Hi everyone
Thought I would post this WIP in collaboration with my long suffering mate Jimbo .....
As it goes ...." I have an idea Jim" ......
If you can do the pose I will sort the rest out .....
Did he ??....
Here's the main reference's
( Wound Badge )
( Early Para badge )
( Close Combat )
( Sports Badge )
As you can see Jim did a fine job ....I played around with the arms ....not happy so it's going back to him to sort out !!....he likes me really
Pics curtesy of iffyvision ...will try to get better ones before I send it off to Jimbo
Some details from a PF member ...cheers ..you know who you are
The uniform he's wearing is the Fliegerbluse (flight blouse), most commonly worn by aircrew & paratroops (under the paratroop smock), & Hermann Goering Regiment/Division troops with the white collar patches. The blouse was also worn frequently by Flak personnel in the latter years of WW2, & in the same configuration with collar fastened up to the neck.
As well as the uniform, his decorations are interesting - he's obviously a veteran.
The Luftwaffe Ground Combat Badge is rarely seen in photos, but in combination with the Hitler Youth Sport Leader's Badge it's even more scarce.
The man's medal ribbon bar is interesting too; he seems to have a Long Service medal (this came in 3,6,9 & more year versions), Iron Cross 2nd Class, Russian Front 1941-42 Medal & I think the final one is the medal awarded for the German occupation of the Memelland (although I could be wrong here, but it's definitely not the one for the invasion of Czechoslovakia, which had a red & black ribbon).
His collar patches are definitely not the usual Fallschirmjager yellow; I think it's more likely they are a rifle green shade as in Jager troops (there are several illustrations by Ron Volstad of Fallschirmjager during the latter part of the war wearing rifle green Waffenfarbe, as they were elite light infantry once the majority of them ceased to be parachute trained).
Stay tuned
Nap
Thought I would post this WIP in collaboration with my long suffering mate Jimbo .....
As it goes ...." I have an idea Jim" ......
If you can do the pose I will sort the rest out .....
Did he ??....
Here's the main reference's
( Early Para badge )
( Close Combat )
( Sports Badge )
As you can see Jim did a fine job ....I played around with the arms ....not happy so it's going back to him to sort out !!....he likes me really
Pics curtesy of iffyvision ...will try to get better ones before I send it off to Jimbo
Some details from a PF member ...cheers ..you know who you are
The uniform he's wearing is the Fliegerbluse (flight blouse), most commonly worn by aircrew & paratroops (under the paratroop smock), & Hermann Goering Regiment/Division troops with the white collar patches. The blouse was also worn frequently by Flak personnel in the latter years of WW2, & in the same configuration with collar fastened up to the neck.
As well as the uniform, his decorations are interesting - he's obviously a veteran.
The Luftwaffe Ground Combat Badge is rarely seen in photos, but in combination with the Hitler Youth Sport Leader's Badge it's even more scarce.
The man's medal ribbon bar is interesting too; he seems to have a Long Service medal (this came in 3,6,9 & more year versions), Iron Cross 2nd Class, Russian Front 1941-42 Medal & I think the final one is the medal awarded for the German occupation of the Memelland (although I could be wrong here, but it's definitely not the one for the invasion of Czechoslovakia, which had a red & black ribbon).
His collar patches are definitely not the usual Fallschirmjager yellow; I think it's more likely they are a rifle green shade as in Jager troops (there are several illustrations by Ron Volstad of Fallschirmjager during the latter part of the war wearing rifle green Waffenfarbe, as they were elite light infantry once the majority of them ceased to be parachute trained).
Stay tuned
Nap
