Original Item: Only one Available. This is an original WW2 uniform for German Forestry officers during WWII. The tunic has a velvet green collar with silver twist cord piping and is made of fine quality green wool. The tabs are Velvet green with silver twist cord piping and silver bullion wire weave for the leaves and acorn on the collar. The silver bullion shows that the rank of this officer was Oberforstmeister. This loosely translates as senior forestry officer and is a high-ranking position. The tunic features a War Merit Cross 1st Class without swords on the left breast pocket and an original 2 piece constructed NSDAP armband with the Swas stitched onto the white circle. The tunic collar is the standard velvet green. All of the silver pebbled buttons are the same and retain their original finish. Rather than the usual medal loops, there are two sewn holes for two medals on the pocket.

There is no damage to the tunic and it is in excellent shape. It also comes with straight-leg wool trousers. These trousers are also in a good shape with no visible damage to it. There is a name written on the waistband but we can’t make it out. The size of the trousers are stamped 52.

Measurements:
Collar to Shoulder: 10”
Shoulder to Sleeve: 26”
Shoulder to Shoulder: 18”
Chest Width: 16”
Waist Width: 15”
Hip Width: 17”
Front Length: 33”
Inseam: 25”
Waist: 32”

The Forstverein was a civil union, founded in 1899, whose members were either Foresters or Forest owners and was founded to give more "power" to their interests when dealing with the Governments of the states or the Reich. Their "targets" were mainly economical with some "spreads" of caring for nature and forests. The aim of the association was: to take care of the German forest, the promotion of forest economy and science and the exchange of personal ideas

The War Merit Cross (Kriegsverdienstkreuz) was a decoration of NSDAP Germany during the Second World War, which could be awarded to military personnel and civilians alike. By the end of the war it was issued in four degrees, and had a related civil decoration. It was created by Adolf AH in October 1939 as a successor to the non-combatant Iron Cross which was used in earlier wars. The award was graded the same as the Iron Cross: War Merit Cross Second Class, War Merit Cross First Class, and Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross. The award had two variants: with swords given to soldiers for exceptional service "not in direct connection with combat", and without swords for meritorious service to civilians in "furtherance of the war effort". As with the Iron Cross, Recipients had to have the lower grade of the award before getting the next level.

The ribbon of the War Merit Cross was in red-white-black-white-red; that was, the red and black colors being reversed from the ribbon of the World War II version of the Iron Cross. The ribbon for the War Merit Medal was similar, but with a narrow red vertical red strip in the center of the black field. Soldiers who earned the War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords wore a small crossed-swords device on the ribbon. The War Merit Cross 1st Class was a pin-backed medal worn on the pocket of the tunic (like the Iron Cross 1st Class). The ribbon of the War Merit Cross 2nd Class could be worn like the ribbon of the Iron Cross 2nd Class (through the second buttonhole). Nonetheless combat soldiers tended to hold the War Merit Cross in low regard, referring to its wearers as being in 'Iron Cross Training'. The Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross was a neck decoration and worn the same way as the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross.