{"product_id":"original-german-wwii-heer-army-artillery-oberfeldwebel-m36-dienstrock-service-tunic-with-waffenrock-style-details","title":"Original German WWII Heer Army Artillery Oberfeldwebel M36 Dienstrock Service Tunic with Waffenrock Style Details","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very interesting pre \/ early war German WWII Heer Army Artillery EM\/NCO M-36 \u003cem\u003eDienstrock\u003c\/em\u003e Service Tunic, made in a style that is relatively close to the M35 Waffenrock dress tunic. However, it has pockets, which would not be seen on a dress tunic, and the sleeve cuffs lack any type of decorations. It is in very good lightly used condition, with the colors very well retained.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe tunic is made from attractive \"whipcord\" weave wool gabardine, in the standard Heer \u003cem\u003efeldgrau\u003c\/em\u003e (field gray) color. It features four pleated pockets with scalloped flaps, which are held closed by pebbled buttons. The front closure features eight of the same buttons on the right breast flap meeting an equal number of reinforced buttonholes on the left flap, which is the usual number seen on a dress tunic. The buttons all look to be nickel finished, and some are magnetic, while others are not, and all are maker marked on the brass backs. There are two additional hook and loop closures at the collar to keep it tightly fastened.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe interior is lined with brown brushed cotton, and features a horizontal slash pocket on the interior left chest, the standard location. The sleeves are lined with white brushed cotton with blue stripes. There is also a non adjustable interior belt to help keep the tunic looking sharp, which is the same style we usually see in Waffenrocks. There is also a large eyelet going to the left waist pocket, most likely intended for a sword or dagger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe tunic is adorned with the usual rank and branch insignia used on German tunics. The attractive Army breast eagle is a pre 1940 pattern white rayon thread machine embroidered type, used for NCOs and officers, and is very neatly machine stitched to the chest in a fashion typical of wartime German tailor work. The background is \u003cem\u003eflaschengrün\u003c\/em\u003e (dark bottle-green), used prior to 1940, and seen on many of the other insignia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe collar is wrapped in the same \u003cem\u003eflaschengrün\u003c\/em\u003e color \"badge cloth\" style wool, and is decorated with a strip of 10mm flat silver-grey woven rayon braid (\u003cem\u003eUnteroffoziers-Tressen\u003c\/em\u003e), sewn around the collar border. There are EM\/NCO \u003cem\u003elitzen\u003c\/em\u003e collar patches on each side, however they are the style usually seen on Waffenrock tunics, which feature \u003cem\u003eHochrot\u003c\/em\u003e (Deep Red) bases, the \u003cem\u003eWaffenfarbe\u003c\/em\u003e (Corps Color) during WWII for Artillery, Assault Gunners, and Heavy Flak, as well as General Level Officers. As this is an enlisted Tunic, this is definitely for artillery. The Liztenspiegel devices are made from tresse, and do not have any colored stripes (\u003cem\u003emittelstreifen\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe button attached style \u003cem\u003eUnteroffiziere Schulterklappen\u003c\/em\u003e (NCO shoulder straps) attached to the tunic have a dark green \"badge cloth\" wool base, which would be changed in 1940 to be field gray. They feature a row of NCO Tresse around the perimeter, open at the ends, and have the correct deep red piping. There are two rank \"pips\" present, which indicates the NCO rank of Oberfeldwebel (Senior Field Usher), equivalent to a U.S. Army Master sergeant. The straps should however have an opening in the tresse at the ends normally, so this suggests that the wearer was originally an Unteroffizier, but was then promoted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe combination of a service tunic body with an eight button front, fixed internal waist belt, dark green pre-1940 details, and dress style Artillery collar patches gives this tunic a particularly transitional appearance between standard \u003cem\u003eDienstrock\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWaffenrock\u003c\/em\u003e construction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOverall exterior condition is very good to near excellent. The \u003cem\u003eFeldgrau\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFlaschengrün\u003c\/em\u003e, and deep red branch colors remain strong, with no significant moth damage, holes, or exterior structural issues noted. The insignia are very well preserved, and all exterior buttons remain present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe interior shows somewhat more service wear, including localized fraying, but no major holes or serious structural damage are noted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith its Oberfeldwebel rank, deep red Artillery branch color, pre-1940 dark green insignia backing, eight button front, fixed internal waist belt, and \u003cem\u003eWaffenrock\u003c\/em\u003e style collar insignia, this is a particularly interesting early Heer service tunic with strong transitional dress characteristics. It would fit especially well in a Heer Artillery, senior NCO, early war uniform, or advanced German WWII tunic collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eApproximate Measurements:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"288\" data-end=\"291\"\u003eCollar to shoulder: 9.5\"\u003cbr data-start=\"315\" data-end=\"318\"\u003eShoulder to sleeve: 25\"\u003cbr data-start=\"341\" data-end=\"344\"\u003eShoulder to shoulder: 16\"\u003cbr data-start=\"369\" data-end=\"372\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eChest width: 19\"\u003cbr data-start=\"388\" data-end=\"391\"\u003eWaist: 17\"\u003cbr data-start=\"401\" data-end=\"404\"\u003eHip: 21\"\u003cbr data-start=\"412\" data-end=\"415\"\u003eFront length: 30\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eField Tunic (Feldbluse) Model 1936\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTerms such as M40 and M43 were never designated by the Wehrmacht, but are names given to the different versions of the Model 1936 field tunic by modern collectors, to discern between variations, as the M36 was steadily simplified and tweaked due to production time problems and combat experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen the NSDAP came to power in early 1933 the Reichswehr, the armed forces of the Weimar Republic, were near the end of a two-year project to redesign the Army Feldbluse (field-blouse). Beginning in that year the new tunic was issued to the Reichsheer and then the rapidly growing Wehrmacht Heer, although minor design changes continued to be made until the appearance of the standardized Heeres Dienstanzug Modell 1936. The M36 tunic still retained the traditional Imperial and Reichswehr uniform color of grey-green \"field gray\" (feldgrau) wool, but incorporated four front patch pockets with scalloped flaps and pleats (on Reichswehr tunics the lower pockets were internal and angled). The front was closed with five buttons rather than the previous eight, and the collar and shoulder straps were of a dark bottle-green instead of the Reichswehr grey. Compared to the Weimar-era uniforms the skirt of the feldbluse was shorter and the tailoring was more form-fitting due to Germany's adoption of mechanized warfare: soldiers now spent much time in the confined space of a vehicle and a shorter jacket was less likely to pick up dirt from the seats. It also included an internal suspension system, whereby a soldier could hang an equipment belt on a series of hooks outside of the tunic. These hooks were connected to two straps inside the lining, which spread the weight of equipment without having to use external equipment suspenders. The M36 was produced and issued until the very end of the war, though successive patterns became predominant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSS field uniforms were of similar appearance externally but to fit their larger patches had a wider, feldgrau collar, and the lower pockets were of an angled slash type similar to the black or grey SS service-dress. The second button of an SS Feldbluse was positioned somewhat lower, so that it could be worn open-collar with a necktie. Due to supply problems the SS were often issued army uniforms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Original Items","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45917197140037,"sku":"ONJR26AULC025","price":1295.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1524\/1342\/files\/6B7E6A18-F490-4CBA-87A5-F597F97E1A41.jpg?v=1790967019","url":"https:\/\/www.ima-usa.com\/products\/original-german-wwii-heer-army-artillery-oberfeldwebel-m36-dienstrock-service-tunic-with-waffenrock-style-details","provider":"International Military Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}