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U-126 Army Officer’s Service Tunic and
Breeches Set for a Signals Leutnant (2LT)
TUNIC: An outstanding piece, this tunic is made of a
light field grey Trikot fabric, with fairly noticeable ribs. The fabric has a
nice, heavy feel to it, and is quite well cut in about a size 38. The dark
blue/green badge cloth collar is in excellent condition with hardly any wear,
and the collar’s bottom side is lined in the same material as the tunic. There
is an excellent set of matte aluminum bullion signals Litzen (collar tabs) with
lemon yellow centerlines. The tunic has a fine set of matching sew-in matte
aluminum braid shoulder boards, with lemon yellow underlay. The braid is
outstanding, with only a couple of tiny deep nips into the underlay on the back
edge of the right side board that are hardly noticeable. The tunic is in
outstanding condition, with no mothing to the Trikot fabric that I can see, and
quite clean. It has a superb aluminum bullion Officer’s breast eagle, nicely
hand-applied. The left breast pocket has two sets of original loops for badges
or medals. The tunic is lined in a handsome, bronze colored rayon, with quilt
lines worked into the breast panel area on each side – a definite indicator of
private purchase tailor work, although there is no tag. There is a danger hanger
suspension strap sewn in; the clip fitting shows some oxidation and this has
stained the lining slightly - otherwise it is in excellent condition, with olive
green rayon (white pinstripes) sleeve linings. BREECHES: The
accompanying breeches are very interesting as they are grey, rather than field
grey. The fabric is an extremely fine grade of Trikot – very soft, with super
fine ribs. It is quite lightweight and would have been very comfortable to wear
(but would not have been adequate for heavy field use). The breeches would fit
someone standing about 5’5” tall (about 165cm), with an approximate 30”
waist, and are in very good condition with only some very light soiling, very
slight moth tracking in a few places and one or two tiny holes, and a repair on
each inner leg (at the same spot on each side) on the inner, upper thigh area
– not readily visible if the breeches were on a mannequin. They appear to be
complete with all of the original buttons, and have ankle / calve slits fitted
with zippers; the zippers appear to function, though one peculiar, question mark
style metal wire pull tab is missing from the right leg. The breeches are lined
around the waist in off-white cotton.
$2,000.00
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Item U-126
