Original Excellent German WWII Heer NCO Wool Greatcoat with Infantry Junior Officer Shoulder Boards - dated 1938 Russian Awards Medals Badges Insignia so it is definitely original

so it is definitely original to the helmet

I did not think they were German

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it makes a good story but the collector from whom this came swore up and down that it was recovered from the Chesapeake Bay after almost 200 years of being encased in solid hard silt on the bottom of the bay

veterans of the Civil War and Indian Wars

Original Excellent German WWII Heer NCO Wool Greatcoat with Infantry Junior Officer Shoulder Boards - dated 1938 Russian Awards Medals Badges Insignia so it is definitely originalOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a fantastic German WWII Heer Army NCO's great coat or overcoat, dated very early in the war, and it looks like the owner was later promoted to an officer, but he kept the same great coat. NCO greatcoats were issued by the depots, and are much harder to come by than the privately purchased examples that officers would get during their service. The coat is in excellent condition, and is constructed with an