Sonthofen then it is a J?ger (Ranger) uniform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehrentitle Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 (edited) The patch represents the Zentrale Milit?rische Dienststellen der Bundeswehr (ZMil). The branch color is Infanterie/Infantry. Rank is Hauptman/Captain and the uniform is probably from the early 60s. Kevin Edited August 8, 2006 by ehrentitle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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