Germany, Luftwaffe. A Female Auxiliary’s Service Tunic, French-Made Example by Paulhan & Fils

(Luftwaffe Dienstrock für Helferin). A Luftwaffe Female Auxiliary’s service tunic, constructed of a coarse light grey wool. It features a turned-down collar which transitions into double breast lapels. The upper left arm bears a single silver-grey chevron constructed of a cotton/rayon-blended cloth. The lower half of each flap features a pocket which closes with a horizontal flap. Stitched onto the upper right breast is an insignia consisting of a dark grey wool backer bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, measuring 95 mm (w) x 45 mm (h) overall. It closes with three zink buttons on the left flap meeting an equal number of reinforced buttonholes on the right flap. The interior is fully encompassed by an off-white cotton twill liner with two interior breast pockets. The left breast is stamped with the mark of the Paris Luftwaffe clothing depot, a further Luftwaffe mark for the Information Service of the West, a maker’s mark of “ETS. PAULHAN & FILS, MONTPELLIER”, and unusual, possibly modified dates of “M42” and what appears to be “1944” circumcsribed by the maker’s mark. It measures approximately 40 cm across the shoulders, with an arm length of 57 cm, and an overall body length of 72 cm. Demonstrating only minor soiling and material fatigue, it remains in an overall extremely fine condition.