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Colonel Tigh117
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Hi Again all,

later this year i am planning on either customizing my current kit, or starting a new one, and theme it on Gebirgsjager,

First question of many (in the future im sure), the edelweiss cap badge, i have seen a few options online, was this a sewn on patch or a metal badge of some sort?!

Thanks

John

 
Posted : 14/05/2015 12:22 pm
Seanebabes
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:D Splendid.
Metal badge sown onto the bergmutze cap (slightly different to the M43 field cap). Embroidered cloth badge sown onto the right sleeve.See Pride of England's excellent article here...
http://www.ww2airsoft.org.uk/german-gebirgsjager/
And we will see you up the mountains. :good:




 
Posted : 14/05/2015 12:48 pm
cjw957
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go early army gj then you can buy my trousers that are for sale loooooool

i have got rid of most of my german kit but i keeping a GJ loadout as its a fun one and so many have now :)




 
Posted : 14/05/2015 2:33 pm
Granger
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go early army gj then you can buy my trousers that are for sale loooooool

Shameless plug is shameless lol

Regards,

Ralph

 
Posted : 14/05/2015 4:36 pm
Colonel Tigh117
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go early army gj then you can buy my trousers that are for sale loooooool

Nice sales pitch lol, so wwhat'sthe difference between gj and std heer trousers then!? I may of considered it if iI hadn't already over spent this month :(

 
Posted : 14/05/2015 7:10 pm
Colonel Tigh117
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Nice sales pitch lol, so what's the difference between gj and std heer trousers!? I may of considered it if I hadn't already over spent this month :(

 
Posted : 14/05/2015 7:12 pm
cjw957
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i think after the early part of the war they mainly had standard heer ones , sure pride will tell us more :)




 
Posted : 14/05/2015 7:44 pm
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Berghosen were wide cut trousers with a narrow taper, reinforced crotch a pronounced seam down the front and canvas or leather straps at the ankle. M43 hosen look fairly similar. You only need get Berghosen if your sad like me though. And yes as Chris said they could be issued standard hosen especially as supplies became tighter late in the war :good:

 
Posted : 14/05/2015 9:17 pm
MartinR
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As above, normal trousers are fine (although my wartime dated Swedish trousers are cut in a very similar cut to bergehosen including the taper). You can't see the the trouser straps anyway because you'll be wearing puttees.

Metal cap badge, cloth arm badge and jager shoulderboards. Job done. (and maybe puttees, I use old British Army short ones).

Cheers
Martin

"Mistakes in the initial deployment cannot be rectified" Helmuth von Moltke
Toys: AGM MP40, Cyma M1A1, TM M14/G43/SVT40, TM VSR/K98, SnS No. 4, ASG Sten, Ppsh.
Arnhem3,Gumrak,Campoleone

 
Posted : 15/05/2015 9:18 am
Seanebabes
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The later war standard issue M43 trousers were cut to a similar style as the Berghosen, but without the smart crease down the front. Go for M43's and you are pretty close regardless.




 
Posted : 15/05/2015 12:06 pm
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