I have recently purchesed 2 m55 parade jackets. Belive it or not, but this are the first m55 jackets in my collector's career. But to the point: The air force tunic has it's insignia (collar and cuff) embrioded, not metal. Is this something unusual, or did all air force officers have embrioded insignia in that period?
I have seen another one with metal insignia, howeveer, they were most likely later replacement.
That is an unusual, but nice feature. IMHO, it is probably one of the earlier produced uniforms. After that, they used standard metallic ornaments.
I once had a navy uniform that was embroidered.
All in all, unusual and scarce.
Hello All-muell,
Marc already answered you, but I thought I could also share that I have two M55 Parade uniforms: one air force captain and one tank troops colonel and they both have the metal insignia.
I just love M55s... Aren´t they nice?
Especially the embroidered wreath ones!:love
There's nothing in the streets
Looks any different to me
And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye
And the parting on the left
Are now parting on the right
And the beards have all grown longer overnight The Who, Won't get fooled again
Many thanks to Both of You!
I also bought Armor (unfortunately requires collar emblems replacement - someone pinned infantry there) and AF, I just tought that the embrioded leaves are an indicator of "elite" status of the AF - just as velvet covered collar in armor troops.
--> Esteban: Yes, they are real nice. I paid a fortune but don't regret any cent (grosz?) spent on them...
