Germany, Heer. A Tropical Wehrmacht Signal Troops EM/NCO’s Blouse GTRexclude an EM/NCO’s portepee

an EM/NCO’s portepee

(Gau Osthannover Ehrenzeichen)

inside lid in red satin

unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a Third Reich-period replacement piece retrieved from the medal horde at the ruins of the C

The city later became part of Poland after the Potsdam Conference of 1945

Germany, Heer. A Tropical Wehrmacht Signal Troops EM/NCO’s Blouse GTRexclude an EM/NCO’s portepee(Wehrmacht Tropenbluse). An example of a tropical blouse belonging to Wehrmacht Signal Troops personnel, as worn in the entire Mediterranean theater of war, including Africa and Southern Italy. The shirt is constructed of olive drab coloured cotton twill, featuring a traditional turned down collar that transitions into breast flaps. Each flap has a horizontal slit breast pocket and a horizontal slit waist pocket, all secured shut via a scalloped flap