Original Items: Only One Set Available. This is a very nice German WWII Heer Army Infantry Leutnant Officer's M-36 Tunic, complete with the correct trousers as well as some great awards. The trousers even retain their suspenders. The set shows moderate wear from service and in very good display condition. Unlike many uniform sets that we see, this tunic still has an intact tailor label under the collar, with another label on the inside of the inner left chest pocket and a third on the outside! It was made by F. Steiner of Augsburg, Bavaria, and likely marketed and fitted by Wilhelm Bischof of Augsburg. There is also a circular tailor’s patch on the outside of the pocket which translates to Quality mark of the men's tailoring trade. The Bischof tag has a name and rank, appearing to read as Leutnant Mensinger, with a date of July 1943.
 
The tunic features four pockets with scalloped flaps and pebbled magnetic buttons, which look to be made from pebbled stamped steel with aluminum backings and eyelets. The front closure features six of the same buttons on the right breast flap meeting an equal number of reinforced buttonholes on the left flap. All of the buttons are worn, and the backs of the buttons are blank.

The buttons are sewn directly to the fabric, which does make them a bit more prone to tearing off, however these all look to be original. There are also two hook and loop collar securing fasteners, which are fully functional. The collar stiffener/protector is still intact and in place, and appears to be original to the uniform.

The interior is lined with a lovely olive / gray colored rayon cotton blend, while the sleeves are lined with blue & red striped white rayon. There is definitely wear to the interior, with light fraying present, as well as staining in areas. There is also a large eyelet that connects to the exterior under the left waist pocket for the dagger to hang through, with the hook for the dagger still intact.

It is adorned with the usual rank and branch insignia used on German tunics. The attractive Army breast eagle is hand embroidered in aluminum bullion, and is very neatly hand stitched to the chest in a fashion typical of wartime German tailor work. The collar is wrapped in flaschengrün (dark bottle-green) wool, and has officer's field litzen collar patches on each side, which are woven from silver bullion thread with a dark bottle green background matching the collar. It is in good shape, though there is wear and some moth holes around the edge of the collar itself, which is usually one of the first places to show damage from use.

The colored stripes on the litzen are oxidized Weiß (white) Silver Bullion, the Waffenfarbe (Corps Color) during WWII for Infanterie (Infantry) and Motorisiert Infanterie (Motorized Infantry). The “sew-in” style company grade officers schulterklappen (shoulder boards) of this tunic are constructed with two rows of fine silver flatware "Russia Braid" double piping and have the correct white piping around the edges. There are no rank pips, indicating the rank of Leutnant, equivalent to a U.S. Army 2nd Lieutenant. 

The left chest pocket has two thread loops on it, where there was likely originally an award attached. Above the left breast pocket is an attached 3-place medal bar, which is missing two of the planchets. The medal bar consists of the 1914 Iron Cross 2nd Class (missing medal), the Bavarian Military Merit Cross (missing medal), and the 1914-1918 Hindenburg Cross with Crossed swords for combat. The ribbons are in fair shape but the medals could be replaced. Stitched into the 2nd buttonhole is the ribbon for the Eastern Medal, or Ostmedaille, a very interesting addition as this space was often reserved for the 1939 Iron Cross 2nd Class. 

Overall condition is very good, showing wear and staining consistent with moderate service. We cannot see any major mothing or other issues with the uniform, just a few nips around the collar insignia and some scattered small holes and tears to the exterior. The litzen and shoulder boards also show some light wear. This is a uniform tunic that that saw moderate service during the war, and overall it displays very nicely.

Along with the tunic there is a lovely pair of officers trousers in the correct stone gray (steingrau) color, with white stripes on the side for infantry issue. They show moderate wear from service, matching the condition of the tunic. The trousers still retain their original suspenders, however the suspenders are marked on the back with PARIS MADE IN U.S.A., so they are obviously added to the uniform, however they do look period and will work well for display.

A very nice named tailor made German Infantry Officer's Tunic and Trousers with some great awards and research potential, ready to display!

Approximate Measurements:-
Collar to shoulder: 9.5"
Shoulder to sleeve: 26.5”
Shoulder to shoulder: 16.5"
Chest width: 19.5”
Waist: 28.5"
Hip width: 22"
Front length: 29"

Pants:-
Waist: 15.5"
Inseam: 30.5"

Field Tunic (Feldbluse) Model 1936
Terms such as M40 and M43 were never designated by the Wehrmacht, but are names given to the different versions of the Model 1936 field tunic by modern collectors, to discern between variations, as the M36 was steadily simplified and tweaked due to production time problems and combat experience.

When the NSDAP came to power in early 1933 the Reichswehr, the armed forces of the Weimar Republic, were near the end of a two-year project to redesign the Army Feldbluse (field-blouse). Beginning in that year the new tunic was issued to the Reichsheer and then the rapidly growing Wehrmacht Heer, although minor design changes continued to be made until the appearance of the standardized Heeres Dienstanzug Modell 1936. The M36 tunic still retained the traditional Imperial and Reichswehr uniform color of grey-green "field gray" (feldgrau) wool, but incorporated four front patch pockets with scalloped flaps and pleats (on Reichswehr tunics the lower pockets were internal and angled). The front was closed with five buttons rather than the previous eight, and the collar and shoulder straps were of a dark bottle-green instead of the Reichswehr grey. Compared to the Weimar-era uniforms the skirt of the feldbluse was shorter and the tailoring was more form-fitting due to Germany's adoption of mechanized warfare: soldiers now spent much time in the confined space of a vehicle and a shorter jacket was less likely to pick up dirt from the seats. It also included an internal suspension system, whereby a soldier could hang an equipment belt on a series of hooks outside of the tunic. These hooks were connected to two straps inside the lining, which spread the weight of equipment without having to use external equipment suspenders. The M36 was produced and issued until the very end of the war, though successive patterns became predominant.