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I just got this heavy paper stock promotion document for a Custom " Zollassistant to Zollsekretaer " on 27 September 1938 .

..a close-up of the top of the document .

..and the base of the document.

Close-up of the signature.

The embossed eagle cancel reads:" Der Oberfinanzpraesident Baden in Karlsruhe ".

Here now the "new" rank collar tab and shoulder board for " Zollsekretaer " .

..and here now a Customs tunic and visor cap I have .

A closer view shows this to be the "old" rank of the document for " Zollassistent ".

A better close-up of the shoulder board .

..and the collar tabs .

The tunic has the Custom eagle on the sleeve cuff band .

Here now the front of the visor cap with the Costum eagle and wreath .

..and a close-up .

...and one last side view of the tunic ,-- which I like very much . Hope you enjoyed this , Bernd.

I like to add my lates 'Oberzollsekretaer' shoulder boards to this thread.

Close-up of the 'RSV' cypher .

Dark green wool backing and button hole .

Both backs .

Bernd, very nice collection of Customs items. I have 1 tunic that is so moth eaten I planned to strip it and use the small amount of salvageable cloth to repair other items but, I just couldn't bring myself to do it. Yours looks to be in excellent condition. Do you have any photos of the interior?

Raymond : I don't have any interior Photo , but the entire interior is lined with a green silk liner and the sleeve have the more standard white with gray stripes cotton liner .The tunic is in great shape .I got it 3 years ago at the SOS show , when prices were still a little more reasonable ! Actual I also got a long rubberized raincoat with it that also had the cuffband on the lefthand sleeve . There were also high ranking slip-on shoulder boards for a 'Oberzollrat ' on that raincoat ! If you want to see more of my Customs collection , you can see it on the 'wehrmacht-awards' site under the "Police&Civil Organizations Forum " ,where I posted it under the topic of 'Customs stuff ' ( DougO )on 09-16-2007. Have fun , Bernd .

Thanks Bernd. I'll go over and check it out.

Just got this great "Dienstpass" size photo , it is just 1 1/2 by 2- inches ,of a Customs " Zollinspektor ".

..and a close-up that shows more of his shoulder board .

Bernd .....Your Zoll assemblage is a knock out!!!

What beautiful and vivid colors, which have kept their brillance over all of the years.

Your tunic and visor are quite spectacular!

To also have the Urkunde and Foto, is just icing on the cake!

Great addition to your collection... Dave/dblmed

Hi Bernd...I have a tunic same rank as you but the shoulder boards have no cypher, and the collar patches are heavy bullion. There are no holes for cyphers so perhaps a different section of Customs.

...collar tabs

...shoulder boards

...interior

Tristan : Thank you for showing your SUPER NICE tunic ! Very nice bullion tabs and shoulder boards ; his rank matches my guy in the pass port photo . In the "Rankabzeichen " List I have 193?-1945 , all shoulderboards above 'Zollwachtmeister' show the "RFV" CYPHER. So I have no idea ,why your's don't have it .Regards, Bernd.

Tristan :Here shoulder boards like your's , but with the cypher.

..and the same collar tab with the great bullion stitching !

..and a close-up. Could not resist showing this one !

Tristan : Here now the highest rank collar tab I have ; for a ' Ministerialrat'.

...and here for a ' Zollrat '.

..and my highest rank shoulder boards I have ; up to the rank of ' Regierungsrat '.

Tristan : You might also want to look for one of these ! Customs winter furr cap .

.and side view .

Tristan :.... Or you might want to look for one of these : M43 Customs Cap ( this one belongs to my son Douglas ).

...and a side view.

You also might have noticed that the tunic below these caps looks a little different in it's material ! It is a heavy wool winter type tunic .

..and a side view .

..and backside view ; just to give the complete picture !

Tristan : An other small item you might want to look for : Armband Customs shield .

.and it's backside should look like this .

Bernd...you certainly have a great collection of Zoll stuff!! I am a tunic collector and just picked this one up on the way, but the quality of it is as good as, or better, than any other tunics I have.
Have a look at The Relic Hunter web site where he has a nice Zoll tunic for a reasonable amount.