Could you please show us close up photos of the piping the band. Wondering about material structure.
My only concern is the machine sewn lining on pre war - dunkelblau krätzchen.
Machine sewing was used during the war, to speed up and improve production process. There are many examples of...
The color for DR 7 looks absolutely correct.
Below is comparison of the feldmütze's band, from my collection
..........................................Drag. Regt. 7.......................................................................................................Inf. Regt. 131
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I think Poland brought back one Renault FT Tank from Afghanistan as well. It was few years ago.
There is short article about it.
https://www.militarytrader.com/mv-101/historic-tank-to-return-to-poland-from-afghanistan
In 1920 that type of tank was successfully used by Polish Army.
I think you are right. It looks like M1894 pre war overcoat. I will confirm that after work.
Other thing is that sometimes the light is very irregular on old photos. Items that we think we know which colour they are might looks differ due to reflection, exposure time. However I think you are...
Indeed it is nice piece. Agree with you it looks untouched and it is more relicts now than a collectable item. I also really like it (y)
Regards,
Milosz