German WWII Luftwaffe Tropical Blue Tunic, Bleached Some rust bleed is evident

Some rust bleed is evident on the rear right side of the shell

Faint remains of a name in the sweatband—possibly French Canadian—alongside what appear to be museum accession numbers

and should be handled with care

the 4th SS Police Division was still using Police rank titles prior to transitioning to the Waffen-SS rank structure

German WWII Luftwaffe Tropical Blue Tunic, Bleached Some rust bleed is evidentA fascinating and well service worn example of a Luftwaffe blue tropical tunic, showing extensive and uneven fading consistent with long term use in desert conditions. This particular tunic exhibits the distinctive characteristics of field or chemically induced bleachinglikely a result of the common front line practice among Luftwaffe and Army personnel in North Africa, where petrol or similar agents were used to artificially age uniforms and suggest