Hauptmann's tunic of the 520th infantry regiment of the Wehrmacht
Hauptmann's tunic of the 520th infantry regiment of the Wehrmacht. The label marked: February 20, 1940, by tailor Mathias Hain. The owner of the tunic, Obltn Hillgarthner. Tunic made of high-quality diagonal trickot. Collar tabs and straps are sewn during the tailoring of the tunic. There is an iron cross ribbon in a buttonhole and traces of wearing awards on the left pocket, but there are no loops. On the right pocket, there is a loop for a German cross. The tunic is moth-damaged in some places. The breast eagle was placed after the war. Small size, approximately 48-50.
The 520th Infantry Regiment fought from 1940 in the French company, and in 1941 participated in the occupation of the Soviet Union from the Lemberg region, with further battles in the region of Brody, Zhytomyr and Kiev, Bryansk and Orel, and in January 1944 was destroyed near Bobruisk