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VRH42 Heer Generalmajor service blouse

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Heer Generalmajor service blouse, made of field grey colored ribbed trikot wool, it has a dark green badge cloth stand and fall collar with two pairs of brass hooks and eyes, with six button front, four pleated patch pockets and turn back cuffs, the shoulders are padded, lining is of dark grey colored rayon, there is one internal breast pocket with vertical opening and provision for wear of a dagger or sword, neither tailor's label or name tag were ever applied, the insignia: the General's rank collar patches are hand embroidered in gilt wires onto red colored badge cloth and are straight machine stitched to the collar, the Generalmajor rank shoulder boards have intertwined gilt and silver metallic wires on red colored wool bases, these are tightly sewn into the shoulder seams and are anchored with screw down buttons, no pips or other devices have been applied to the shoulder boards, the General ranks national emblem was removed but the outline of its former position is available, the pebbled buttons appear to me made of plastic and are painted gold, they are all marked JFS 1944 and appear originally sewn, there are loops for a multi place ribbon bar and one breast badge, the blouse itself is clean but there is a modern patch repair to the collar aft the right collar patch and a few other areas of minor insect damage to the wool collar, there are a couple of picks to the collar patches, USD $4200

 
 

 
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