Original German WWII Heer Oberfeldwebel Artillery Regiment Feuerwerker Ordnance Technician Waffenrock – With WWI Iron Cross and Wound Badge Original Items

Original Item: Only One Available. This is a beautiful Heer Enlisted Artillery Waffenrock. The base material of the uniform is made of a fine feldgrau colored wool. The wool shows no signs of any physical damage by misuse but does display some mothing. The collar is wrapped in a dark-green wool, and is decorated with “chain” stitching border. The base material of the two litzen on each side of the collar opening is Hochrot (Deep Red) wool, the Waffenfarbe (Corps Color) during WWII for Artillery, as well as General Level Officers. The two litzen themselves are woven from a fine silver flatware thread. The collar, and its insignia, are without any noticeable damage or mothing. The “sew-in” style shoulder boards of this Waffenrock have a dark green base wool, which is piped in red. Two rank pips are present on the shoulder boards, indicating the rank of Oberfeldwebel. The front breast eagle is a later green colored Pattern executed in silver wire. The eagle is without damage and is originally sewn to the tunics breast by very neat hand stitching. Eight silvered buttons adorn the front of the tunic and all appear to be originally attached.

The lower French style cuffs of the sleeves have a dark-green based wool, and are adorned with red piping and silver litzen. The interior of the Artillery Waffenrock is lined with cotton. The interior of the Waffenrock is marked still retains the tailor tag for Eugen Stuckle.

Featured on the right shoulder is a beautiful 2nd Pattern Heer Army Marksmanship Lanyard without subsequent awards. This later version has the Heer / Army eagle at the top of an oak leaf wreath, with two crossed swords over a shield in the middle of the wreath. The condition is very good, showing only light wear, and no major deterioration to the felt backing of the badge. The bullion portions are still bright and look great. Unfortunately there is minor damage to wear the lanyard attaches to the button and it was reattached.

The lower right sleeve features the Feuerwerker sleeve patch. Feuerwerkers are specialists responsible for the maintenance of ammunition. In the modern German Bundeswehr, Feuerwerker is the collective designation to non-commissioned officers (OR5 to OR9) and officers of the military functional service with several years of special training pertaining to construction, maintenance, and destruction of ammunition.

The awards features are a lovely two medal bar which features the WWI Prussian EK 2 with the “Hindenburg” Cross with swords. The wound badge below is a Silver Grade with some of the original wash retained. The arm and catch are in working order and the badge is marked with the Präsidialkanzlei supplier number “30” indicating manufacture by the desirable maker Hauptmünzamt Wien (the Vienna Mint).

This lovely Artillery Waffenrock comes ready to research and display!

Approx. Measurements:
Collar to shoulder: 9”
Shoulder to sleeve: 28”
Shoulder to shoulder: 18”
Chest width: 18”
Waist width: 16”
Hip width: 21”
Front length: 29.5″