Uniform Archives - Epic Artifacts https://epicartifacts.com/?product_tag=uniform WWI & WWII German, American, Japanese Fri, 10 Feb 2023 04:07:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://epicartifacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/favicon-100x100.png Uniform Archives - Epic Artifacts https://epicartifacts.com/?product_tag=uniform 32 32 Luftwaffe NCO Flight Tunic https://epicartifacts.com/product/luftwaffe-nco-flight-tunic/ Fri, 20 Dec 2019 11:00:48 +0000 https://new.epicartifacts.com/?post_type=product&p=5380 Condition: Exc

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]]> Product Description: This is a gorgeous and high-quality example of a private purchase, tailor made Luftwaffe NCO Flight Tunic. It’s the four pocket style, known as the Tuchrock, worn by all ranks as part of the service uniform. NCOs in the Luftwaffe were issued uniforms, but this one belonged to an airman with some status (and money) who chose to have a tailor make his service uniform. This Luftwaffe NCO Flight Tunic is of the highest quality and presumably pre-war manufacture. The exterior is constructed from a gabardine type fabric with a smooth texture, in the typical blue-gray Luftwaffe uniform color. It is complete with all insignia. The breast eagle is a very striking, early “droop tail” version, hand embroidered, and hand sewn to the tunic. The sleeve features a 1935 trade patch for Flight Personnel, machine embroidered on a nearly matching gabardine base fabric, clearly intended for this type of private purchase tunic. The yellow piped shoulder boards are sewn in, as is correct for this uniform style, and have Luftwaffe pattern NCO Tresse as well as one rank pip each, indicating the rank of Feldwebel. The wool collar tabs are hand sewn to the collar, and each has three aluminum rank gulls. The collar is correctly piped with yellow Waffenfarbe piping for the Flight branch, and the Luftwaffe collar Tresse matches that of the shoulder straps. All of the original, silver finished buttons are present, and all of the insignia shows a light, even wear that matches the tunic exterior perfectly. Inside, this Luftwaffe NCO Flight Tunic is completely lined, with the body lined in artificial silk that shows only minor discoloration from wear. There is a hanger for a sword or dagger, as well as an internal belt. The overall condition of this handsome tunic is excellent. It does show some honest wear from the original owner, with some minor fraying to the ends of the French cuffs. It also shows some age, with a few minor moth nips, mostly to the reverse, and mostly very small (match head size or smaller). There are some very minor stains to the inside shoulders, from spending decades on a metal hanger, and a few moth nips to the felt underside of the collar. This is a really attractive example of a private purchase Luftwaffe service tunic, that makes for an eye-catching display.

 

Historical Description: The Luftwaffe, the air force of the German military during the Third Reich, was established in 1935. Over the next 10 years, Luftwaffe troops wore a huge variety of uniforms. Enlisted men generally wore uniforms issued from military depots. Most enlisted soldiers had wool trousers and a short jacket with two internal lower pockets, called a Fliegerbluse, as well as a dressier 4-pocket tunic, the Tuchrock. Officers wore the same general uniform styles, but as officers had to supply their own uniforms, they usually wore tailor made versions. There were also myriad varieties of specialized uniforms worn by certain units or in specific situations, from the tuxedo-style “gala” formal wear uniform of the pre-war period, to the plain coveralls worn by crews of anti-aircraft cannons. There were work uniforms, tropical and summer uniforms, and camouflage clothing for airborne troops and other Luftwaffe soldiers in ground combat. Flight crews had their own specialized gear, including leather jackets and warm, electrically heated suits. Most but not all Luftwaffe uniform jackets bore the Luftwaffe emblem of a flying eagle holding a swastika.

 

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]]> Luftwaffe Officers Summer Weight Tunic https://epicartifacts.com/product/luftwaffe-officers-summer-weight-tunic/ Mon, 12 Mar 2018 20:27:33 +0000 https://new.epicartifacts.com/?post_type=product&p=426 Condition: Exc

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]]> Product Description: This is an extremely clean example of a tailor-made Luftwaffe Officers Summer Weight Tunic. It is constructed from a very finely ribbed lightweight gabardine fabric, in a typical blue shade common on Luftwaffe uniforms. The collar is piped in silver and has hand embroidered bullion collar tabs for the rank of Leutnant. The yellow base fabric indicates the owner served in the Flight or Paratrooper branch. The collar tabs are neatly machine stitched to the collar using the same thread used to construct the collar itself, leaving zero doubt these are original to the tunic. The slip-on shoulder boards are also for the rank of Leutnant and are piped in yellow to match the collar tabs. The Luftwaffe Officers Summer Weight Tunic features a removable first pattern Luftwaffe breast eagle, affixed to the chest by means of a pin passing through tailor-stitched thread loops. The original silver finish of the eagle shows age toning, but little wear. The buttons are also removable, affixed with split rings; only the crew-post style shoulder board buttons are stitched. There are thread loops for one award on the wearer’s left pocket. The interior is mostly unlined, as one would expect on a lightweight summer uniform. There is a hanger for a sword or dagger. The condition, inside and out, is pristine. No condition issued were noted. This Luftwaffe Officers Summer Weight Tunic displays great and is a wonderful example of a uniform style that is rarely encountered.

 

Historical Description: The Luftwaffe, the air force of the German military during the Third Reich, was established in 1935. Over the next 10 years, Luftwaffe troops wore a huge variety of uniforms. Enlisted men generally wore uniforms issued from military depots. Most enlisted soldiers had wool trousers and a short jacket with two internal lower pockets, called a Fliegerbluse, as well as a dressier 4-pocket tunic, the Tuchrock. Officers wore the same general uniform styles, but as officers had to supply their own uniforms, they usually wore tailor made versions. There were also myriad varieties of specialized uniforms worn by certain units or in specific situations, from the tuxedo-style “gala” formal wear uniform of the pre-war period, to the plain coveralls worn by crews of anti-aircraft cannons. There were work uniforms, tropical and summer uniforms, and camouflage clothing for airborne troops and other Luftwaffe soldiers in ground combat. Flight crews had their own specialized gear, including leather jackets and warm, electrically heated suits. Most but not all Luftwaffe uniform jackets bore the Luftwaffe emblem of a flying eagle holding a swastika.

 

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]]> NSDAP Political Leader’s Uniform https://epicartifacts.com/product/nsdap-political-leader-uniform/ Thu, 21 Jan 2016 15:37:43 +0000 https://new.epicartifacts.com/?post_type=product&p=66 Condition:  Very Fine

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]]> Product Description: NSDAP Political Leader Uniform Ortsgruppenleiter including jacket, armband, trousers, tie with NSDAP pin and two regulation belts. The brown wool twill tunic bears collar tabs indicating that the owner, clearly a long-time party member, was at the party’s secretary level in the Ortsgruppe level. All buttons are present: four for closing the garment, one each for the four front pockets, and two at the top of the rear vent. The NSDAP Political Leader Uniform is fully lined within, with maker’s label of “Aug. Meyer Murnau” (Bavaria) sewn to left breast. There is some scattered soiling, mainly at the neckline and where medals and medal bars had been pinned, otherwise very good with no moth damage evident.

Ortsgruppenleiter armband with blue piping and with one pip at center has been sewn to the left sleeve. The white field beneath the swastika bears moth damage and should be restored. Two ribbons are affixed at the top buttonhole indicating that the owner had been awarded the Iron Cross (World War I) and the German Social Service Medal.

The matching brown twill wool pants are also present. They bear a five-button fly closure with six buttons closing the tapered ankles of each pant leg. Two diagonal front pockets with buttoned flaps are present as is a small watch pocket, and one similar horizontal pocket is situated on the right rear. But for three small moth holes at front, the pants are in excellent condition

The original brown cloth tie is present, unlabeled, with a round steel NSDAP pin marked: “M1/34”. An official post-1939 brown leather belt with pebble-finish buckle is included, as is the pre-1939 political leaders’ chocolate brown belt with gold buckle; the buckle marked “RZM M4/23”. Six pieces, overall in very fine condition.

 

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