GERMAN WW2 M40 TUNIC ENLISTED MAN WOOL FIELD JACKET WITH INSIGNIA

Original M1940 NCO Tunic in field grey wool.  This WWII German M-1940 tunic features four pleated patch pockets with scalloped flaps. With pebbled aluminum buttons.  Has sewn corded keyholes, buttonholes and belt supports.  Lined with cotton twill fabric. Looks to have some original WW2 German field repairs and a few holes. This is an actual combat worn M40 Tunic.

The Model 1940 Tunic was a simplification of the earlier M-1936 Tunic.

The Main difference is that the “Bottle Green” Collar of the M-36 was eliminated. Future uniforms retained the pleated pockets, internal suspenders, and all other features of the earlier M-36. The Model 1940 Tunic was used throughout WWII from the Invasion of France, all the way through to the capitulation of the Third Reich in 1945.

Stamped inside with mark:  106117. 

Size 36 chest 

Comes with the following insignia:

• German Heer Army Enlisted Man Infantry shoulder boards in bottle green
• German EM Bevo Litzen Collar Tabs
• Ribbon Bar:  War Merit Cross 2nd class with swords
• German EM Bevo Breast Eagle
• Black Wound Badge ( looks corroded)

The Deutsche Heer, the Army of the German Military during the Third Reich, was established in 1935. Over the next 10 years, German Army troops wore a huge variety of uniforms. Enlisted men generally wore uniforms issued from military depots. Most enlisted soldiers wore wool trousers and a tunic with four external pockets, known as a Feldbluse (field blouse). Before the war, soldiers also were issued a walking-out tunic, with flashy insignia, called the Waffenrock.

Officers wore the same general uniform styles, but as officers had to supply their own uniforms, they usually wore tailor made versions. There were also myriad varieties of specialized uniforms worn by certain units or in specific situations, from the stylish black wool “wraps” worn by crews of armored fighting vehicles, to the drab HBT work uniforms.

There were also tropical and summer uniforms, and camouflage smocks for combat troops.

In 1944, a new uniform was introduced, featuring a short jacket with only two external pockets.