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circa 1939. Private purchase item, cloth made of fine gabardine, dark green long collar, complete with all insignia. The breast eagle in hand-embroidered metallic thread execution, collar tabs and sleeve patches in special execution, hand-embroidered in metallic thread. Sewn-in shoulder boards with overlays bearing the cipher “GD”. On the right sleeve with the cuff title in special execution for the tunic, woven in Bevo metallic thread, hand-sewn. Hanging from the shoulder, the parade dress cord. On the chest, loops for a medal bar and 2 pin-on badges. Interior with green silk lining and woven label “Feine Maßschneiderei Wilh.Satorius Helmarshausen”. Sleeve length 60 cm, chest circumference 76 cm, length 70 cm. Typical wear, minor moth damage at the height of the right thigh, 2 pinhole-sized holes below the right shoulder blade. Overall condition 2. One of the rarest uniforms of the German Wehrmacht!

The parade tunic for Infantry Regiment “Großdeutschland” was introduced in 1939 for the grand parade on the occasion of Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday and was worn only this one time. Apart from the officers' tunics, these are all chamber pieces of identical manufacture. During the war, the stored tunics were stripped of their insignia and reissued in simplified form to recruits as barracks uniforms for formal duty and worn. For this reason, only very few pieces have survived in their original 1939 condition.

Berlin, circa 1939. Depot-issued piece, the cloth in early field-gray depot quality, dark green long collar, complete with all insignia. The breast eagle in Bevo metal-thread woven execution, collar patches and sleeve chevrons in special execution, metal-thread woven. Sewn-in dark green shoulder straps with embroidered cypher “GD”, and buttons of the 8th Company. On the right sleeve with the cuff title in special execution for the tunic, Bevo metal-thread woven, hand-sewn. Interior green lining with depot stamp “.. B 39”. Sleeve length 60 cm, chest circumference 76 cm, length 70 cm. Typical wear marks, small hole at right thigh level, and at the neck. Overall condition 2-. One of the rarest uniforms of the German Wehrmacht!

The parade tunic for the Infantry Regiment “Großdeutschland” was introduced in 1939 for the grand parade on the occasion of Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday and was worn only this one time. With the exception of officers' tunics, these are all depot-issued pieces of the same manufacture. During the war, the stored tunics were stripped of insignia and reissued in simplified form to recruits as barracks uniforms for formal duty and worn out. For this reason, only very few pieces have survived in original 1939 condition.

Elegant privately purchased piece, manufactured in Nürnberg. Made from fine gabardine cloth, complete with all insignia. Hand-embroidered bullion breast eagle on dark green base, hand-sewn, collar tabs and sleeve insignia in hand-embroidered bullion execution. Sewn-in shoulder boards, Waffenfarbe pink. Interior with green silk lining and woven tailor's label “Schneiderei Eder Nürnberg Fürtherstrasse 3”. The tunic shows minimal wear, pinhole-sized hole under the left armpit. Sleeve length 60 cm, chest circumference 80 cm, length 69 cm, condition 3.

Elegantes Eigentumstück, hergestellt in Berlin 1935. Fertigung aus feinem Gabardinetuch, komplett mit allen Effekten. Metallfaden handgestickter Brustadler auf feldgrau, per Hand vernäht, Kragenspiegel und Ärmelpatten in Metallfaden-handgestickter Ausführung. Eingenähte glänzenden Schulterstücke, Waffenfarbe orange. Auf der Brust Schlaufen für eine Feldspange und 2 Steckabzeichen. Über die Schulter hängend die Paradefangschnur. Innen mit grünem Seidenfutter, und gewebtem Schneideretikett "Petschke Berlin", in der Innentasche mit gedrucktem Etikett mit handschriftlichem Trägernamen "Ing. ..ü.te August.1935". Der Waffenrock ist nur minimal getragen. Armlänge 63,5 cm, Brustumfang 76 cm, Länge 70 cm, Zustand 2.