Original German WWII Luftwaffe Fight Branch Airman’s Enlisted Flight Blouse Fliegerbluse Tunic – LBA Marked Original Items

Original Item: Only One Available. This WWII German Luftwaffe Mannschaften (Enlisted Man’s) Four Pocket Fliegerbluse (Flyer’s Blouse) Service Tunic is in excellent condition. This great piece is produced in blue grey wool and shows only fading from age and light exposure. All buttons are silver finished pebbled aluminum and back marked. The pocket flaps are square and not scalloped, as is correct for later war production. It has the correct later thread embroidered Luftwaffe Eagle sewn on the top of the right breast pocket.

The collar piping and attached Kragenpatten (Collar Flaps) are in Goldgelb (Gold-Yellow), the correct Waffenfarbe (Corps Color) for Aviator troops such as pilots and ground personnel, as well as Fallschirmjäger (parachute troops). The sew in Schulterstücken (Shoulderboards) have the same color piping, and are the correct simple style for an enlisted man. There is a single “gull wing” insignia on the Collar Flaps, indicating the lowest enlisted rank of Flieger (Airman). There are also some thread loops on the left top pocket, where metal badges were probably attached in the past.

The left interior liner has an ink stamped maker marking for H. BUCKOW, FFM., and below there are measurements noted (in metric). There also is a stamp on the top of the pocket below, L.B.A. (S.) 40, from the Luftwaffebekleidungsamt, which means Air Force Clothing Office. This would indicate it was processed through there during 1940.

A great chance to pick up an excellent condition Luftwaffe tunic. This would display great as is, or could be dressed up with additional insignia and medals.

Approx. Measurements:
Collar to shoulder: 9”
Shoulder to sleeve: 22.5”
Shoulder to shoulder: 16”
Chest width: 17”
Waist width: 15”
Hip width: 21”
Front length: 27″

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 swas.