WEST GERMAN BGS SPLINTER CAMOUFLAGE BORDER GUARD JACKET GENUINE VINTAGE 1971

Additional measurements: See below

Cond: Very good with no issues

Demilled: On the back (Nicely repaired)

Inside adjustable waist band: Buttons

MFG Markings: Val. Mehler. AG, (Fulda)

Service: West German border guard patrol

Arm pocket: 1 left side with flap and classic German pebbled snaps

Camouflage Pattern: German Sumpfmuster splinter WWII pattern (Swamp Camo)

Yoke gussett flaps: Across back shoulders & over both chest pockets

Reinforced elbows: Yes

Front closure: Buttons

Adjustable sleeve cuffs: Buttons

Branch: Bundesgrenzshultz ( BGS German Army)

Theme: Militaria

2 Aluminum D rings on back: Equipment attachment points

Dated: 1971

Pockets: 4 Outside (2 Chest button closure & 2 Large lower button closure)

Inside pockets: 1 Large left side chest & 1 small bandage pocket lower right side

West German patch: No

Country of Origin: Germany

Size (Grobe: 50 Metric (Men's Large U.S Size 42" - 44" Chest)

GENUINE GERMAN ARMY BUNDESGRENZSHULTZ (BGS) CAMOUFLAGE BORDER GUARD PATROL JACKET. CAMOUFLAGE PATTERN IS THE WWII SPLINTER PATTERN SUMPFMUSTER (SWAMP MARSH CAMO) FRONT CLOSURE IS BUTTONS. ALL POCKETS ARE BUTTON CLOSURE EXCEPT THE ARM POCKET IS THE CLASSIC GERMAN PEBBLED SNAPS. THERE IS 4 FRONT OUTSIDE POCKETS TWO CHEST WITH BUTTON CLOSURE AND TWO LARGE LOWER WAIST WITH BOTTON CLOSURE. ONE ARM POCKET WITH SNAPS WITH FLAP MOST FLAPS HAVE BEEN REMOVED IN THE DEMILITARAZATION PROCESS AT TIME OF SERVICE REMOVAL OF JACKETS (NICELY REPAIRED). ONE INSIDE LARGE CHEST POCKET ON THE LEFT SIDE WITH BUTTON CLOSURE. ONE LOWER WAIST BANDAGE POCKET WITH BUTTON CLOSURE. BACK GUSSETT OR YOKE FLAP ACROSS THE BACK SHOULDERS AND ABOVE BOTH CHEST POCKETS. ADJUSTABLE SLEEVE CUFFS VIA BUTTONS. REINFORCED ELBOWS MATERIAL. TWO ALUMINUM D RINGS ON BACK FOR EQUIPMENT ATTACHMENT POINTS. ADJUSTABLE INSIDE WAIST STRAP WITH BUTTONS. ADDITIONAL MEASUREMENTS ARE. ARM PIT TO ARM PIT IS 23" INCHES, SHOULDER TO SHOULDER IN BACK IS 19" INCHES, SHOULDER TO SLEEVE CUFF END IS 25" INCHES, NECK TO BOTTOM HEM IS 28 1/2" INCHES, BACK COLLAR TO BOTTOM HEM IS 29 1/2" INCHES. WILL FIT MEN'S SIZE LARGE WITH A CHEST FROM 42" TO 44" INCHES. GERMAN METRIC SIZE IS GROBE 50. NICELY MARKED WITH MFG OF VAL. MEHLER AG, IN FULDA GERMANY. ORDER NUMBER MARKINGS OF AUFTRAGS NR. 205/71 (1971 VINTAGE)  JACKETS ARE GENUINE ORIGINAL SURPLUS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH NO ISSUES WITH THE USUAL DEMILLED PROCESS AT TIME OF SERVICE REMOVAL AND HAVE BEEN NICELY REPAIRED. (SEE PICTURES)