Adrian Stevenson
25th July 2008, 20:36
This example from my collection is one that has seen plenty of use and is worn and faded. Plus it has the odd little field repair.
What I particularly like is the fact that the pockets are lined with off cuts of the earlier Splintertarnmunster or known to collectors as "Green splinter pattern" camo material. The makers did not waste materials, there was a war on!
The parka is marked with the RB number makers code "0/2901/0013" and the date 1943 seen under the windflap to the front of the jacket.
Collectors used to call this camo pattern "Tan water pattern". But I think it is now good to use the actual names used during the war in the original German language.
Cheers, Ade.
What I particularly like is the fact that the pockets are lined with off cuts of the earlier Splintertarnmunster or known to collectors as "Green splinter pattern" camo material. The makers did not waste materials, there was a war on!
The parka is marked with the RB number makers code "0/2901/0013" and the date 1943 seen under the windflap to the front of the jacket.
Collectors used to call this camo pattern "Tan water pattern". But I think it is now good to use the actual names used during the war in the original German language.
Cheers, Ade.