A bit of Gebirgsjager advice needed...

Off the top of my head, the difference between GJ's and "regular" Axis forces:

Special Gebirg's trousers
Cleated mountain boots
Bergemutze (similar to the peaked cap, but a shortened bill)
Windproof smock

Of these, the items that are commonly available are the bergemutze and the windproof smock. It would be the standard tunic worn underneath the smock.

Insignia wise, Edelweiss (spl?) on the cap is one, cant remember any others.

HTH.

http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com

WAF forum, though you need to register to see the piccies, useful for alsorts of information about uniforms/insignia etc more from a collectors aspect but as said oodles of info

http://forum.axishistory.com

again useful for searching

http://www.panzergrenadier.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=42 few members of this forum are members of here, not sure if any of the Gebirgsjager members are here (but you never know) they've not long since got their own section but theres lots of piccies and info and am sure if you had a question needing an answer they would be happy to help

http://www.gebirgsjaeger.4mg.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCUY7chnLgo

Insignia, I'll take a stab in the dark that Militaria.net has it Anthony has his own section in the forum (whether he's realised is a different matter )

Think Richardshultz has a GJ loadout ? am sure someone did one

Neil Blume is the 'grumpy gebirgsjager' lol

I'll dig out some pics from some reference books so you can see the insignia etc that can be worn.

Waffenfarbe will be HELLGRUN (Light Green)

in addition to Kermit's comment regarding edelweiss insignia on the bergmutze, you'll need edelweiss patch for right arm, if u can ski - a ski-jager arm badge and if feeling very special get a coveted Bergfuhrer(Mountain guide) breast badge in enameled metal.

Outerwear wise you can go for either a sage green windjacke(windjacket) or 3 pocketed windblusen(anorak)

If I dig out my scanner tomorrow I'll do the pics.

I know that Spearhead does both types of jacket - but never seen them in the flesh so cant comment on quality or cut.

Oh one last thing Mountain troops wore putee's instead of the usual lowboot gaitors

Cheers guys, much appreciated.

Quick question - will you be going EM or Officer?

It helps on deciding which scans to take lol

I'll be doing an enlisted man impression.

ok thanks for the info WW

I'm away from my desktop(home) using my linux laptop - so I'll do the EM scans on saturday morning if thats ok?i have a mixture of original B&W images and some modern colour 'wearing original' pics also.

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with

Del

Cheers Del, much appreciated. Hopefully someone will ask about something I'm able to help with someday so I can repay the assistance. Although as my knowledge is limited to drinking and playing hockey that's highly unlikely...

I've found most of the kit, but am having problems sourcing the specialist trousers and boots. Am going to email a couple of places and see if I can track them down.

Also what's the quality difference between uniforms from places like Epic Militaria and Spearhead? Are the higher prices from Epic worth paying?

Cheers

I will eventually get round to the reference pics - bad weekend.

for the trousers and boots you may want to try seaching german ebay? I'just typed in 'GebirgsJäger' over at ebay.de and there are some boots and rucks for sale

Out of curiosity, whats the difference between the splinter parka and the GJ slinter parka?

And What colur litzen/ shoulder boards?

Out of curiosity, whats the difference between the splinter parka and the GJ slinter parka?

And What colur litzen/ shoulder boards?

Syd - the Waffenfarbe is Hellgrun (Light green) this was mentioned in a previous post in this thread

I knew that.DOH:

Gerbirgs are a good impression to put together because a lot of the guys came from mountaineering backgrounds before the war. Therefore youd often see them wearing non issue kit. A jumper they'd worn on a prvious climb, boots thier family might have sent out to them, etc. try and find yourself a roll neck sweater or better still get an elderly relative to knit one for you Wear that under your tunic like the guys originally would have done.

Yep, as well as a whole host of other 30's mountineering kit I'v got my grubby little mits on.

I have spent many hours re-searching the correct colour. Yes its called `light green` but in reality its more a mid-green. Many people make the mistake and buy light green s/boards etc , these are actually for PZG and are referred to as `grass green` If you want the correct colour waffensfarbe s/boards, crusher caps etc i sell them ( of course) The pics on my websitre http://www.militaria-net.co.uk
are out of date if you want new pics of correct colour PM me.

cheers
Anthony

PS as with most german kit colour did vary but technicaly the correct colour is a medium green shade.

Would the Pz Gren waffenfabre be the same colour or is it too light?

Yes it would be too light, i have seen some picture of GEB`s insignia which is light almost like the PZG but these would be the execption, in most cases its medium green colour.

Any suggestions on how colour to use to doctor inf waffenfabre? I cant see any GJ insignia(Other than the elbelwiese) on the net.

Found a very interesting website - foreign language but it has Waffenfarbe on it..... And a picture stolen from......... ME!
http://panzergeneral2.atw.hu/rangjelzesek.html
Now that's how to wear a Panzer Uniform Barcelona! And with the correct accessories - Inc Tiger!!!!
So here's the page and here's their waffenfarbe for Gebirgs - That's the colour you want