WW2 German '99th Gebirgsjager Regt, 1st Mountain Division' NCOs Tunic & Shoulderboards

A WW2 German NCOs tunic of the 99th Gebirgsjager Regt complete with green piped shoulder boards for Mountain troops & dark green collar added.
Most likely a tunic kept for 'Best Dress' by the NCO it has a smartly tailor applied silver wired NCOs breast eagle with edelweiss mountain troops badge to right arm. This tunic is of the M43 pattern to which the soldier has added a dark green collar much signifying his ' veteran ' status & time served in the early war campaigns when the dark green collared M36 tunic was general issue . It was often the case that when a longer serving soldier came to replace his worn out tunic all stocks of the earlier issues had been used up & so they had to alter what they were given, at their cost, to satisfy personal preference & 'veteran' status. Marked to the interior breast with dice stamped sizes & a depot date of '7 43' ( July 1943 ) there is also an RB number to dressing pocket & a partially legible handwritten rank & name ' Uffz Gro* ' ( Unteroffizier ) . Tunic is lined with grey rayon typical of the M43 issue & interestingly has a piece of rayon NCO tress sewn in by the tailor for the hanging loop at back of the neck. A document pocket has also been added in blue material important for the NCO who most likely carried a report/notebook of some sort. Shoulderboards are of the earlier pointed issue probably from his previous tunic with NCO tress & the numerals '99' . The single rank pip denotes Feldwebel ( Sergeant ) . Four belt hooks to waist .
In excellent condition & a couple of very minor moth nips discoverable only upon very close inspection. Outstanding tunic.

Code: 13390