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H021158 WINTER SHEEP SKIN JACKET.
(Pelz Jacke)BACKGROUND: With the first devastating winter of 1941-1942 on the Russian front the German army found that it was drastically under equipped with cold weather garments to withstand the severe cold and a wide variety of improvised garments including a broad assortment of donated civilian garments were utilized as a temporary solution. To rectify the situation the OKH, Oberkommando des Heeres, (High Command of the Army), began testing heavier winter clothing in the spring of 1942 to develop suitable garments for the Russian front. Numerous winter garments were developed and issued for the winter of 1942-1943 and included the expedient animal skin and synthetic vests and jackets for issue to all personnel serving in Russia during the winter months. The fur vests and jackets came in a wide variety of styles and were issued for the winter season, (September 15TH to April 15TH), with other winter garments and were to be returned to the units storage depot at the end of the season for reissue the following year. The fur vests and jackets gained wide spread popularity amongst the troops serving on the Eastern front. 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. Originally Officers and senior NCO’s responsible for purchasing their own uniforms and headgear were required to purchase the new winter garments until regulations of December 1942 extended the issue of winter clothing to all ranks in the colder theatres of operation.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Three quarter length, long sleeve, multi-panel, patch work, sheep skin construction jacket features machine stitched, sheep skin panels with the white sheep’s wool to the interior and the white, tanned hide to the exterior. The jacket has a vertical, four button, front closure with the buttons on the right panel and a narrow, vertical, button holed, white canvas strip on the left panel. The jacket has no pockets. The straight cut sleeve cuffs have a button holed, horizontal, fit adjustment strap with dual, corresponding buttons to each. The armpits each have an open ventilation slash. Some of the patch work panel seams are trimmed in narrow strips of white cotton. The jacket has a large, lay down, sheep’s wool collar. The reverse of the collar has a horizontally extended, dual, button holed, hide tab to the left hand side with a corresponding button to the right hand side for a secure neck closure in inclement weather. The interior of the jacket including the sleeves is fully lined in white sheep’s wool. The jacket has no visible size or manufacturer’s markings.
The jacket has a mid-weight tan cardstock tag with black printed Norwegian script, tied to one of the sleeve fit adjustment straps. The tag appears to be a standard shipping label and has blank spaces to enter the pertinent information with the basic, printed shipping headings such as Sender and Receiver and the corresponding address spaces. The jacket is in overall fair condition with light to moderate age and usage toning a couple of small rips and tears and a few small patch repairs that appear to have been period applied The buttons are all the large molded white bakelite type and appear to have their original stitching. The jacket is roughly size 42" chest.GRADE *** PRICE $352.00
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