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Privately made service blouse for a Aufklärungs Oberscharführer from from motorized Inf. Rgt. Langemarck from Division Das Reich, constructed of issue quality field grey wool, having a five button front, two pleated patch breast pockets, two flapped slash hip pockets, pointed dark green badge cloth collar with a single steel hook and eye and adjustable cuffs, buttons are field grey painted pebbled steel, lining is of green colored rayon and there is one internal breast pocket, the shoulders are padded, the rear skirt is unvented, the sleeves are lined and the cuffs have a single composite closure button, the matching moleskin fabric collar patches include machine embroidered runic tab and rank tab with two silvered zinc rank pips having edge prongs that penetrate the collar, both collar patches are machine applied, the metallic NCO tresse is machine sewn, the matched pair of slip on shoulder straps have moleskin upper panels, field grey lower panels and the narrow SS style tongues with black ribbed cotton reinforcing materials, the piping is synthetic, each strap has an aluminum rank pip, the oxidized metallic NCO tresse is machine applied, the machine woven sleeve eagle is hand sewn, the RZM style machine embroidered Langemarck sleeveband is hand sewn and few stitches to the lower front edge have become undone, a silver Tank Destruction Badge is affixed to the upper right sleeve with four press snaps, the flexing of the badge's backing plate has caused a separation just to the Panzer's rear, the two place ribbon bar is pinned through the fabric, there are loops for one breast badge, external condition is immaculate, there is one small moth hole to the upper right breast pocket, there is some slight fading to the lining and an abraded area to the right inner lower skirt, striking and with light overall even age patina, I.R. Langemarck was disbanded in 1943 and the name adopted for the new 27. SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division Langemarck, USD $18,000 SOLD