German uniform stitchery

[Proud Kraut]

On 11/9/2020 at 7:49 PM, Dirk said:

... I just can’t see to many post war plays in Germany featuring TR themes...
 

 

Theater & Luftwaffe uniform makes absolute sense. What comes to mind over here at once is one of the most popular German post war plays "Des Teufels General" (The Devil´s General) by Carl Zuckmayer. The story is about a couple of high-ranking Luftwaffen officers and their relationship to the Nazi regime.

Thanks for sharing this grouping!

[SARGE]

I thought I would add another interesting tailor made sewing technique to this thread.  

 

This is a female policewoman's tunic with an interesting twist.  This jacket should have a three button front closure but the tailor has added an additional button to the finished jacket, presumably at the request of the purchaser.  I can only presume this is to better tailor the fit to the customer.  Also, notice that the tailor has marked his work in the inside breast pocket as is normal.  The tailor's original paper tag is also still on the tunic and is properly tacked onto the cloth sleeve as expected.  An interesting example of both expected and unexpected stitchery.  

 

 

[SARGE]

Here is another interesting form of sewing that is sometimes seen.  The tailor would make up uniform collars in advance as this allowed him to fit different sizes of collar to a specific tunic.  Here we see a finished collar for a Gendarm NCO that has the required size and collar tabs along with the brown collar with orange piping.  The only thing now required was to select the needed size to sew onto the tunic.  One will sometimes find these unused finished collars that came from a tailor shop that was made in advance of need.  Notice the stitching patterns on this collar.  

 

 

[Preppy Picker]

Very good thread that cavalry parade jacket is beautiful.