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High leg gebirgsjager puttees

johkaz

johkaz

Company Commander
Hi,

I wonder if anyone has any pictures, of the high leg puttees that i have seen a Gebirgsjager general wearing?
I have a picture here somewhere of the general, but i want to find out some answers to the following questions about the puttees.

1. Do the high leg puttees fasten the same way as the Toys City short puttees at the end?

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2. Was it only the general who wore them, or would they have been worn by lower ranking officers?

3. Can any of the recent 1/6th WW1 high leg puttees be used on a WW2 Gebirgsjager figure.

Thanks.

Gary
 
Hi Gary,

Those are the high puttees I did in the past. I used "cinta de bies", it works perfectly.

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An interesting photo of a GJ officer with high puttees. Early at war ? Note the belt cross strap.

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Hope this helps,

Jaime.
 
Hi,

Many thanks for the reply and the images..

The bias tape you used on your figure looks excellent, it is wound tight and also everthing is in scale as well.
The cross strap looks interesting as well.

Gary
 
If you can find one, the old BBi DAK Gebirgsjager 'Rudi Kessling' came with knee-high puttees:
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The standard puttees (Wickelgamaschen) were only 73 cm (a little over 2 feet) long, and therefore were only long enough to wrap the ankle area. The longer knee-high ones were not issue items, but were privately purchased by individuals. As a result, you're more likely to see them among officers.

In place of the puttees, you also often see photos of Gebirgsjagers (especially officers and NCOs) wearing their trousers tucked into or bloused over tall, thick wool socks. For example:
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