question WWII Smock ?

[Motmeister23]

Hello,

 

i find this Smock a long time ago. My question : Is THIS a british paratrooper smock from WWII ? Or Pre-WWII ? (Maybe for the Belgian Army ,Kongo)

:-( No label inside, no markings or stamps!

End of the arms are with buttons (3x) ?

On Pictures from the WWII, i saw only elastic-bands on the end.

 

The Condition is nice and old..hehe:-D

 

Greetings from Germany

Oliver

[Eaglehurst]

Oliver - I think you have a c.1953 Belgian Para smock. Recognisable by the half zip design. This was replaced in 1956 by the more common full zip pattern.

 

Nice example. As a matter of curiosity I am not sure who does the repairs on these smock but on the couple of examples I have they have been extremely well repaired with a dense stitch that looks bullet proof!

[Scotch Harry]

There are quite a few variations of these and is very confusing,cammo type etc,yours is a 3/4 zip variety.

[Motmeister23]

Thanks for the answer. :laugh: But is the color different between british WWII and Belgian color? Begian camo is more with yello inside, or?

 

I found this Smock in Wesel/Germany. My idee was: maybe WWII? "Operation Varsity" ? Can be.....:nut:

 

So, o.k. Belgian Army in the 50st........cry,cry..haha

[Eaglehurst]

My idee was: maybe WWII? "Operation Varsity" ? Can be.....:nut:

 

 

 

Alas no.....but that didn't stop folks from dressing them up as Brit WW2 smocks....

 

[Motmeister23]

Your right. Next question: Was it allowed in WWII to have (for exampel) the "pegasus" patches on a camo uniform?

 

On a german "Knochensack" ("Bonebag" : paratroopersmock) was only ranks allowed, not the patches of the division.:cry: (original, but in the end of the war, i think they used it)

[Morris C8]

This is just to give you an idea of the colour and pattern of a british smock, my one had a full zip put in, in service from a green over smock.

Keith