UNIFORM OF SS-GRUPPENFÜHRER CARL OBERG,
HSSPF Frankreich ''Höhere SS und Polizeiführer
Head of the German SS and Police for France.
composed of :
- Schirmmütze cap in black knit with black velvet headband, silver aluminum eagle and skull insignia, silver chinstrap and buttons, sateen interior, black varnished visor, silver piping, choice of size.
- Vareuse Modèle 32, 4-button closure, black knit, open collar with silver piping, 2 high pockets with watteau pleats, 2 low slanted pockets, silver back buttons, choice of size.
Comes complete with all Oberg insignia and decorations:
Allgemeine-SS armband,
SS-Gruppenführer collar tabs with silver embroidery on black base, 2nd model (from April 1942),
General Allgemeine-SS right shoulder boards with silver braid on black base,
Old Guard chevron sleeve,
3-decoration ribbon bar (EK2 1914, Hamburg Hansa Cross, Hindenburg Cross),
KVK2 ribbon sewn into buttonhole,
Iron Cross 1st Class 1914,
KVK1 with Glaives,
NSDAP Gold Badge of Honor.
- Black knit riding breeches, calf button closure, choice of sizes.
Or
- Straight pants in black knit fabric, white piping along each leg, choice of size.
- Black leather belt with two belt loops and round silver aluminum buckle with motto ''Meine Ehre Heißt Treue.
- Black leather harness with silver buckle and two belt loops.
Price €870 instead of €955 retail, a discount of €85.
Registered parcel post is included in the price.
Made to order in the Philippines to your specifications (size, model).
Shipment on receipt from the manufacturer with a 5-8 week lead time.
Carl Oberg biography:
- 08/1914 WW1 on the French front, 24th then 45th Field Artillery Regiment. Awarded the EK2 1914 and then the EK1 1914, he ended the war with the rank of Leutnant (Second Lieutenant).
- After WW1, he joined the Freikorps and took part in the Kapp putsch in 1920.
- 06/1931 Joined the NSDAP.
- 04/1932 Joined the SS, promoted to SS-Sturmführer on 01/06/1933.
- 09/25/1933 Head of the Hamburg SD with the rank of SS-Obersturmführer.
He was rapidly promoted within the Hamburg SD:
- 07/03/1934 promoted to SS-Hauptsturmführer.
- 06/15/1934 promoted to SS-Sturmbannführer.
- 04/07/1934 promoted SS-Obersturmbannführer.
- 04/20/1935 promoted to SS-Standartenführer, takes command of SS units in Meclenburg.
- 1937 takes command of the SS district of Hannover.
- 1938 he becomes Prefect of Police in Zwickau.
- 09/20/1939 promoted to SS-Oberführer.
- 1941 Chief of Police (SSPF), Radom district, Poland.
- 05/05/1942 Himmler appoints him HSSPF for occupied France, with the rank of SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Polizei.
He thus became the supreme head of the SS and German Police in France, directing the Gestapo, Kripo, Orpo and SD.
- 16/11/1942 incorporation of the occupied southern zone, Oberg has SS reign over the whole of France.
- 04/20/1943 promoted to SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Polizei.
From then on, the French and especially Parisians nicknamed him “The Butcher of Paris”.
- 01/08/1944 promoted to SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Polizei.
- 11/29/1944 dissolution of his post as HSSPF Frankreich.
- 03/10/1945 promoted to SS-Oberstgruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS, he is on the Eastern Front, then in the SS legal department without any real assignment until the end of the war.
This uniform reproduction configuration places Oberg between 04/20/1943,
date of his promotion to Gruppenführer,
and 01/08/1944, when he was promoted to SS-Obergruppenführer.
This period corresponds to his nickname of “Butcher of Paris”.
Cap sizes, indicated in centimeters and corresponding to your head size:
55 - 55 - 56 - 57 - 58 - 59 - 60 - 61 - 62
Jacket sizes (measurements shown are taken from the outside of the garment):
-- S (Collar 44cm / Shoulder width 45,5cm / Arm length 61cm / Chest 102cm / Stomach 90cm / Back length 72cm)
-- M (Collar 46cm / Shoulder width 47cm / Arm length 62cm / Chest 107cm / Stomach 95cm / Back length 73cm)
-- L (Collar 47cm / Shoulder width 48,5cm / Arm length 63cm / Chest 112cm / Stomach 100cm / Back length 74cm)
-- XL (Collar 48cm / Shoulder width 50cm / Arm lenght 64cm / Chest 117cm / Stomach 105cm / Back length 75cm)
-- 2XL (Collar 49.5cm / Shoulder width 51cm / Arm length 65cm / Chest 122cm / Stomach 110cm / Back 76cm)
-- 3XL (Collar 51cm / Shoulder width 52cm / Arm length 66cm / Chest 127cm / Stomach 115cm / Back length 77cm)
Breeches sizes (measurements shown are taken from the outside of the garment):
-- S (Waist 82cm / Leg length 101cm)
-- M (Waist 87cm / Leg length 104cm)
-- L (Waist 92cm / Leg length 107cm)
-- XL (Waist 97cm / Leg length 110cm)
-- 2XL (Waist 102cm / Leg length 113cm)
-- 3XL (Waist 107cm / Leg length 116cm)
Trouser sizes (measurements shown are taken from the outside of the garment) :
-- S (Waist 82cm / Leg length 105cm)
-- M (Waist 87cm / Leg length 110cm)
-- L (Waist 92cm / Leg length 115cm)
-- XL (Waist 97cm / Leg length 120cm)
-- 2XL (Waist 102cm / Leg length 125cm)
-- 3XL (Waist 107cm / Leg length 130cm)
Custom-made at no extra charge.
In this case, please take the following measurements on the outside of garments that will fit properly, not your body measurements.
-- Jacket: Collar circumference, Chest circumference, Waist circumference at widest point of stomach, Width between shoulders, Arm length, Back length.
-- Breeches: Waist circumference, Leg length, Crotch length, Circumference of both thighs together, Circumference of one calf.
-- Straight pants: Waist circumference, Leg length, Crotch length.
Please indicate your choices in the red frame (Breeches or Straight Pants, Cap Jacket Pants/Breeches sizes or your measurements for made-to-measure production)
