Original WWII German NSDAP and SA Brown Wool Mantel Greatcoat with Armband and RZM Tag - Sturmabteilung Manufacture Type_Original Items The KuK 15th Dragoon Regiment

The KuK 15th Dragoon Regiment "Archduke Joseph" was a Cavalry Unit of the Austro-Hungarian Army

The walnut stock bears some contour carving and is not cut for a ram rod

There is a banner shaped cartouche on the left side that states UFFICIO PROVVISORIO / D'ARTIGLIERIA / GARDONE V

officially known as the "Cup discharger

The included socket bayonet has lost most of the original blued finish

Original WWII German NSDAP and SA Brown Wool Mantel Greatcoat with Armband and RZM Tag - Sturmabteilung Manufacture Type_Original Items The KuK 15th Dragoon RegimentOriginal Item: Only One Available. Brown was to become the official color of the N. S. D. A. P. and S. A. by circumstance rather than design. A large stockpile of discounted, surplus WWI tropical brown shirts and fabric, intended for wear in East Africa, were located in Austria in 1924 and purchased by the NSDAP as a temporary measure to bring uniformity of dress to their party members. In November of 1926 the brown shirt was officially introduced,