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Summer 2022 Militaria Auction
Lot 375:
Heer M43 NCO Tunic
The base of the tunic is constructed of a fine feldgrau wool.
Four pockets adorn the front, with each pocket flap being the simple straight cut and fastened with painted pebbled zinc dish buttons.
The tunics upper left breast pockets carries one set of award loops .
The standard Bevo EM collar litzen are machine sewn in place.
The collar features a strip of silvered tress, indicating the wearer of this tunic was an NCO.
The collar tress is neatly machine sewn in place.
The slip-on style shoulder boards are in near mint condition and feature the same style of silvered tress found on the collar (they are more "fresh" though).
Shoulder board indicating the soldiers rank as “Unteroffizier” (Feldwebel ).
The edges of the boards are trimmed with a Yellow piping, indicating the soldier was in the Cavalry.
The Bevo style Heer breast eagle is in good condition.
The pocket and main closure pebbled dish buttons are green painted zinc and are in excellent condition with a few scattered marks from use.
An Iron Cross Second Class Ribbon has been hand sewn through the second button hole and shows light wear consistent with the tunic.
The interior of the tunic is lined in an artificial silk which is in overall very good condition showing only a few areas of sweat staining.
Three original bakelite collar liner buttons are present.
The interior has four belt hook adjustment straps.
The interior of the tunic is ink stamped with the tunics sizing, depot code (
P), and year(
44).
Two decorations are attached to the upper left pocket:
1.) Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen (Infantry Assault Badge) – Unmarked.
2.) Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber (Wound Badge in Silver) – "30"
The tunic measures:
Approximately 430 mm across the shoulders, with an arm length of 570 mm and an overall body length of 630 mm.
This is a very nice representative of the classic German Heer M43 NCO Tunic.
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