Original German WWII Heer General Tunic – Generalmajor Dienstbluse Original Items

Original Item: Only One Available. A private purchased Wehrmacht Heer Generalmajor Dienstbluse. It is constructed from a fine quality field-gray wool woven exterior, with a silk-rayon blended interior lining. The collar is constructed of dark forest green wool that is lined in red piping. The collar is adorned by a set of Generalleutnant collar tabs, constructed of gold aluminum bullion wire embroidery in a “scrambled egg” shape.

Each shoulder is decorated with the sew-on style Generalleutnant rank shoulder boards. They are both constructed out of a row of interwoven silver and gold bullion strands in the typical Russian braid style in an interlocking weave pattern ending at a pebbled gild metal (magnetic) button.

On the right breast is a fine quality gold bullion eagle, constructed of rolled, twisted, and flat hand embroidered gilt stitching, placed onto a dark green wool backing.

The front of the tunic bears four stylized scalloped pockets, two per breast, each closed by a pebbled gilt metal button. Above the top left pocket are five stitched loops to accommodate a medal ribbon bar which is also present, with eight more stitches on the left pocket to accommodate a decoration with a horizontal pinback and three to the right side pocket for a DKiG. The breasts of the jacket are closed by seven gilt pebbled metal buttons. The red piped French style cuffs are held securely in place by stitching.

The interior features a silky smooth texture by the rayon-blended material, is met at the arms by a white and grey pinstripe liner constructed of identical material. There are no interior pockets. There is no mothing or noticeable wear. It is wonderfully preserved and is in an overall extremely fine condition.