Original Item: Only One Available. This is a beautiful Heer Artillery Unteroffiziere mit Portepee (Senior NCO) M35 Waffenrock Dress Tunic. The base material of the uniform is made of a fine feldgrau colored wool. The wool shows no signs of any physical damage by misuse but does display some mothing. Eight pebbled aluminum buttons adorn the front of the tunic, and all appear to be originally attached and maker marked on the back. The interior is lined with very nice olive colored brushed cotton, with a horizontal slash pocket on the left interior chest, as is standard. The sleeves are lined with white striped rayon. There is no name tag, but there is a small stamp that reads 7. / A.R. 31, with some faded numbers possibly underneath it. This would indicate 7. Kompanie / Artillerie Regiment 31.

The front breast eagle is a wartime pattern light green colored BeVo executed in silver wire. The eagle is without damage and is very neatly hand stitched to the chest in a fashion typical of wartime German tailor work. The collar is wrapped in flaschengrün (dark bottle-green) "badge cloth" wool, decorated a strip of 9mm flat silver-grey woven rayon braid (Unteroffoziers-Tressen), sewn around the collar border, and has two "hook and loop" fasteners at the front. The base material of the two dress litzen on each side of the collar opening is Hochrot (Deep Red) wool, the Waffenfarbe (Corps Color) during WWII for Artillery, as well as General Level Officers. The collar, front closure, and other areas of the tunic bear piping of the same color. The two litzen themselves are woven from a fine silver flatware tresse. The collar and its insignia, are without any noticeable damage or mothing.

The “sew-in” style Unteroffiziere ohne Portepee Schulterklappen (Junior NCO shoulder straps) of this Waffenrock have a dark green base wool, with the correct NCO Tresse sewn around most of the edge, and are piped in red. They both bear a red chain stitched number 31, for the 31st Artillery Regiment, and the buttons at the end have the number 7 on both, for the 7th Company. There are no rank pips present on the shoulder straps, and they are open at the end, which indicates the rank of Unteroffizier, an NCO rank equivalent to a U.S. Army Sergeant. The lower French style cuffs of the sleeves have a dark-green based wool, and are adorned with red piping and NCO Tress flat silver borders. The sleeve litzen are the correct silver on deep red for artillery.

Overall condition is very nice, showing light to moderate use during the war. There is definitely some fading to the exterior, as well as some areas of moth damage. The buttholes show some wear, and there is also light wear around the edges of the insignia.

This lovely Artillery NCO Waffenrock comes ready to display!

Approximate Measurements:-
Collar to shoulder: 9.5"
Shoulder to sleeve: 25”
Shoulder to shoulder: 14"
Chest width: 17.5”
Waist: 16"
Hip: 19"
Front length: 30"

The M35 Waffenrock dress tunic was introduced for wear by all ranks on June 29TH 1935 as the walking out, parade and ceremonial dress with the piped, stone grey long pants. The design of the M35 dress tunic was based on the Imperial German army’s service tunic but was a different color and generally of much higher quality. Originally all personnel were issued two M35 dress tunics but manufacture was discontinued in late 1939 or early 1940 and was to be reinstated at the successful conclusion of the war. Regulations of March 21ST 1940 stated that the M35 dress tunics that were no longer suitable for dress wear were to be modified and reissued to personnel of the replacement and reserve units for every day wear. Officers and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own uniforms and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the army’s Kleiderkasse, (Clothing Account), system. The Officers and certain senior NCO’s could choose to purchase their uniforms from the armed forces clothing depots or to privately purchase garments of higher quality. Although enlisted personnel were issued their uniforms from government supplies they were also permitted to purchase privately tailored uniforms although the price may have been restrictive.