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Here’s your chance to own a Luftwaffe flight Oberfeldwebel tunic. The shoulder boards and collar tabs are nice and period applied. The breast eagle is an earlier style machine embroidered droop tail eagle which is neatly hand sewn. A set of loops for a ribbon bar or flight clasp and loops on the left breast pocket to display a badge. Please note, the button behind the belt buckle in photo is loose and held in place with a match stick. Interior lining is maker marked and shows signs of use. Lining also unit marked Fl.Bi.Sch. St.u.W.Kp for Stabs- und Wachkompanie of a flight school. Minor signs of period wear throughout this true combat vet which makes it a nice representative example for your collection.  The belt, buckle, visor, and decorations are for photographic purposes only and are not included in this listing, only the tunic itself is for sale. Click HERE to view more images of this item! With the rise of the Nazi Party and the repudiation of the Versailles Treaty, the Luftwaffe’s existence was publicly acknowledged on 26 February 1935, just over two weeks before open defiance of the Versailles Treaty through German re-armament and conscription would be announced on 16 March. The Condor Legion, a Luftwaffe detachment sent to aid Nationalist forces in the Spanish Civil War, provided the force with a valuable testing ground for new tactics and aircraft. Partially as a result of this combat experience, the Luftwaffe had become one of the most sophisticated, technologically advanced, and battle-experienced air forces in the world when World War II broke out in 1939. The Luftwaffe also operated Fallschirmjäger paratrooper units.The Luftwaffe proved instrumental in the German victories across Poland and Western Europe in 1939 and 1940. During the Battle of Britain, however, despite inflicting severe damage to the RAF’s infrastructure and, during the subsequent Blitz, devastating many British cities, the German air force failed to batter the beleaguered British into submission. From 1942, Allied bombing campaigns gradually destroyed the Luftwaffe ‘s fighter arm. From late 1942, the Luftwaffe used its surplus ground, support and other personnel to raise Luftwaffe Field Divisions. In addition to its service in the West, the Luftwaffe operated over the Soviet Union, North Africa and Southern Europe. Despite its belated use of advanced turbojet and rocket propelled aircraft for the destruction of Allied bombers, the Luftwaffe was overwhelmed by the Allies’ superior numbers and improved tactics, and a lack of trained pilots and aviation fuel. In January 1945, during the closing stages of the Battle of the Bulge, the Luftwaffe made a last-ditch effort to win air superiority, and met with failure. With rapidly dwindling supplies of petroleum, oil, and lubricants after this campaign, and as part of the entire combined Wehrmacht military forces as a whole, the Luftwaffe ceased to be an effective fighting force. Free shipping ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD & I don’t charge PayPal fees like some of the other guys!