Required Primary Impression Items (the minimum necessary for your impression)

Common German Name

Common English Name

Specifics

Uniform items

Feldbluse

Field Blouse

Standard, field-grey, four-pocket wool tunic.  M-40, M-42, M-43, or M-36 style,  M-40 is

preferred.  Tunic should bear the following insignia:  Private's shoulder boards in field-grey with white (infantry) or light green (panzergrenadier) piping. Collar tabs (Litzen) Field-grey with white highlights (worn with infantry piped shoulder boards only) or Einheitslitzen with only dark green highlights which may be worn with any mpression.  The collar tabs should be sewn directly to the collar without any backing, except on the M-36 tunic, which requires dark-green backing to match the collar.  The national insignia (Hoheitsabzeichen) is the eagle and swastika emblem worn over the right breast pocket.  It should be white or light grey on a dark green background, and should be of the woven "Bevo" type.  The "subdued" type is worn on later models (M-43 or M-44) tunic only.  Embroidered versions of the national insignia are normally reserved for NCOs and officers only.

Hose

Trousers

Standard field-grey, wool trousers.  M-36, M-42 (Keilhose), or M-44 (Rundbundhose).  M-42 (Keilhosen) are preferred.

Hosenträger

Suspenders

Period appropriate

Hemd

Service shirt

Grey or olive

Einheitsfeldmütze

Standard field cap

M43 Enlisted

Stiefeln

Boots

Lace-up ankle boots with gaiters (Gemaschen), or jack boots.

Strümpfeln

Socks

Grey wool

Koppelhaken

Belt hooks

2, steel preferred

Equipment items

Stahlhelm

Steel helmet

The standard German steel helmet in M-35, M-40, or M-42 patterns.  No Spanish

helmets allowed.

Koppel

Equipment belt

Standard black leather belt

Koppelschloss

Belt buckle

Heer enlisted, in plain steel, aluminum, or field grey painted steel

Seitengewehr

Bayonet and scabbard

Original German K-98 bayonet and scabbard with wood or bakelite grips.  Always worn on the left hip.

Seitengewehrträger

Bayonet frog

M31, Black leather

Kleines Spaten

Shovel

M31

Spatenträger

Shovel carrier

M31, Black leather

Koppeltraggestell

Y-straps

Also called Y-straps - are the shoulder harness worn to support the weight of the belt and equipment.  You will need the infantry style that have the extra set of straps used to carry the A-frame assault harness.

Brotbeutel

Bread bag

Original or approved reproduction M-31 or 44 breadbag in green or greyish-green

canvas.

Feldflasche

Canteen and cup

M31, Field grey or olive cover, Field grey, black, or olive cup

Kochgeschirr

Mess kit

M31, Field grey or olive

Patronentaschen

Ammo pouches

Two original or reproduction black leather, three-section ammunition pouches with a minimum of twelve stripper clips for the KAR-98K rifle.

Gasmaskentragebuschse

Gas mask can

Original gas mask can with web straps.  Can must be painted field gray.

Karabiner 98 kurz

K98k rifle

Tragreimen

K98k sling

Kopfschützen

Toque

Grey knit wool

Knackenschützen

Scarf

Grey knit wool

Handschühe

Gloves

Grey knit wool

Barrack/Bivouac items

Blanket cover

Blue/white checked

Bettuch

Sheet

Twin, white cotton

Bettdecke

Blanket

German or Italian

Zeltbahn

Shelter quarter

Splinter B

Zeltbahnausrustung

Tent poles, line, and pegs

M31

Personal items

Dienstbrille

Eyeglasses

Period, if required

Secondary-Level Items for extended/alternate impressions

Uniform items

Fliegermütze

Flyer's cap

M38 Enlisted

Hemd

Dress shirt

Blue-mingled Luftwaffe

Krawatte

Necktie

Black cotton

Langehosen

Dress trousers

M35

Schirmütze

Visor cap

Hosenkoppel

Trouser belt

Seitengewehr

Dress bayonet/scabbard

Seitengewehrträger

Bayonet frog

Tropenrock

Tropical field blouse

M41

Überfallhosen

Tropical trousers

M41

Tropenhosen kurz

Tropical shorts

M41

Tropenhemd

Tropical shirt

Tropenkrawatte

Tropical necktie

Cotton, Khakibraun

Tropeneinheitsfeldmütze

Tropical cap

M43

Tropenschirmmütze

Tropical visor cap

M41

Pullover

Sweater

Grey knit wool

Mantel

Greatcoat

M35, M40, or M42, enlisted

Parka

Overtrousers

Equipment items/Field gear

Helmet net

Jute, hemp, etc.

Tropenkoppel

Tropical equipment belt

M41

Tropenseitengewehrträger

Tropical bayonet frog

M41

Tropenspatenträger

Tropical shovel carrier

M41

Tropenkoppeltraggestell

Tropical Y-straps

M42

Tropenfeldflasche

Tropical canteen and cup

M41

Belt D-rings

Black leather

Tropical belt D-rings

Handgrenatenbeuteln

Grenade bags

Rucksack

Rucksack

Early or late pattern

Sturmgepäck

Assault frame

Sturmgepäckbeutel

Assault frame bag

Gasmaske

Gas mask

M31

Kocher

Esbit stove

Reinigungsgerät

Rifle cleaning kit

M31

Verwundpackchen

Wound dressing

Taschenlampe

Flashlight

Barrack/Bivouac items

Kissen

German-style pillow

Square 26” (66cm)

Pillow cover

Blue/white checked

Soldbuch

Identity book

Heer

Erkennungsmarke

Identity disk

Aluminum, steel, or zinc