Germany, Heer. An Afrikakorps Tropical Field Tunic for Enlisted Ranks, First Pattern Auction 2 mm x 28 mm

2 mm x 28 mm

measuring 52 mm (w) x 61 mm (h))

After three and a half months at Shorncliffe

The interior is lined with grey rayon diamond stitching and maker stamps “670illegible”

Just before destroyer arrived U-Boat was torpedoed by an Albacore (Did we run the F

Germany, Heer. An Afrikakorps Tropical Field Tunic for Enlisted Ranks, First Pattern Auction 2 mm x 28 mm(Heer Tropenfeldbluse M41 fr Mannschaften). An extremely well preserved Heer M41 (first pattern) tropical field tunic, constructed of an olive drab cotton blended cloth. It features a turned down collar which is trimmed along the outer edge with a golden brown threaded tresse, and which is reinforced on the reverse with machine stitched darts. The collar is flanked on each side by tabs which are constructed of grey rayon threaded, topped by three