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Summer 2022 Militaria Auction
Lot 366:
Heer M43 Artillerie Field Tunic (Italian Gabardine) 1944
The M43 field Tunic (blouse) was basically a continuation of the modifications of the M33 field blouse which had evolved into the M36, the M40 and the M42 field blouses.
Modifications to the M42 field blouse included the elimination of the separate internal belt support hook suspenders with them being replaced by short integral straps in April 1943, and the replacement of the scalloped button flaps on the front pockets to straight flaps to simplify production in mid-1943.
These alterations resulted in the M43 field blouse, which was to be the final variant of the original M33 field blouse.
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.
Tunic made of Italian gabardine features a vertical, six button front closure with a single metal hook and eye positioned at the forward neckline, and a lay down, green badge cloth collar.
The field blouse has four, non-pleated, front pockets with straight edged button down flaps.
A M39 pattern breast eagle is machine-sewn to the tunic. Machine woven national eagle with outstretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted, swastika in it’s talons in matte grey rayon threads on a woven field-grey rayon base.
Later, second pattern, (Circa May 1940-May 1945), slip on shoulder strap with bright, silver/aluminum, diamond patterned, NCO’s tress to all but the slip on end and bright red rayon waffenfarbe (artillerie) piping.
Artillery EM/NCO’S collar tabs (Kragenpatten), machine woven, rayon construction collar tabs feature light, field-grey litzen with an interwoven dark, blue/green center stripe and bright red branch of service stripes.
The field blouse has four sets of three, vertically aligned, stitched eyelets with one set situated at either side of the front closure and two to either side of the back panel, at the waistline.
The eyelets were designed for the belt support hooks.
The right front tail skirt lining has a field dressing pocket with a single button closure and it is signed with a capital letter
"S" in the triangle and the number:
R.B. Nr. 0/1083/5134
Buttons all look to be original stitching.
The upper, right breast panel is well marked with black size inkstamps:
164 168 98 41 61 indicating the tunic passed through the army’s clothing depot in S. in 1944.
(S44)
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