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Post by princeofpinoys on May 27, 2014 20:46:02 GMT -5
I keep on seeing this scarf on German soldiers and officers and on some loadouts on here, like this one from Gadge  and I am wondering what it is. |
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Post by LϟϟAH1944 on May 27, 2014 20:52:48 GMT -5
Its a scarf. There was a military issue grey wool scarf, but in the picture, its just a white scarf.
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Post by aldrich on May 27, 2014 21:57:34 GMT -5
It's an ascot. It was both a fashion item, and practical. Some soldiers would wear them to keep the wool uniform from chafing their neck.
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Post by 2nd Bat on May 28, 2014 7:58:44 GMT -5
Scarves were a practical and commonly worn accessory that adds a bit of flare and increased comfort for your uniform. Fallsimjager troops often wore a navy bluee with polka dots scarf while US airborne troops quite often fashioned scarves out of cuttaway sections of the silk camo parachutes as a sign that they had made a combat jump. (cutting up a parachute at training jumps is generally frowned upon). In winter while there were issued scarves soldiers often fashioned them from wool blankets they cut up. I really like the detail and finished appearance a scarf provides and when positioned properly the additional protection they can provide against BBs.
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Post by volkssturm on May 28, 2014 11:21:42 GMT -5
OK, that explains something. My uncle was in the 101st (killed in January 1945). There was a piece of camouflage parachute silk at my grandmother's that came back with his personal effects. I bet he'd been using it for a scarf.
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Post by patrickl29th on May 28, 2014 18:45:41 GMT -5
OK, that explains something. My uncle was in the 101st (killed in January 1945). There was a piece of camouflage parachute silk at my grandmother's that came back with his personal effects. I bet he'd been using it for a scarf. |
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Post by 2nd Bat on Jun 1, 2014 19:56:23 GMT -5
They also fashioned hammocks out of sections and shade. If there was a small section of camo parachute it no doubt was used as a scarf. The camo scarf was a big prestige item as theonly ones likely to have them had conducted a combat jump. Very cool keepsake Volks.
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