Luftwaffe Flieger NCO Uniform, Geschwader General Wever
Price: Sold
Description: Nice quality, 1935 pattern, Geschwader General Wever unit tunic of Luftwaffe blue/gray wool/rayon blend construction tunic features a vertical, four button, front closure with small fold back lapels and a lay down collar. The tunic has four, pleated, front pockets with straight edged button down flaps. The breast pockets are the basic patch type while the hip pockets are the saddlebag type with expanding side panels. The right breast has an extra high quality hand embroidered second pattern, Luftwaffe eagle in silver/gray threads embroidered onto a cut-out blue/gray wool base and is correctly applied to the tunic. The buttons are all the bright, silver washed, pebbled alloy type and have their original stitching.
Five Original award loops including one at the right pocket for either a Spanish or German Cross. Tunic has both EK2 & Ost Medal Ribbons sewn correctly within its center buttonhole; The straight cut, non-adjustable sleeves have deep, fold back, French cuffs which are tacked in the upright position at both the inner and outer sleeve seams. The side panels at the waistline each have four vertically aligned, horizontal thread loops and a central vertical slash for the belt support hooks. The reverse of the tunic has a central, vertical, tail skirt vent. The tunic has sewn on shoulder straps in Luftwaffe blue/gray wool with bright silver/aluminum, waffle patterned NCO’s tress to all the outside edges,one stamped rank pip with 2 tress tapes across each board for Sr Nco or Officer Aspirant; golden yellow wool waffenfarbe piping.
The forward edge of the collar is trimmed in bright silver/aluminum, waffle patterned NCO’s tress and twisted golden yellow rayon cording. The collar has golden yellow wool collar tabs with three rank “gulls’ ‘ to each. Original to tunic Geschwader General Wever (General Wever Squadron), Commemorative Honor cuff title to right cuff and to the left cuff is a 55mm diameter Luftwaffe crossed rifle specialty patch for ‘Flight & Air Signals Armorer’.with its outer edge trimmed with twisted, silver cording indicating NCO rank.
The interior of the tunic is fully lined in gray cotton twill and horizontal pocket to the left breast panel. The interior at the waistline has two gray cotton twill straps with six stitched eyelets to each to secure a belt support hook. Super nice tunic that although issued and worn shows very minimal use!
Background: The Geschwader General Wever, (General Wever Squadron), Commemorative Honor cuff title was one of a series of commemorative honor cuff titles introduced by the Luftwaffe to honor fallen comrades and heroic pilots of WWI. The Geschwader General Wever cuff title was introduced on June 4TH 1936 for wear by all personnel serving with Kampfgeschwader Gotha, (Bomber Wing Gotha). The cuff title was to be worn by all ranks on the lower right sleeve of the service tunic and officers were also authorized to wear the cuff title on the lower right sleeve of the flight blouse and the optional white summer tunic. Officer’s titles were produced in hand embroidered silver/aluminum wire threads while EM/NCO’s were produced in machine embroidered silver/gray threads. During the war Kampfgeschwader Gotha was redesignated Kampfgeschwader 253, then Jagdgeschwader 131 and finally Kampfgeschwader 4, but personnel retained the right to wear the cuff title.
