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Here is your chance to pick up an outstanding matching set of named service blouse, breeches, officer’s belt and boots for a Heer Artillery Leutnant. Both service blouse and breeches with matching Berlin tailor’s name tag, blouse also with woven tailor’s label, both dated 10 June 1943 and both named to the same officer. Blouse and breeches are made of field grey colored ribbed trikot wool. Tunic with stand and fall dark green badge cloth collar having a pair of hooks and eyes, having four pleated patch pockets, six button front closure and turn back cuffs. Lining and dagger hanger of grey colored rayon. Buttons are issue quality field grey pebbled steel. The shoulder board buttons are the smaller screw down type, with machine applied bullion wire collar patches. The shoulder boards are sewn in and the bullion eagle is hand sewn. The breeches have the same rayon lining at the inner waist and pocket bags of white cotton, with two buttoned slashed hip pockets and one buttoned rear pocket plus a small watch pocket. The seat is covered with soft tan colored suede, having grommets and black laces at the rayon lined calves. The wooden fly and pocket buttons are marked Neues Mode. The inner waistband buttons are grey green colored plastic. The brown leather open faced double claw belt measures is marked size 110 and measures 112cm end-to-end and still has its keeper. Also included are privately made, high quality black leather boots, each is marked internally to the maker which appears to read Bad Oeynhausen. There are buckles at the outside top of each calf. The boots are also in generally excellent condition although the outside foot section of each boot has a bit of gummy residue, perhaps from having rested on their sides for a long period. Service blouse shows little actual wear although there is a rectangular shaped hole almost 2cm in length under the left shoulder board with some much smaller holes near the shoulder board button. There are another small abraded areas to the left upper chest and the right upper shoulder. Finally there is a spot of wear to the lower center hem, breeches exhibit traces of wear but are undamaged, nice set all belonging to the same officer. CLICK HERE to view more images of this item! The Heer was the land forces component of the Wehrmacht, the regular German Armed Forces, from 1935 until it ceased to exist in 1945 and then formally dissolved in August 1946. During World War II, a total of about 13.6 million soldiers served in the German Army. Germany’s army personnel were made up of volunteers and conscripts. Only 17 months after Adolf Hitler announced publicly the German rearmament program, the Army reached its projected goal of 36 divisions. During the autumn of 1937, two more corps were formed. In 1938 four additional corps were formed with the inclusion of the five divisions of the Austrian Army after the Anschluss in March. During the period of its expansion under Hitler, the German Army continued to develop concepts pioneered during World War I, combining ground (Army) and air (Luftwaffe) assets into combined arms forces. The German military managed quick victories in the two initial years of World War II, a new style of warfare described as Blitzkrieg for its speed and destructive power. Free shipping ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD & I don’t charge PayPal fees like some of the other guys!
