31354 Federal Infantry in Frock Coat Advancing at Right Shoulder K&C Ceremonials Kneeling Officer w/MP40

Kneeling Officer w/MP40

Military sidearm from 1911 until 1986

A pair of Waffen SS Panzer Grenadiers on a reconnaissance mission are side tracked when one of them gets an urgent call-of-nature

This standing at attention

“GREIF” and “ADLER”

31354 Federal Infantry in Frock Coat Advancing at Right Shoulder K&C Ceremonials Kneeling Officer w/MP40Military frock coats were introduced during the Napoleonic Wars to French line infantry and Prussian Landwehr troops. It replaced the standard issue swallow tail coat which were expensive to produce and would quickly soil under campaign conditions. A loose fitting single breasted frock coat was cheaper to manufacture and more practical for campaigns. By the 1840s, frock coats were regulation for the American army with officers issued navy blue frocks