Training Unit Artillery M35 Dress Tunic (Waffenrock M35).

The M35 dress tunic was introduced for wear by all ranks on June 29th 1935 as the walking out, parade and ceremonial dress with the piped, stone grey long pants.
The design of the M35 dress tunic was based on the Imperial German army’s service tunic but was a different color and generally of much higher quality.
Originally all personnel were issued two M35 dress tunics but manufacture was discontinued in late 1939 or early 1940 and was to be reinstated at the successful conclusion of the war.
Regulations of March 21st 1940 stated that the M35 dress tunics that were no longer suitable for dress wear were to be modified and reissued to personnel of the replacement and reserve units for every day wear.

A nice quality, private purchase, field-grey wool/tricot blend construction M35 dress tunic features a vertical, eight button front closure with dual metal hooks and eyes positioned at the forward neckline and a lay down, blue/green badge cloth collar. Nice high quality machine woven breast eagle with original application to the tunic. Buttons all complete.

On November 26th 1938 the first pattern, pointed tip, shoulder straps without waffenfarben, (Branch of Service Color), piping, utilized by EM/NCO’s were replaced with a rounded tip shoulder strap that included the branch of service waffenfarben.

The different branches of service within the German army were allocated a specific, identifying, waffenfarbe, (Branch of Service Color) which was generally displayed as piping on the shoulder straps.
The German armed forces utilized a wide variety of shoulder board/strap cyphers that indicated numerous specific, assorted trades, careers, functions and/or units.
Regulations decreed that the shoulder board/strap cyphers were embroidered in the appropriate branch of service color for EM’s and Junior NCO’s.
Gothic cypher "L", indicates, Lehr, (Training/Demonstration). The German army had numerous "Lehr" units.

Gefreiters Rank Chevron (Dienstgradabzeichen).
On December 22nd 1920 the Reichsheer, (National Army), instituted a system of sleeve rank insignia for enlisted personnel. The Reichsheer system remained in effect until the newly formed Wehrmacht Heer, (Armed Forces, Army), introduced a new system on September 25th 1936. Originally the base material of the standard issue rank insignia was in field-grey badge cloth until regulations of October 1935 altered the base material to a blue/green badge cloth.

The insignia consists of a single, "V" shaped, machine woven, bright, silver/aluminum, diamond patterned, tress chevron, machine stitched on an inverted, triangular, blue/green badge cloth base.

Total length (without collar): 69cm
Sleeve length : 68cm
Shoulder width : 43cm
Chest circumference : 96cm
Waist width : 42cm