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Panzer 5th Regiment Tunic for Lieutenant c.1940

Currency:USD Category:Antiques Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD
Panzer 5th Regiment Tunic for Lieutenant c.1940
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Herring-bone twill, reed-green body and collar. Has silver gray bullion epaulettes with a metal "5" for the 5th Panzer Regiment. Epaulettes have pink Panzer piping, no collar tabs present. Right breast has heavy quality silver bullion Army eagle. Two pleated pockets with flaps, gray painted metal buttons (5 down front of tunic, one on each pocket flap and one on each epaulette). This HBT work jacket belonged to Lt. Rolf Kupfer, who was killed in Russia 1944. Lt. Kupfer served with the 5th Panzer Regiment 5th Light Division AFRIKA KORPS (later renamed 21st Pz Div.), first as a sergeant, then a Lt. throughout the entire North African Campaign, and towards the end was wounded and evacuated to Germany.