Original German WWII Afrika Korps Italian Campaign Coastal Artillery Tunic Original Items

Original Item: One-of-a-kind. German Afrika Korps Italian Campaign Coastal Artillery Khaki Tunic. This is an excellent condition rare World War II Deutsches Afrikakorps (DAK) Model 41 cotton khaki tunic. The BeVo yellow swas insgina which is original to the jacket rests just above the button hole of the pocket which has a pebbled aluminum button which has been painted dunkelgleb as does all the buttons on the tunic. The five-button front tunic has the appropriate mounts at each shoulder for epaulets, however, the epaulets were removed. Features four front flap pockets, the upper pockets slant inwards. Interior of the tunic is nicely ink stamped with maker information and inspection stamp. This is an excellent example of a classic DAK cotton tunic. Size is approximately a US 34″.

The Afrika Korps or German Africa Corps (German: Deutsches Afrikakorps, DAK was the German expeditionary force in Africa during the North African Campaign of World War II. First sent as a holding force to shore up the Italian defense of their African colonies, the formation fought on in Africa, under various appellations, from March 1941 until its surrender in May 1943. The term “Afrika Korps” is pseudo-German (so-called “cod-German”), deriving from an incomplete German title. The German term referred solely to the initial formation, the Deutsches Afrikakorps (DAK), which formed part of the Axis command of the German and Italian forces in North Africa. The name stuck, with both news media and Allied soldiers, as the name for all subsequent German units in North Africa. The unit is known for having been commanded by Field Marshal Erwin Rommel.