German Leather Coat

[Maximilian]

I would like to know,who were the ones usings that long leather coat,officers of which special force?

I somebody have a picture of the design it would be great

Danke
Maximilian

[xavier]

leather coats have been long associated with the gestapo, because of the movies, but the fact is the long coats (at least for officers) were privately purchased and in consecuence, no standar cut is "correct", you could use any long coat (fabric) as a guide to have one made.

a good example of this is a well-known picture of hitler ina visit to the eastern front, surrounded by a group of officers, including sepp dietrich and goering, all long coats are different!!(about 9-10 visible!)

regards

Xavier

[Maximilian]

Thanks,I didn't know the coats were made by private factories,I tought was some special uniform for high rank officers.
I don't believe too much in american movies of war.
But those long coats looks too good,quality, to be made by civil factories,and Im still thinking why were all those different tipe.

Thanks
Max

[xavier]

puchased privately by them, try a ebay.com (germany) search for lederjacke or leather coat and see the results.

there were oficially sanctioned factories, and suppliers, but they had to pay (the officers) themselves out of their own pockets for the long coats...

(btw my youngest son name is Maximilian too!!)

regards

xavier

[Maximilian]

OK now I understood
Hey You picked a good name to your son ! =)
by the way,do you speak spanish?,is my mother tongue.
Regards
Max

[xavier]

soy de mexico, tu de donde eres?

vi tu post sobre las lugers tambien, no tan dificil como ellos piensan, aqui las luger son muy comunes, tal vez por la proximidad a los USA, pero en sud-america tambien hay una fuente muy concreta: la tripulacion del Graf Spee abandono el barco con algo de equipo, entre ello, las armas personales y documentos.

saludos desde mexico

Xavier

[Maximilian]

Si es verdad,ese barco se hundio cerca de Brazil o de Argentina,o quizas venian corriendolos y tuvieron que escapar?

Saludos
Max

[xavier]

hello maximilian, it is made in the 30's just the description I gave you before, privately made....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 82219&rd=1

best regards

Xavier

[Maximilian]

Thanks !!!

[Willi]

Enlisted men were provided their uniforms and equipment by the SS-Bekleidungswerke (SS-BW), which were manufactured by the inmates at the Concentration Camps, i.e. Dachau and Ravensbruck, as well as contracted clothing manufacturers. Officers however, were given an allotment of money in which to buy their uniforms. If an officer was posted to a staff, then he might consider buying a tailor-made uniform of higher quality, otherwise he could go to a group of tailors without a shop and buy quality uniforms but cheaper than a regular tailor with a shop. Many officers engaged in combat in the field often acquired enlisted uniforms and would have tailors modify them, especially with officer-quality insignia and the dark-green wool collar - very popular among officers and sometimes professional NCOs. Many officers preferred leaving the enlisted sleeve eagles, as they were already on the sleeve and silver bullion ones cost more and would only get damaged and dirty in field operations. They bought these leather overcoats too. These were principally civilian leather overcoats with the addition of loops and buttons to accommodate the addition of shoulder boards. These were usually the only addition to these coats. Coats without the loops and buttons are a civilian garment. There is no real distinction between the services except that the army and Waffen-SS usually wore a gray-green and the Luftwaffe a medium gray, however, these are not rules set in concrete as I have an SS-Obergruppenfuhrer leather overcoat in a gray color.

[Maximilian]

Great information...
Where did you get all that info?
Thanks

[Willi]

I've been studying the history of the Waffen-SS for many years and have been a WWII German militaria collector for 29 years now, specializing in uniforms and headgear of the Waffen-SS for 24 years. I have some of my collection posted on German Daggers - (uniforms) Collectors Showcase Forum under threads Totenkopf Tunics and Norwegian Volunteers - check them out.

[Maximilian]

where...

[Willi]

http://daggers.infopop.net/2/OpenTopic? ... 8353004833

Then look for the threads TOTENKOPF UNIFORMS and NORWEGIAN VOLUNTEERS and you'll see five great Totenkopf tunics and an officer's tunic from the Norge Regiment (very rare and difficult cuffband to acquire, let alone find it on a tunic).

Enjoy.

[Maximilian]

thanks im gonna check it out