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Title: German winter coat color?
Post by: iwik on July 23, 2015, 12:14:13 AM

Hi y'all!
We often see pilots wearing (not for flying purpose) long overcoats with a fur collar.
Any idea what the color of those coats is?
Thanks
Iiwk

Title: Re: German winter coat color?
Post by: ALBATROS1234 on July 24, 2015, 02:01:18 AM

dark brown or black would be my guess. there werent all the multicolored leather dyes back then,plus it was a more basic necessity thing not fashion. these werent issued by the military,pilots bought there own. richthofen wore an old beat up coat that he considered to be his lucky coat.