Restoration project - before - Page 2

DougD · 05-30-2006, 05:00 PM

The same guy had 2 M1945 tunics that also needed this type of restoration and I passed on those; but the M1943 parade items are so much rarer that I just could not give up on it without trying.

DougD

Nack · 05-31-2006, 08:11 AM

Too bad the pants have to fall on the sword in the effort :(

vikingraider1 · 06-01-2006, 10:14 AM

Do you know the General who the tunic belonged to? How much do you think it will be worth when it is restored ? As you rightly point out, these are so rare it would be a shame to let it be binned.

DougD · 06-01-2006, 11:20 AM

No way to trace it; uniforms given to film studios are so altered as to make their history moot. As for value, really difficult to say. I guess alot depends on how well the restoration goes.

DD

ekclete · 06-02-2006, 03:52 PM

This just goes to show you how rare these tunics are. For someone to even attempt a restoration on a uniform in this condition speaks volumes to me. I hope it goes well Doug. I will be interested in seeing the completed work.

DougD · 10-14-2006, 11:24 AM

Well, I found a nice older Polish lady that does alterations and she has agreed to try the job out. She is odd, but I have been told she is really dedicated to projects once she gets going, and works with local tailors and cleaners. So, at least the first step is taken!

I hope to have updates in a few months.

DD

RussiaBoy · 10-14-2006, 01:05 PM

Way to go Doug! :D

willie777 · 08-10-2007, 09:30 PM

10 months later-Any news?

DougD · 08-10-2007, 11:10 PM

Don't remind me its been almost a year!!! i have been told that progress has been made, but i do not know what that really means...might, stress might, have more news near end of sep.

dd

willie777 · 08-12-2007, 02:41 PM

Sorry...:o

05-30-2006, 05:00 PM	#11
DougD Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: NJ Age: 51 Posts: 2,060	tunic The same guy had 2 M1945 tunics that also needed this type of restoration and I passed on those; but the M1943 parade items are so much rarer that I just could not give up on it without trying. DougD

06-01-2006, 10:14 AM	#13
vikingraider1 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: London, Home of West Ham United Age: 54 Posts: 328	Do you know the General who the tunic belonged to? How much do you think it will be worth when it is restored ? As you rightly point out, these are so rare it would be a shame to let it be binned. __________________ "We can truly say that the whole circuit of the earth is girdled with the graves of our dead... and, in the course of my pilgrimage, I have many times asked myself whether there can be more potent advocates of peace upon earth through the years to come, than this massed multitude of silent witnesses to the desolation of war." King George V, Flanders, 1922

06-01-2006, 11:20 AM	#14
DougD Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: NJ Age: 51 Posts: 2,060	general No way to trace it; uniforms given to film studios are so altered as to make their history moot. As for value, really difficult to say. I guess alot depends on how well the restoration goes. DD

06-02-2006, 03:52 PM	#15
ekclete Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: West St Paul, MN USA Age: 61 Posts: 236	This just goes to show you how rare these tunics are. For someone to even attempt a restoration on a uniform in this condition speaks volumes to me. I hope it goes well Doug. I will be interested in seeing the completed work. __________________ Thanks, Clete

10-14-2006, 11:24 AM	#16
DougD Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: NJ Age: 51 Posts: 2,060	restoration Well, I found a nice older Polish lady that does alterations and she has agreed to try the job out. She is odd, but I have been told she is really dedicated to projects once she gets going, and works with local tailors and cleaners. So, at least the first step is taken! I hope to have updates in a few months. DD

05-31-2006, 08:11 AM	#12
Nack Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: The Buckeye State Age: 46 Posts: 513	Too bad the pants have to fall on the sword in the effort :(

10-14-2006, 01:05 PM	#17
RussiaBoy Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Columbus, Ohio Age: 35 Posts: 33	Way to go Doug! :D

08-10-2007, 09:30 PM	#18
willie777 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 392	10 months later-Any news?

08-10-2007, 11:10 PM	#19
DougD Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: NJ Age: 51 Posts: 2,060	10 months Don't remind me its been almost a year!!! i have been told that progress has been made, but i do not know what that really means...might, stress might, have more news near end of sep. dd

08-12-2007, 02:41 PM	#20
willie777 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 392	Sorry...:o

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