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Summer 2022 Militaria Auction
Lot 357:
Gandarnerie Oberfeldwebel’s M35 Dress Tunic (Waffenrock M35)
The M35 dress tunic was introduced for wear by all ranks on June 29th 1935 as the walking out, parade and ceremonial dress with the piped, stone grey long pants.
The design of the M35 dress tunic was based on the Imperial German army’s service tunic but was a different color and generally of much higher quality.
Originally all personnel were issued two M35 dress tunics but manufacture was discontinued in late 1939 or early 1940 and was to be reinstated at the successful conclusion of the war.
Regulations of March 21st 1940 stated that the M35 dress tunics that were no longer suitable for dress wear were to be modified and reissued to personnel of the replacement and reserve units for every day wear.
Officers and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own uniforms and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the army’s Kleiderkasse, (Clothing Account), system.
The Officers and certain senior NCO’s could choose to purchase their uniforms from the armed forces clothing depots or to privately purchase garments of higher quality.
Although enlisted personnel were issued their uniforms from government supplies they were also permitted to purchase privately tailored uniforms although the price may have been restrictive.
On June 17th 1936, Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler was appointed to the newly created position of Chef der Deutschen Polizei im Reichsministerium des Innern, (Chief of the German Police in the National Ministry of the Interior), effectively giving him full control of all police agencies within Germany.
As a result of this appointment and the restructuring of all the separate German state police into a single national police force new regulations were instituted in July 1936 to bring about uniformity in dress for all police through-out the country.
One of the new uniform regulations was the introduction of specific Truppenfarbe, (Branch of Service Colors), to identify the assorted branches of Police service with orange being allotted to personnel serving with the Gendarmerie, (Rural Police).
Police personnel wore the collar tabs in matching pairs with the base being in the appropriate branch of service color. The collar tabs signified rank groups with the specific rank being indicated by the shoulder boards/straps.
High quality, private purchase, field-grey wool/tricot blend construction M35 dress tunic features a vertical, eight button front closure with dual metal hooks and eyes positioned at the forward neckline and a lay down, blue/green badge cloth collar.
Collar tabs and shoulder straps are original period stitching.
High quality breast eagle.
Buttons are original stitching.
The tunic is roughly a size 36" chest.
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