![]() |
||||||
| SS M39 Field Blouse (Feldbluse)
Please read here about the proper fit of the jacket. With the introduction of the SS M-1937 field uniform the LAH and Verfüngstruppe adopted the Army's field-gray for the first time. The entire uniform was almost completely copied from the Army's M-1936 uniform. Trousers were almost identical to Army M-36 pattern and the blouse was also of the same pattern, except for the four button front (which could be worn open with a tie or closed), the field-gray collar, the internally hung lower pockets with slanting flaps, and the shallow top pocket flaps (which resurfaced later on some M42 style SS blouses). The blouse also incorporated the Army's new internal canvas load bearing suspenders, eliminating the need for the wide webbing suspenders previously used on the earth gray field uniform. Accordingly, the two belt hooks, one on each side, used on the earth-gray M34 field blouse were replaced with four. This uniform, alongside the earth-gray M34 field uniform, was the predominant uniform worn by the troops of the new LAH and Verfügungstruppe (later Das Reich) Divisions from the invasion of Poland through the end of the early stages of the campaign in Russia (1939-1941). The new Totenkopf and Polizei Divisions were mostly dressed in Army M36 uniforms. In 1940, the SS pattern changed to an exact copy of the M36 Army style with patch pockets and dark green collar. The M34 earth-gray uniforms were ordered to be pulled out of field service in mid-1941, but field-gray M37 patterns continued in battle until all stocks were exhausted, with some examples turning up in amazingly late war photos, especially since this blouse was no longer produced after early 1940. Our field blouse includes sleeve eagle, direct sewn collar tabs and internal load suspension. This item is proudly made in Dallas, Texas Price $350 Shoulder straps are $15 with purchase of jacket. Shipping in Continental US: $10 |
||||||
![]() |
||||||