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Unissued example of the special Waffenrock as worn by NCOs in Infanterie Regiment Großdeutschland, consignor reports garment was brought back by a U.S. NCO who worked in classifying captured enemy equipment, this pattern was proposed for wear from 15 Sept. 1939 and differed from the standard issue Waffenrock in having elongated woven metallic 'Dopplelitzen' collar patches applied directly to the dark green badge cloth collar absent white underlay as well as vertically positioned 'French' cuffs having three woven metallic cuff bars, again being applied to the dark green badge cloth cuffs without the benefit of white underlay fabric, this example was never worn and shoulder straps were not installed as shoulder seams have never been opened nor have shoulder strap buttons been applied, Waffenrock is constructed of fine issue quality field grey wool, lining is of a ribbed pale green rayon and there is one internal breast pocket, size and B39 depot markings are stamped above this internal pocket in black ink, lower edge of collar, front closure, cuff edges and rear skirt decoration all have piping of white wool, as mentioned, collar and cuffs are covered in dark green badge cloth, collar and cuff litzen are straight stitch machine sewn, the wider dress style metallic NCO collar litzen is also machine sewn, the woven flat silver Großdeutschland sleeveband is machine sewn and was applied using dark green threads as the garment was constructed, the backed flatwire national emblem is tightly zig zag machine sewn using a slightly different shade of dark green threads, all of the bright pebbled aluminum buttons match and are originally sewn, there are three pressed paper buttons for attaching the collar liner, garment is immaculate and there are no holes, damage from insects or repairs, there is a small brownish stain to the upper left rear shoulder, please inquire to info@virtualgrenadier.com for additional information, USD $16,500 SOLD