Germany, Heer. An M36 Greatcoat for a Signals Major certificate_of_authenticity It was sent from Dresden

It was sent from Dresden on April 11

The blade sits securely within a nickel-plated alloy hilt with a classic double-hooked quillon

Stitched onto the tunic with its period original zig-zag machine embroidery is an insignia consisting of field-grey rayon backer bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

15 January 1943 - Lorient

QEII (BRIAN PHILIP BATCHELOR)

Germany, Heer. An M36 Greatcoat for a Signals Major certificate_of_authenticity It was sent from Dresden(Heer Mantel M36 fr einen Major der Nachrichtentruppe). An extremely well preserved Heer M36 greatcoat for a Major of Signals personnel, constructed of a heavy field grey wool cloth. It features a turned down collar which is topped with a layer of smooth dark green wool, heavily reinforced on the reverse with machine stitched darts. The shoulders are flanked by boards which are constructed of lemon yellow wool with rigid card stock cores, in turn