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HUP61 Service used Heer M43 pattern drillich service blouse for an Infanterie EM

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Service used Heer M43 pattern drillich service blouse for an Infanterie EM, showing the gentlest of wear with just enough use and fading to confirm that it was not removed from a factory store, textbook example made from reed green colored drillich fabric and having lining panels, bandage pocket bag and belt hook support straps of varying shades of light grey colored rayon, with prominent size and T43 depot stamping using purple colored ink, with the steel hook and eye at the throat, six button front, four patch pockets and adjustable cuffs, the field grey painted buttons are held with circular stainless rings, the shoulder strap buttons match the others, one front closure button is of a slightly different shade, pressed paper buttons are originally sewn for collar liner and at each cuff, included are a matched pair of slip on shoulder straps made of field grey wool and having wool piping, the tongue reinforcements are ribbed cotton, the subdued woven pattern insignia is factory machine stitched with the collar Litzen being straight machine sewn and the national emblem applied in the zig zag fashion, there is a tiny hole .25cm in diameter adjacent to the national emblem and one belt hook support strap has a small abraded area, these flaws are barely worth mentioning, no others are noted, USD $1350 NEW PRICE

 
 

 
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