présentation Hoover

Salut!

My name is Frank, I am German and I am reenacting (beside German, British and US)...French.

Unfortunatley my French is still terrible, so I will write in English, buit I am learning.

Currently I am putting together my French 1940 impression. But I am still missing pantalon, vareuse and capote. Maybe anyone has a source for good reproductions?

I have met some Frenchmen in Leves in Belgium on the first July-weekend, but I have lost the e-mail-adress.

I hope to get some help here, I have a lot of books about the French Army 1940,b but there are a lot of questions left.

Bye
Frank

Hallo Frank,

There is not a lot of reproductions in French 1940. And for the pantalon, you need a mdl47...

You don't need capote and vareuse both: which regiment do you want to reenact ?

Don't worry, you can ask all questions you want

Because of my age (37 ans) I will portray a "type B" reservist, Regimental No. above 200.

I have a complete Mle16 leather equipment and a 1914 pattern tournister with wooden frame.

I hope to find some comrades here in Germany, there are some with interest in French Army.

As infantry I don´t need a vareuse, you are right. I already have the mle35 shirt and pullover,
Boots, puttees and M26 helmet.

Bye
Frank

Okay nice !

Find a capote mdl22 is difficult: you can buy a capote mdl47 and make it modify.

What are your boots ? Rangers ? Brodequins mdl17 ? Mdl41 ?

mle45, but for longer wear I will use altered reproduction hobnailed boots.

I will take some pics of my items in the next days.

Okay, that's good too...

Hoover a écrit:

Because of my age (37 ans) I will portray a "type B" reservist, Regimental No. above 200.

I have a complete Mle16 leather equipment and a 1914 pattern tournister with wooden frame.

I hope to find some comrades here in Germany, there are some with interest in French Army.

As infantry I don´t need a vareuse, you are right. I already have the mle35 shirt and pullover,
Boots, puttees and M26 helmet.

Bye
Frank

Hallo Frank,

Ich bin zur Hälfte Deutscher und bin auch ein Darsteller in französischer Uniform. Ich lebe und arbeite zur Zeit in Ostwestfalen.
I will continue in Englisch so that everyone can understand. If you want, I can modify a mdl 47 capote into a mdl 20/35 capote or a vareuse mdl 35. Fort the pants, you can buy straight pants from the model 47 and wrap the puttees on top of the pants. It makes a perfect look of a "pantalon golf modèle 38". If there are other things you might need, I can try to help.
As I said, I live and work in Germany for the moment. I didn't know there were some germans interested in french uniforms but I would really like to get to know them.

Kind greatings

Adrian

welcome

Salut Adrian,

there are some Germany who are protraying French Indochina, and some are interested in WW2 French, too.

I will contact you for the capote. I am not the best tailor, so I would need your help. :D

Bye
Frank

Hello Frank ! Welcome .

Welcome !

:D

Simon.

Merci bien for the very kind welcome.

Here are some pics of my other impressions:


Britsh Infantry 53rd Welsh Div, 7 Royal Welch Fusiliers


US Infantry, currently 28th INf Div, 109th INf Regt




German INfantry


German Airborne


French Indochina

That´s it. Not more impressions. Yet to come French WW2.

Your french Indochina uniforme is beautiful !

Merci!



I am on the right, I am teachung a comrade to attach the TAP 663 properly. But we didn´t jump, of course.

Indochina is a very interesting theme, and we are 10 people who are engaded with it for reenactment here in Germany.

Very nice uniforms ! Not only the French Indochina

Bonjour Hoover!
Nice to meet you here too!

Bonjour!

I was quiet a long time but I read a lot of the interesting threads.

But I have some new pics, but from WW1. I attended to a WW1 event as a French Poilu, the only one on that event.





But I didn´t get any chance against all the Germans (don´t say boches... )



The trousers are corduroy-trousers, very comfortable.

Now I have to finish my French WW2 uniform.

Hallo Frank,

Willkommen im Forum ! Ich weiß nicht, ob alle Ihre Fragen beantwortet werden... vielleicht mit ein wenig Glück

Sie besitzen schöne Uniformen !
Herzlich
Lorenzo

Entschuldigung für die Fehler, aber Ich spreche und schreibe wenig Deutsch.

Hallo Lorenze,

dein Deutsch ist weitaus besser als mein Französisch.

Dear Lorenzo,

your German is far better than my French.



bye
Frank

Salut,

one of my impressions as that of a legionnaire in the Indochina war. Last summer we attendet to a nice event in Northern Germany.
Currently we are only 2 groups portraying French soldiers.