#WWII Uniforms

[my-darling-boy]

Unlocking my full potential as a historical reenactor today

[thesixthduke]

[yeagrave]

hello hello! I think it would be cool too see WWII hangster (if that's something you're interested in!!)

homecoming :')

[ifindus]

Had the sudden urge to draw England and Scotland in wwii uniforms ✌️

[twoseparatecoursesmeet]

Helen and Earl, 1940s

[retropopcult]

Jimmy Stewart comes home from the war to friends and family in his hometown of Indiana, Pennsylvania.  Photographed by Peter Stackpole for Life magazine, 1945.

[pookielious]

Quick not so quick guide to WW2 uniforms PT1

I went to a ww2 museum and took a bunch of pictures!! I figured I'd show some of the uniforms and some of the differences : ) feel free to use any of them as references for anything!! As ref when ur writing or drawing please tag me I must see !

This post covers marines and air corps (paratrooper, bombers, pilots, ect)

Everything below cut

1. marines

Marines had both blues and green as uniforms , the those particular greens are the darkest which likely means they're the winter issued ones, since they come in all kinds of colors

Shown in the next photo

The closest to the camera ( Nathaniel Archie Haley's uniform) are ever so slightly darker then the other which puts it as a spring/fall dress uniform, the lightest uniforms just in general is usually summer issued uniforms that are usually leaning towards a kakhi /green brown color, usually goes for most branches too like WAC

The quickest identifiers to a marine uniform – the black buttons since other us branches don't have those

the usmc insignia ! It's located on the buttons and usually the collar In gold on blues and usually black on green

Then foot locked that shows the other such as undergarments, pants and some other variants of uniforms usually most of the marine uniforms (at least the long sleeved kinds) will have a USMC stamp on the pocket or chest area ! (Another quick identifier)

Field uniform as well !! Boots where a good idea because pacific theater was muddy and wet !

2. Airborne / airforce

Okay yes I'm putting them both together because they're very similar branches , air and plane stuff ykwim

2a

Photo of the og 4 pocket uniform and the cropped 2 pocket uniform!

Air force is very easy to spot due to the navy blue color! It's the only kind with its sort of look, they all kind of look like flight attendants I'll be real w u so that's usually the best way to spot them as well !the most identifiable part of their uniform is there wings as well, all wings looked different for diffrent aerial sorts I could get into that w I different post but everything from airborne to WASP (women's airforce pliots) and flight surgeons all had different wings depending on what 'sub branch' you where in, but if you see a sort of wing on their uniform it's def a aerial unit, here's so examples of the different types

Taken from a militia forumn not the museum!

Just think; wings = air somthing

2 b Pilots/Bombers next !!

1st photos are top layer 2nd is the bottomish layer and the top layers off along with a different hat !

Pilots usually have the most layers due to being is the sky with sub 0 Temps , the 2nd photo shows a jacket and pants set you'd wear under your clothesand above ur undergarments and thermals that you could plug into the plane and would eat up rods inside similar to how a heated blanket functions !

Silk was used as maps since they wouldn't dissolve in water and could be a barrier in between ur thick and ichy wool jacket/sweater

Identifiable features - aviators glasses, invented just for the purpose of flying you you wouldn't go blind / loose vision due to the sun

The acf / air force Insignia was usually a patch on your regular shirts and dress shirts along with on your helmet

Flight hat, the stereotypical one with ear flaps was very common with mostly fighter planes

Sherpa and furred bomber / flight jackets , ofc that's where it's name comes from !sherpa is great as a insulator

Dress uniform along with a bomber jacket, worn by a gunner

It was also very common for pilots to paint there own jackets to show pin ups, drawings and how many bombs they had thrown and even sometimes how many people they'd killed, bombers weren't exclusive to just the air force as paratroopers had them occasionally bit it was the most common with them !

Examples of painted jackets, some seem to be reporduction too !! Middle is my own authentic jacket : )

The color varies since it's genuine leather (usually cow or even horse leather) so there's no 'wrong' color when it comes to there's, it also depends of if it's sherpa linked or not , lots of things varies between each jacket!

I ran out of photo space so this will be broken up into another post !! next post guide posts will cover navy , army and women's corps !!

[vox-anglosphere]

[tmcphotoblog]

Such glorious photo of HM King George VI visiting No. 617 Squadron in 1943.

[shiftythrifting]

From The Heart of Ohio

A WWII nurses uniform

Bob Mackie Barbies (sun and moon lesbians)

Faux fireplace

This extremely creepy old painted mesh mask

Rotary phone whiskey bottle

Very cool cane

A lot of turtles

Inflatable mushroom themed barbie bed and ottoman

In my brothers words "the most dangerous game of bowling ever"

More dirty jokes...

[orphic222]

navy nurse uniforms // circa 1940s

[pricklypear1997]

John Egan from Masters of the Air is living rent free in my head. 🤦🏻‍♀️ the last pic was part of a super weird dream I had last week. I was supposed to be WWII nurse. 💀

[vikkicomics]

Anniversary of the fall of Königsberg. >Re image 2: POV, you just woke up. The anniversary was actually April 9th, but Tuesdays are so chaotic for me I didn't get around to posting. Now would be a good time for you to go and research the history of the city and it's destruction. The subject of Königsberg should not be used to stoke division, it is the tragic, shared legacy of many European peoples, may we hold hands and morn losses on all sides.

Description of Image 1: Three Prussian Officer Cadets and a junior Lieutenant gather outside of Königsberg Castle, wearing walking out dress, in April 1908. Characters are from my pre-wwi Prussian Officer Cadet drama, Moth. Their names from left to right: Vincent Odinkirk, Leon von Zelewski, Siegfried Isenstein, Gottlieb Witt. Description of Image 2: The same view of the castle, but in April 1945. Three crosses represent the deaths of the comrades in the first image. A Soviet has crawled out from a burning tank and is screaming to be put out of his misery. The Script of Moth, to which these Illustrations relate, does not continue beyond the 1920's. And so, this is likely to be my first and last piece of wwii art. The two images are 37 years and 2 world wars apart, but the castle and the surviving German officer, are meant to lend permanence to the composition. This is the destruction of his home.

[headspacedad]

vintage side of tumblr!

recently I stopped by a magical shop and picked up a 1940s nurse's cape for 20$. It is AWESOME!

I have a question though! It's got lettering on the collar and I'm curious as to what it stands for and all google will do is try to sell me other capes instead of giving me helpful facts. So I come to you, vintage costume/clothing side of tumblr. Help me in my hour of (curious) need please! Where has my fancy cape been?

picture of said fancy cape in full

its even got pockets! (or - one pocket but still I am pleased)

it goes all the way down past my knees and matches my US Navy peacoat from the 60s. I'm delighted.

reblogs please! I don't know that I've got many vintage wear followers but I do not doubt that some of my followers (or their followers) do!

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[santaiscoming]