Germany, Heer. A Pioneer Leutnant Summer Tunic, Field-Made from Red Army Cloth Newly Listed demonstrating minor tarnishing and with

demonstrating minor tarnishing and with a replacement suspension loop

with steel plates embedded onto either side of the handle and held in place via two large rivets

that was unthinkable among my Air Force friends

inscribed “Virtuti et Merito” (Virtue and Merit) in capitalized Latin within a white enameled cross

the handle grip composed of two piece of pebbled black bakelite secured together with dual magnetic metal rivets

Germany, Heer. A Pioneer Leutnant Summer Tunic, Field-Made from Red Army Cloth Newly Listed demonstrating minor tarnishing and with(Heer Sommerrock fr einen Leutnant der Pioniere). An interesting Heer Pioneer (engineer and construction personnel) Leutnants summer tunic, constructed of captured Red Army plash palatka (poncho shelter) cloth, which is executed in a light brown cotton blend. The tunic features a turned down collar which is lined on the obverse with a layer of smooth dark green wool, while the reverse is reinforced with machine embroidered darts. Pioneer tabs flank