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L009159 FLIGHT HAUPTMANN'S SERVICE TUNIC. (Dienstbluse)
BACKGROUND: The Reichsluftwaffe was official established on February 26TH 1935 as the third branch of service of the Armed Forces. On March 9TH 1935 the formation of the new Reichsluftwaffe was announced to the foreign press and on March 16TH conscription was reintroduced for all three branches of service. On May 21ST 1935 the Reichsluftwaffe designation was altered to Luftwaffe. The standard pattern service uniform was adopted by the Luftwaffe in March 1935, and was based on the uniform worn by personnel in the Deutscher Luftsport Verband, (German Air Sports League), a civilian forerunner of the Luftwaffe, as early as 1933, with minor modifications. The 1935 pattern uniform tunic was designated Tuchrock, (Cloth tunic), and was worn open at the neck. On November 11TH 1938 a new pattern tunic was introduced that had allowances for it to be worn closed at the neck. The 1938 pattern tunic was designated Anzugrock, (Uniform tunic), and was intended to replace the 1935 pattern Tuchrock and the Fliegerbluse, (Flight Blouse). The 1938 pattern tunic eventually did replace the Tuchrock, but not the Fliegerbluse.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Superb, private purchase, 1935 pattern, Luftwaffe blue/grey, wool/rayon blend construction tunic with a pronounced whipcord weave. The tunic features a vertical, four button front closure with small, upswept, fold back lapels and a lay down collar. The tunic has four, pleated, patch, front pockets with straight edged button down flaps. The right breast has a hand embroidered Luftwaffe eagle in bright silver/aluminum wire threads with grey cotton thread accents on a cut-out blue/grey wool base. The eagle is neatly handstitched to the tunic. The left breast has two horizontal and four vertical thread loops for wear of awards. Two vertical loop over the left breast pocket for attachment of a ribbon bar. Machine embroidered cloth Observers badge is neatly handstitched under the left pocket. The straight cut sleeves have deep fold back French cuffs which are tacked in the upright position at both the inner and outer sleeve seams. The tunic has sewn on shoulder boards of bright silver/aluminum Russian braid with two stamped alloy rank pips to each on golden yellow wool waffenfarbe bases. One of the rank pips looks replaced. The shoulder board retaining buttons are intact and are of the screw post type. The lay down collar has the typical zig-zag reinforcement stitching to the reverse. The forward edge of the collar is trimmed in bright, twisted, silver/aluminum cording. The collar has golden yellow wool collar tabs with a three hand embroidered rank "gulls" and an opened top, half, oak-leaf wreath all in bright silver/aluminum wire threads. The collar tabs are also trimmed with bright, twisted, silver/aluminum cording and are machine stitched to the collar. Couple of small frayed areas to the back of the collar. The interior of the tunic is fully lined in grey rayon with off-white, striped sleeves. The lining has a horizontal slash pocket to the left and right breasts and a small horizontal slash to the reverse of the left exterior pocket for the sword/dagger hanger. The tunic is in overall very nice untouched condition. The buttons are all the bright, silver washed, pebbled magnetic sheet metal type and appear to have their original stitching. The tunic is roughly size 34" chest. Nice.
GRADE **** PRICE $2,145.00
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