Early 1944 pattern, cotton/rayon blend construction field blouse with an HBT (herring bone twill) weave and the machine printed M44 pattern camouflage to the exterior. The camouflage pattern is predominately light brown with random spots of tan and assorted shades of green. The field blouse features a vertical, five button front closure with small, fold back lapels, a single metal hook and eye positioned at the forward neckline and a lay down collar. The field blouse has four, non-pleated, patch, front pockets with straight edged, button flaps. The straight cut sleeve cuffs have a small, vertical, slash to the outside seam with a double closure button to each. Both the obverse and reverse of the field blouse have dual, vertical, tapering darts and the reverse also has a central, vertical, tail skirt vent. The waistline side panels each have two, vertically aligned, stitched eyelets for the belt support hooks. The belt supports hooks are present. There was a SS arm eagle sewn to the jacket at one time with some of the original stitching still remaining. The lay down collar has no collar insignia as per regulations or any evidence of any ever having been applied. The upper left sleeve has machine woven, second pattern SS sleeve eagle with out-stretched wings in silvery/grey threads on a cut-out black wool base. The eagle is machine stitched to the sleeve in the typical zig-zag fashion. The field blouse has black wool construction, slip on, shoulder straps with white waffenfarbe piping. The shoulder strap´s fabric retaining loops and field-grey pebbled alloy retaining buttons are intact. The shoulders straps indicate the rank of SS-Unterscharführer of a infantry unit. The unlined interior of the field blouse is in the natural, unbleached creme color of the material with a faint bleed through of the exterior camouflage pattern. The interior of the field blouse has light weight, tan cotton, reinforcement panels to the armpits and half way down the side panels with a vertical strap with three, stitched eyelets for the belt support hooks to each side. The forward bottom right tail skirt has a tan cotton field dressing pocket with a single button closure. The field blouse is in overall very good condition with minimal chafe wear.
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