Original German WWII SS Italian Camouflage M1943 "Kharkov" Winter Uniform Parka - Rabbit Fur Lined Resin Guns and Grenades The Pour le Mérite was

The Pour le Mérite was an honour conferred both for military (1740–1918) and civil (1740–1810

The inside of the jacket is clearly ink stamped L-0080 (which stands for Lewis

The nickel plating is retained throughout but there are areas where the plating has bubbled up and is flaking

these are not tourist made reproductions

the C1 proved better suited to the tropical and Arctic regions

Original German WWII SS Italian Camouflage M1943 "Kharkov" Winter Uniform Parka - Rabbit Fur Lined Resin Guns and Grenades The Pour le Mérite wasOriginal Item: Only One Available. The severe cold encountered on the Russian front in the winter of 1941 42 found the Germans completely unprepared not only in heat retaining cold weather garments. This resulted in numerous, hastily improvised and makeshift heat retaining and snow camouflage items being utilized including everything from civilian winter clothing to white bed sheets. After the winter of 1941 42 the Oberkommando des Wehrmacht, (High