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JPR22 Pre war decorated service blouse for a Feldwebel in Heer Infanterie-Regiment 13

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Pre war decorated service blouse for a Feldwebel in Heer Infanterie-Regiment 13, made of high quality trikot wool and lined in olive colored rayon polished cotton, having a stand and fall collar covered in medium green colored badge cloth with two sets of hook and eye, blouse has two upper pleated patch pockets and two lower slash pockets, the six button front closure is piped in white wool, there are hidden pockets in the tail, the metallic silver Litzen collar patches are machine sewn to white wool bases which are machine sewn to the collar, the upper edges of the collar have hand applied tarnished NCO tresse, the sewn in shoulder boards have upper panels of the medium green badge cloth and the lower panels are entirely of white wool, each has silvered brass numerals 13 and a single rank pip, each strap has the same type of rank Tresse as the collar but machine applied, the shoulder board buttons are the smaller type, the larger pebbled silver buttons are marked EXTRA FEIN, the national emblem is machine embroidered in white threads with hand sewn white thread highlights on the medium green badge cloth backing, it is hand sewn with dark grey colored cotton thread, a 1914 EKII ribbon is sewn to the second buttonhole, there are loops for one badge and a short ribbon bar had been pinned above the pocket at one time, overall garment shows age yellowing, the lower inner collar edge has come loose along some of its length, there is a rectangular patch to the lining, there are also patched repairs to the right underarm and the left upper back, there are small abraded areas to each shoulder and the right cuff reverse, there is a darned repair to the right under arm, USD $1775

https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Infanterieregimenter/IR13-R.htm

 
 

 
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