I will begin a thread on camouflage jackets as worn by the SS troops in WW2.

Here’s some stacked up

I will try to post a jacket per day.

Owen

 

 

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I'm looking forward to this thread.

can't wait to see what you've got !

There has been only 1 jacket that has changed the face of 20th century warfare.
Designed with concealment in mind for attack shock troops with ideas borne on the First World War.
Camouflage was borne into life with the VT jacket:
The design was like no other reaching back into the primitive farmers over smock.
The designs were hand drawn and studies of nature.
I present the camouflage jacket.

 

 

I am adding Owen's photos as he was having trouble.

M38

 

Elastic neck details

 

Pleated collar

 

machine eyelets, elastic neck and sewing are plainly visible here

 

Different types of thread

 

You can see the pattern cut marks easily
Something that was years a head and very German

 

 

 

The printing screened fabric had loose match ups allowing for errors
Here you can see the degree of allowance with the base color creeping through

 

 

Minor flaws in the printed pattern

 

Matching up screens tight to give a perfect pattern

 

Patterns are numbered, here you can see a sloppy print of the ink

 

 

On the reverse side the print is much stronger

 

The Cuffs and elastic are sewn like this with the selvedge edge showing

 

 

The reverse summer side

 

Great field repair

 

BE repair And cuffs, This jacket has very specific details

 

 

Pre-war prints look like this.

 

Easy to see in Poland France Russia pictures, It's nice to put color into perspective

 

Another great repair

 

This is what what a great M38 looks like

 

Better back detail