Jacket:
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1_front-4-878x960.jpg)
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2_back-4-890x960.jpg)
No pockets on chest because a vest was intended to be worn over the jacket.
Tag and Collar:
Stamp:
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/stamp-2-893x960.jpg)
Barely legible date stamp indicates it was made for the East German Army (NVA; Nationale Volksarmee) in the first quarter of 1988 (1/Y) [1]. “1958” is not the year.
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/tag_colar-1140x646.jpg)
Collar has elastic like an MA-1 flight jacket. “K 48” is the size, with the “k” meaning “kurz” ( German word for short). This size is equivalent to a US Medium Short [2].
Pockets:
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/arm_pockets-1140x575.jpg)
Internal pockets are only on the arms. The rank slip is for a Gefreiter (equivalent to a Private First Class [3]).
Rank Slip Loop:
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/rank_loop-1140x397.jpg)
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/rank_slip_back-689x960.jpg)
Rank slip goes on a buttoned fabric loop.
Cuffs:
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/cuffs-3-1140x699.jpg)
Also has elastic for insulation like the P59 Denison Smock.
Elbows:
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/elbow_pads-1140x737.jpg)
Padded elbows.
Inside:
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/inside_left-1140x737.jpg)
Inside of jacket as an integrated holster like the TTSkO paratrooper jacket. The fabric loops for foliage on the back are sewn onto fabric reinforcement on the inside.
Opening:
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/buttons_right-1140x458.jpg)
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/gas_flap_left-1140x483.jpg)
The buttons have been positioned so that the gas flap needs to be buttoned in to fully close the jacket.
Bottom:
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/bottom_adjust-1140x781.jpg)
Elastic cinch, again for insulation?
Load Bearing Vest:
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/1_front-2-879x960.jpg)
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2_back-4-873x960.jpg)
Vest body is made from same twill fabric as East German uniforms.
Button:
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/button-856x960.jpg)
Same pebbled plastic button used on other East German uniforms.
Chest Pockets:
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/upper_chest_pockets-1140x598.jpg)
Left Bottom Front Gas Mask Bag:
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/bottom_side_button_pouch_flap_closed_end-1140x863.jpg)
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/bottom_side_button_pouch_inside-921x960.jpg)
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/bottom_side_button_pouch_sticker.jpg)
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/bottom_side_button_pouch-659x960.jpg)
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/bottom_side_button_pouch_open-613x960.jpg)
On the front in the bottom left side. Meant to hold an SchM-41 gas mask.
Magazine Pouch:
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/mag_pouch-749x960.jpg)
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/mag_pouch_open-480x960.jpg)
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/mag_pouch_inside-1140x400.jpg)
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/mag_pouch_toggle-344x960.jpg)
Same design as standard separate belt-mounted East German AK magazine pouch. Like all pouches on the vest, this is stitched onto the main body.
Upper Back Pack:
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/back_flap-1140x368.jpg)
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/back_upper_pack_flap_open-1140x456.jpg)
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/inside_upper_backpack-1140x851.jpg)
Backpack is a patch pocket on upper back. Loops above the flap are meant to attach a chemical protective cape (Schutzbekleidungsumhanges, SBU). These do not have any metal hooks attached, a characteristic of the last East German Fallschirmjager vests.
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/back_loop-1096x960.jpg)
Loops are a synthetic webbing material.
Sticker inside pack:
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/sticker2-1140x671.jpg)
Back Gas Mask Filter/Canteen Pouch:
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/gas_mask_pouch-868x960.jpg)
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/gas_mask_pouch_open-564x960.jpg)
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/inside_gas_mask_pouch-1140x656.jpg)
Holds 2 gas mask filters and a canteen. Made from synthetic material.
Bottom Back Small Pouches:
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/bottom_back_button_pouch_open-494x960.jpg)
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/bottom_back_button_pouch_inside-739x960.jpg)
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/bottom_back_button_pouch_sticker-1140x766.jpg)
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/bottom_back_button_pouches-1140x721.jpg)
General purpose for a thin rain jacket, bandages, and other small items.
Hooks:
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/hooks-934x960.jpg)
Body of vest is secured by snap hooks.
Inside:
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/inside_left-1140x569.jpg)
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/inside_right-1140x800.jpg)
Holster on inside of left side (as worn). A fragment of a Makarov holster was found inside:
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/makarov_fragment_1-895x960.jpg)
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/makarov_fragment_2-1140x802.jpg)
Stamp:
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/stamp-671x960.jpg)
1/D stamp indicates 1st quarter of 1990 [1], after the fall of the Berlin Wall and just before East and West Germany reunified [4][5].
Tag:
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/tag-1140x753.jpg)
Size tag.
Pocket Contents Diagram:
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/20061210xn9.jpg)
3: Magazine pouch for 4 AK magazines (works for both 7.62 and 5.45mm caliber). One piece with 2-piece cover flaps.
4: 1-piece bag for holding the mask body (Soviet SchM-41). Can be closed with a gray plastic button.
5: Two snap hooks for attaching the protective clothing cape (SBU).
6: 2-part bag for holding the mask filter. Other half … for canteen. Can be closed with two gray grained plastic buttons (visible).
7: Small pouches for general purposes. Holds small items like bandages, a thin raincoat, and other small items.
Note: The allocation was always order-related and is therefore only to be considered as an example. [6]
Beret:
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/insignia-1140x762.jpg)
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/stamp-3-992x960.jpg)
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/wash_tag-1140x588.jpg)
![](https://kommandopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1_main-2-1106x960.jpg)
Grey beret was for field use. “P” marking means this was made in 1986 [1].