Douglas Jr. said:
Hi Adler!
I think it is the first time I saw a Flak Officer summer tunic!
Amazing indeed!
The others tunics are from the medical branch, aren´t they? If not, what brach wear the cornflower blue waffenfarbe?
Congratulations.
Douglas.
Very nice helmet by the way. I need to get some of my helmets up here to my place. I have a very nice Afrika Korps Pith Helmet and several very nice M-42's.
The Flak officer tropical tunic is actually one of my favorite pieces. It was actually given to me by a friend of my family who wore the uniform in Afrika. The funny thing is the cuff title on sleeve is not an authorized cuff title. He sowed on a generic brand that he had just bought. But I will not remove because it is part of his uniform and he did sow it on during WW2.
Yes you are correct Medical used the cornflower blue color. The other uniform is actually transportation and it is a shade of Light Blue as the Germans called it.
Here is a little bit of knowledge for the people who do not know what he is talking about.
Colors were employed in the design of military, paramilitary, and civil uniforms and accountrements as a methodical means of unit identification. The colors appeared on tunic facings, cap piping, armbands, etc and were known as branch of service colours or
waffengattungsfarben normally given in its abbreviated form
waffenfarbe.
Cornflower blue was used by different branches as follows:
Army: Medical
Luftwaffe: Medical
NSDAP: Justice (kind of ironic that the NSDAP had a Justice Branch huh)
SA: Medical
Waffen SS: Medical
RAD: Medical
Police: Medical
OT: Medical
Light Blue was used as follows:
Army: Transport and Supply
Luftwaffe: Administration
NSDAP: Ortsgruppe officials
Waffen SS: Supply
NSKK: French Volunteers
RAD: Justice
HJ: Flying Personnel
TeNo: Technical Service
Just about every color was used in different ways by different branches.
The other principle colors were White, Light Grey, Lemon Yellow, Golden Yellow, Orange, Bright Red, Carmine Red, Bordeaux Red, Rose Pink, Grass Green, Bright Green, Brown, and Black, and there were many varying shades of each color varying on the manufacture and material and quality of the artical being made.