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NAZI FIREMAN UNIFORM JACKET & HELMET
NAZI FIREMAN'S UNIFORM TUNIC
AND DOUBLE DECAL HELMET
HOMBURG
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This unissued Nazi Feuerschutz uniform tunic and double decal helmet are
offered for sale for $1595.00 delivered to any address in the United States. We will be happy to provide the buyer with full information about the GI that brought these items back from Europe in 1945. We can ship abroad at additional cost. Please inquire. |
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We recently purchased this beautiful original tailored Nazi fireman's uniform tunic and helmet from the estate of the well-decorated US 320th Infantry Regiment 35th Infantry Division Sergeant who brought it back to the States at the end of World War II.
The Obertruppmann Rock or tunic is unissued - it still has the original paper tag of the manufacturer, Uniformfabrik Franz Fiedler of Trier and Saarbrücken, sewed inside the right lapel. The size is clearly indicated on the paper tag giving measurements for all the variable parts.
It is identical to the uniform jacket shown in the drawing shown right, taken from the Third Reich Reinwart Fire Equipment catalog (not for sale).
The shoulder boards are those of a Feuerschutz Obertruppmann and there are two aluminum buttons above the vent in the center of the back.
The 1-pip shoulder boards and the collar tabs are woven with silver metallic thread.
The 3-1/4 x 4 inch woven insignia on the left sleeve shows that the uniform was made for the Fire Department of the small town of Homburg in between Kaiserslautern and Saarbrücken near the French border.
The buttons are marked with the RZM logo and the number M5/314 which denotes Paul Brüder of Tyssa bei Bodenbach in the Sudetenland.
This Nazi tunic has been stored in a cedar chest in the low humidity climate of the Black Hills of southwestern South Dakota for the last 60+ years. It appears to be in perfect condition. We can find no holes, no mothing, and of course there is no wear.
If you need an outstanding example of a Third Reich Feuerschutz Rock, this is it.
The size 56 Nazi double decal fireman's Stahlhelm was no doubt virtually new as well when the veteran brought it back to America, and is in fine overall condition. Our pictures show it perfectly.
The original chin strap and the five tabs for attaching a neck guard are supple and in excellent condition.
The cord for adjusting the lining leather is missing and four of the lobes that the adjusting cord originally went through are damaged (see picture below). The lining leather is perfectly supple but slightly dirty. We have not cleaned any part of either the helmet or the uniform jacket.
The original Third Reich red, white and black swastika decal is about 95% and the original black and goldish silver eagle and swastika decal is about 99%.
The helmet is stamped inside the flare with the letter A, the letter X and some of the letters of the name and address of the manufacturer. We can not read the name of the manufacturer without removing paint but we can read four letters in a row and they are THAL.