Cut that sig down to regulation size ...thats my line
Right so to recap on the uniform bit then!!!
M43 ski cap
Gray shirt Black tie
Heer panzer wrap and trews
Pink piped shoulder boards with SgtM rank and GD in silver colour
Deaths head on collars
Belt and Heer buckle
Jackboots
MP40 and some form of sidearm
MP40 canvas and leather pouches
The rest of my kit brewed up along with me Tiger2!!
Would like to wear a couple of awards for authenticity....what would they be? Tank assault??
Any links to some good kit would be appreciated!
Ref: http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/war_bad ... _badge.htm
http://www.secondworldwar.co.uk/armyranks.html
Either of our forum suppliers will sort you out with kit:
Anthony at Militaria Net: viewforum.php?f=52 Tel: 01904 491168 http://www.militaria-net.co.uk/
Chris at Northern Militaria: viewforum.php?f=35
Or
Julian at Epic Miltaria http://www.epicmilitaria.com/
You'll want a GD cufftitle too.
Award wise a wound badge is a safe one, that and panzer assault would look ok without being over the top.
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
I have a spare GD cuff title - silver script on black wool, which is probably best suited to Panzer uniforms anyway. Free to a loving home! PM me your name and address.
You've got nothing to ein, zwei, drei, vier
Thanks for the links Chommers old chap and thx to Steiner!!!
Thx for the cuff title Steiner....anything I can do in return let me know! (nothing sexual obviously!!) What are the measurements for fixing the cuff??
Well, it's said to be 15cm from the bottom of the sleeve (and clearing any pleats) - but I have seen pictures of them a lot higher than that. Right hand sleeve, too!
You've got nothing to ein, zwei, drei, vier
But 15 cm is the correct way to wear it.
By the way, BEVO is a material Adler und Ärmelbänder can be made of, it´s synthetic fabric, and hell I hade to sew this on uniforms! But it ist authentic.
I have a "Reichschule SS" cuff, it was just available in BEVO...
Hi,
15cm is correct, so it is written in the "Reibert" handbook, for EM and NCOs, the officers had it very often much higher....
Ehre, Treue Vaterland!!! "NON SOLI CEDIT"
By the way, BEVO is a material Adler und Ärmelbänder can be made of, it´s synthetic fabric, and hell I hade to sew this on uniforms! But it ist authentic.
Seconded! I hate sewing BeVo insignia (cut, fold, glue, swear, throw out of window, replace, repeat (x 3) finally sew on!) RZM type is just soooooo much easier.
Sadly, I cant really get away with RZM on my M44 tunic
When we were a Kingdom it was run by a King
When we were an Empire it was run by an Empress
Now we're a country we're run by a..........
Hi Kermit,
you are right, I buyed a new M 43 tunic made from italian wool for late war impression and it is he same, I can wear it with the RZM stle, BEVO looks much more realistic, but I know, like my wife, what do you mean by this, I dont know how many f...... BEVO eagles I have destroyed in my live...
Ehre, Treue Vaterland!!! "NON SOLI CEDIT"
I'll join in on the BeVo hating, I can't stand the stuff. You should see the state of my insignia on my tropical uniform.
S.B.H.G. = Special BEVO Hate Group
Ehre, Treue Vaterland!!! "NON SOLI CEDIT"
Hell, BEVO once I made the misstake an try to sew on a BEVO cuff by maschine...
I do a lot of handwork, but I never expected tha a fu*ing piece of fabric can buckle like that...
And I think the stiched cuffs look much more precious.
S.B.H.G. = Special BEVO Hate Group
Good idea, BUT a group would need a cuff title and we would probably only be able to get it in BeVo so non of us would sew it on.
I can so, with my magic fingers!