by CollectinSteve Sun Jun 29, 2014 12:09 pm
Great! Thanks for that Martin!
OK, so it seems we have a few more variants to account for. I'm also willing to bet that the supposed "Strichtarn" version I saw years ago was a badly pictured version of the Frogskin (Czech Jehlici) pattern. So I'm going to remove that from my list.
Here's an updated list of all the patterns in rough order of issue:
Splinter (no strokes, screen printed) <--- also used for 2 piece sniper/scout set
Splinter (khaki, screen printed)
Splinter (green, wavy strokes) <--- most similar to common pattern used through 2000s
Splinter (brown, wavy strokes)
Snow (solid white)
Frogskin (blue base variant) <--- Czech Jehlici pattern
Frogskin (gray base variant)
Frogskin (khaki base variant) <--- no picture yet
Here's the updated list of the patterns and confirmed coverall type:
Type 1 Coveralls:
Splinter (no strokes)
Splinter (khaki, screen printed)
Splinter (green, wavy strokes)
Type 2 Coveralls:
Splinter (screen printed)
Frogskin (blue base variant)
Frogskin (gray base variant)
Frogskin (khaki base variant) <--- no picture yet
Splinter (green, wavy strokes)
Splinter (brown, wavy strokes)
Snow (solid white)
Coveralls come in two forms with nearly all features the same except:
Type 1 = earlier with button on hood, pockets on back of thighs, and belt
Type 2 = later type with attached hood, no pockets on back thighs, and no belt
There also seems to be a correlation between date and button style. The earlier types have brown bakelite Communist star buttons, the later simple plastic dish style buttons. You can see with Martin's and my Splinter (with wavy strokes) examples that the patterns bridged the transition from one type to the other, whereas the Splinter (no strokes and screen printed) are always brown button and the Frogskin (all variants) are always dish style. The Snow type is also dish style and was likely made alongside the Frogskin type.
Likewise, it seems that for a while both Type 1 and Type 2 coverall designs were in production side by side, but then the Type 1 was completely dropped in favor of Type 2 only. I think this because I've never seen a Frogskin pattern coverall in Type 1, plus Martin's plastic dish type Splinter (green, wavy strokes) is a Type 2.
Steve
Steve