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.

 

 

Here's the placket

 

 

Machine made eyelets


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

 

 

Here is the elastic point sewing

 

 

Pocket flaps

 

 

Cuff sewing

 

 

The inside elastic is different pattern

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

Typical different batch cloth darker print

 

 

Whole garment showing typical wartime winter shades of browns

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

 

 

Arm pit has no vents but sewn closed like this

 

 

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.

 

 

Now more simple
Machine eyelets
Factory issue string

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

1-2 pattern

 

Mostly Das Reich

 

 

Great pattern placement here

 

 

Combat artist in BE pattern