I recently bought a pair of these by accident - they are the woolen type, not gabardine. I've nearly scored a pair of cheap riding boots to go with but what kind of loadouts would they be good for. Can you mix& match steingrau and feldgrau?
I know it's a bit cart before the horse but any advice appreciated.
As far as I know these can and were mixed n matched with feldgrau tunics and would be suitable for any field officer up to hauptman.
I have a pair also which I got off Sgt Heide which are steingrau (although not really stone coloured but certain less green than all my tunics). I got a pair of riding boots off ebay for a tenner which look the part.
I wore mine at Die Glocke and will be sporting the same ensemble at Alsos 
“I wanted to come to the Volga at a specific location at a specific city. By chance it carries the name of Stalin himself. So don’t think I marched there for this reason – it could carry another name – but because there is a very important goal... this goal I wanted to take – and you know – we are very modest, we have it already."
Adolf Hitler, November 1942
"Comrades, Red Army men, commanders and political workers, men and women guerrillas! It is on your perseverance, staunchness, fighting skill and readiness to discharge your duty to the country that the defeat of the German-fascist army and the liberation of the Soviet land from the Hitlerite invaders depend! We can and must clear the Soviet land of Hitlerite vermin."
Joseph Stalin, November 1942
Fanks Neil. Are they valid just for WfSS or for Heer as well?
Nice pic - looks like you have a pair of huge blue shoulder boards 
Fanks Neil. Are they valid just for WfSS or for Heer as well?
Nice pic - looks like you have a pair of huge blue shoulder boards
I never noticed that until you said!
Anyway, I believe they are correct for both Heer and WfSS, here's some info from Axis history forums:
The utilization of Steingrau wool for trousers was a carry over from the standard German uniform of the First World War. During the First World War the German uniform colors were transformed from tradional Prussian blues to field gray for tunics and stone gray for trousers. The field grau and stone gray combination lasted - in fits and starts - through the Reichsheer of Weimarzeit and into the early stages of the war. As the German war economy began to simplify uniform construction, the use of two different colors of wool for tunics and trousers as well as the use of bottle green wool for collar and shoulder board facings was eliminated. That being said, officer's continued the tradition of wearing field gray tunics and stone gray throughout the course of the war.
“I wanted to come to the Volga at a specific location at a specific city. By chance it carries the name of Stalin himself. So don’t think I marched there for this reason – it could carry another name – but because there is a very important goal... this goal I wanted to take – and you know – we are very modest, we have it already."
Adolf Hitler, November 1942
"Comrades, Red Army men, commanders and political workers, men and women guerrillas! It is on your perseverance, staunchness, fighting skill and readiness to discharge your duty to the country that the defeat of the German-fascist army and the liberation of the Soviet land from the Hitlerite invaders depend! We can and must clear the Soviet land of Hitlerite vermin."
Joseph Stalin, November 1942
