German Camo
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German Camo
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WW2 German Tropical, and Camo.
This figure is wearing the standard tropical uniform of WW2, with an example of the second pattern Army camouflage smock, in a 'marsh' pattern.
The cap is a tropical side cap. This cap has no peak and has two badges at the front. There is a national cockade of red, white and black, then above that there is a Nazi eagle, which is in blue cotton woven on a tan-orange background. There is a red cotton liner to the cap with a variety of stamps to the inside, giving makers sizings and the date of manufacture. Not quite visible in this photo, but there is a set of goggles (Italian?) held by an elastic band on the top.
The tunic is a German tropical issue item. It was designed for the tropical regions, and is made in a strong denim material. This particular tunic is a second pattern version, which varies slightly from the original, by having simplified pockets, and other slight variations. It is marked on the inside left front side with a black ink stamp, and is dated 1942.
The ruck-sack is an unusual type, it has a single pocket to the rear of the pack and a flap with one leather strap for closing. There are two webbing shoulder straps.
The other equipment is on an olive green web tropical belt. The bayonet frog is also made of an olive green web material, while the 'bread bag' is the same colour and is made of canvas. There are two ammunition pouches, each of three pockets, at the front of the belt. The ammunition pouches are made of black leather.
The Camouflage smock is a variant of the German Army's 'splittermuster' pattern. This type of Camouflage pattern became known as 'sumpfmuster', and represents a pattern, which still retains the 'rain drop' effect of earlier patterns but has softened the edges of the earlier 'zeltbahn' patterns. The basic colours on the tan background are a green and a red brown. The edges of these colours are blurred by extending their borders by a decreasing numbers of dots as the colour enters another. This smock is made of a light cotton and has no printed pattern on the inside, where the cotton is white. There is a draw string waist, and a lace-up tabbed shirt front. Also at the front of the smock, there are two vertical openings with covering flaps, these are intended for the wearer to have ready access to his equipment which is intended to be worn underneath. This particular example has had the hood and the 'skirt' removed. They were removed simply by cutting them away. It has been suggested that this was done so the hood could be used as a seperate helmet cover, a hood is often a hindrance to a soldiers ability to hear and see adequately. While the skirt may have been cut away so as to not interfere with other equipment, or to be used to Camouflage some other item. There are only two buttons on this smock, each cuff has a button and an adjustable strap to tighten each cuff.
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