Luftwaffe Airfield Re-enactment Group

The following items of uniform are acceptable :-

Black cotton tie.

Breeches or Riding Trousers. Lace, button or zip closing to lower leg.

M1935 Pattern trousers .

Riding Boots, soft leather with no top strap

Officers wore low-quarter black shoes with trousers.

White canvas shoes could be worn with the Summer uniform.

Schirmütze - Lightweight for Summer Wear. Also seen in the “crusher” style.

Schirmütze - Standard Officers Pattern. Often seen with the wire re-inforcing ring removed, producing a “crusher cap”, much liked by Pilots.

Fliegermütze - side cap.

Einheitsfliegermütze- M1943 pattern cap.

Waffenrock - Introduced in 1938 as a replacement for the Service Tunic (Tuchrock) and Fliegerbluse. Production ended in 1940. Officers pattern and material with silver cord to collar.

Fliegerbluse- originally had curved side pocket openings without flaps, later versions had flaps.

Sommerrock - light cotton tunic for wear from April to September. Pocket sizes matched those for the Tuchrock and Waffenrock

Blue flecked shirt- intoduced in September 1943 to replace the earlier Trikot collarless shirt.

Weiesshosen - trousers for wear with the Sommerrock.

Tuchrock - Introduced in 1935. Material was Tricot. Officers pattern and material with silver cord to collar.

Golden Brown Leather Belt with pebble finish two pronged buckle

Cuff titles for Officers were of aluminium thread embroidery on a dark navy-blue background. They indicated the particular unit the wearer belonged to. Jagdgeschwader Schlageter we have in use, this being a famous fighter unit. See links page for good replica sources. Image is of the replica, 33mm high, correct font style, beware lesser efforts !

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