Description
Physical description
Single-breasted jacket of olive green wool, featuring an open turn-down collar faced with brown cloth and a concealed throat tab, right shoulder epaulette (RZM-marked) of black and white braided cord on a rose pink underlay (denoting class of rank and Motorgruppe locality, respectively), front fastening of four buttons, pleated breast and skirt pockets with scalloped button flaps, belt hook eyelets to either side of the waist, button cuffs and a rear vent. All external buttons are of the aluminium stipple pattern. Internally, the jacket is partially lined in brown drill and has a shell dressing pocket to the lower right side.
To the right collar point is a sewn a rectangular patch of black cloth fitted with the metal unit number '6/M11' (Sturm 6, Motorstandarte 11), while to the left is an identical patch of black cloth fitted with two metal stars above a strip of aluminium braid, denoting the rank of Obertruppführer. Sewn to the upper right arm is the NSKK eagle and swastika emblem, machine-woven in white thread onto a brown backing, while pinned to the left breast pocket is a NSDAP membership badge. Fitted around the left arm and tacked on with thread is a NSDAP swastika armband (RZM-marked), while to the lower left arm is a NSKK Qualified Driver badge (first pattern), being the eagle and swastika emblem superimposed over a wheel, machine-woven in aluminium thread on a black cloth diamond.
Label
The NSKK Feldbluse was introduced in 1936, replacing the SA-style 'brownshirt' previously worn by the organisation.
History note
The National Socialist Motor Corps (NSKK) was a paramilitary formation which was initially a branch of the SA. After the SA was purged in 1934, the NSKK became an independent party organisation and adopted its own uniform and insignia. It soon became involved with training recruits for the Army's armoured and motorised arms and during the Second World War it augmented Army and Luftwaffe transport assets. From 1944 it became a dedicated transport corps, but was disbanded with the surrender of Nazi Germany in May 1945.
Inscription
Feldbluse NSKK. aus Tuch
Hersteller: D 2/60744 [RZM logo]
Reichszeugmeisterei
der NSDAP. Nr. A 028392
Inscription
[illegible due to fading]
Motorstandarte
[illegible] I/E.
48