This tunic resides in another collection, and was the property of the same owner in the years 1934-1940 or so....this photo courtesy of Schatzkammer Pajot. I shall cease now, and wish all owners of fetid black woolens viel Sammlerglueck! We can aspire to secure but a fraction of what resides in the Land of Lincoln. Postscriptum: I would add that the above are something other than the clothing of the most darling, dashing Knights Cross winners of the regime. These textile likely belonged to forgotten men of national socialism, whose names we shall never divine by the most remarkable artifice. However, they strike me as just as interesting and compelling as any ballyhooed personality piece.

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