The SS pullover smock

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By 1940 demand for the pullover stepped up with more units being issued the camouflage jackets.
Production changed slightly with rollers being used in the printing process increasing yardage.
The m 40 jacket had a simpler placket lacking the square.
The blurred edge pattern makes its debut and was seen till wars end on every front.

 

 

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Here's the placket

 

 

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Machine made eyelets


You will notice with original SS printed cloth it's uniformity in colors always

 

 

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Here is the elastic point sewing

 

 

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Pocket flaps

 

 

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Cuff sewing

 

 

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The inside elastic is different pattern

 

 

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I have read in a Div Nord book the troops referred to this as smoke pattern and here you can see why

 

 

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It's worth noting the use of all fabric in the build
Here is seldom seen Palm at the collar

 

 

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Typical different batch cloth darker print

 

 

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Whole garment showing typical wartime winter shades of browns

Background is the new oak which will be increasingly used in garments

 

 

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Arm pit has no vents but sewn closed like this

 

 

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Cuffs still running on the selvedge

As the war progressed this process got confused with odd ball sewing jobs.
But m38 m 40 is consistent.

 

 

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Now more simple
Machine eyelets
Factory issue string

 

 

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Here is some images of the m 38 being worn
There may be some m 40 as well

 

 

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The b and w and the soft edges makes the pattern murky

 

 

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1-2 pattern

 

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Mostly Das Reich

 

 

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Great pattern placement here

 

 

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Combat artist in BE pattern