“The shirt and trou I received are both in excellent condition, as new still with the creases, no rusting on chrome fittings, no stains, no holes! Great to get a set of this iconic camo in rare large/reg too. Soon as I saw that I just had to have them!”
“I was just in the Auck store and bought one of these shirts off the rack. Great buy for $25. The shirts on the rack each had differences in design. Some had waist pockets and chest pockets, others had chest pockets only. Some had tabs on the rear of the shoulders (sort of like rank attachment points, but don't know what purpose they served). There were other interesting differences too. All were the same basic shirt and showed their varied service history and changing military needs during the cold war. I got my shirt home and found a hidden pocket. It is on the inside of the shirt and sits against the chest and is made of heavier cotton fabric than all the other pockets. The standard top left chest pocket sits on top of it. It is accessed between the storm flaps on the front which means it can be accessed even if the shirt is buttoned up. The pocket is in the shape of a small to medium frame semi-auto hand gun. It is a gun holster. How cool is that, lol?! An East European soldier, if captured and given a field search, can still have a hand gun hidden in his shirt. The guns shape is camouflaged by the shape of the items in his standard chest pocket sitting on top of the hidden pocket. The cold war Americans also were often trained in concealing items within their M65 Field Jackets. If you like, there is a youtube channel which shows some of it. Check out Blackie Thomas, pretty interesting stuff. Thanks for the great shirt and the little piece of surprise history that came with it.”
“The NVA was in the process of issuing a new style BDU uniform when the DDR came to an end. The uniform was designed to go along with the UTV equipment that was being issued at the same time. This jacket is a mint example of this item from the end of the workers and farmers state.”
