Original Item: Only One Available. This is a excellent condition Heer Artillery Oberleutnant Officer's M35 Waffenrock Dress Tunic, complete with dress Aiguillette cords. The base material of the uniform is made of a fine feldgrau colored wool. The wool shows signs of light use, not showing any major wear, tear, or mothing. It features eight silvered pebbled buttons on the front closure, which are all in very good condition, along with two hook and loop clasps at the collar. The buttons are all magnetic, made from steel backings and eyelets with pebbled aluminum tops. There is also a small plastic button installed between the silver buttons, used to help attach the aiguillette cords. The breast features a lovely hand embroidered silver bullion thread eagle, sewn into a dark bottle green wool backer. 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 a flaschengrün (dark bottle-green) "badge cloth" wool, and the base material of the two bullion officer's 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 thread. The collar and its insignia are without any noticeable damage or mothing. The lower French style cuffs of the sleeves have the correct bottle green wool base, and are adorned with the correct white piping and litzen matching the collar. The “sew-in” style Leutnante Schulterklappen (junior officer shoulder straps) of this Waffenrock are constructed with two rows of fine silver flatware "Russia Braid" double piping and have the correct deep red bases that protrude around the edges. Each has a single gold rank "pip" installed, for the junior officer rank of Oberleutnant, equivalent to a U.S. Army 1st Lieutenant. We can also see two thread loops on the left chest for attachment of an award, now removed.

The interior is lined with a very nice olive colored cotton rayon blend, with a horizontal slash pocket on the left interior chest, as is standard. There is another smaller pocket below this, and the waffenrock still retains a Mohr & Speyer A.G. tailor tag in the back of the color. There is even a MOHR & SPEYER A.-G. marked name tag inside of the inner breast pocket, however it was either never filled out, or the original writing has worn away. The sleeves are lined with fine striped ivory colored fabric, which is probably also a cotton rayon blend, and very soft. There is an internal belt to help give it a better profile, which is not adjustable.

To top this off, the tunic has an officer's dress aiguillette cord setup on the right hand side, held under the shoulder board and attached to the buttons. These were to be worn on specific occasions requiring formal dress, or at any time on Parade when A H might be present.

Overall condition of the Waffenrock is very good, showing light wear from service without any major damage. The buttons all match, and there do not look to have been any replaced. There is light wear around the collar, one of the first places to show wear, but it is still solid.

This gorgeous Artillery Oberleutnant Officer's Waffenrock comes ready to out fit with some awards and display!

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.