Description
Amazing piece I picked up here, this uniform originally started its life as an Heer (Army) service uniform, later it was reissued by the company ‘LIGO’ into an SS Officer uniform. The base tunic is a very rare example of an occupied Poland made service tunic. The green collar shows wear and the SS bullion officers collar tab with rank tab with three pips show perfect matching wear to one another. There is no major holes though some of the uniform shows period wear on the bottom edge as well as the inside lining. The shoulder straps show the dark yellow piping with black base and no pips, this would be correct for an Officer serving in the Aufklärungsabteilungen better known as Reconnaissance. The left sleeve shows the SS bevo sleeve eagle as well as the bevo cufftitle showing he was a member of the SS Division Götz von Berlichingen, these men fought against the Americans on the Western Front. Inside the pocket we can see the original size markings from LIGO as well as the marks (Ost Pris) the German abbreviation for Ost Prussia (Poland.) I have supplied many detailed photographs that speak for themselves, truly a remarkable set here!
Note – Recon units were known as Aufklärungsabteilungen. They served as the “eyes and ears” of a division, tasked with locating the enemy, mapping routes, screening flanks, and securing bridgeheads before the main body of troops arrived. For the Waffen-SS, reconnaissance battalions were assigned to major motorized, panzer, and panzergrenadier divisions
