SS Gruppenfuhrer Dr. Johannes Meyer Tunic & Breeches 

Provenance

Stunning piece consigned from a major collection

SS Gruppenfuhrer Dr.Johannes Meyer tunic & breeches for sale. The fine field-grey tunic with dark green collar. This tunic, tailored in fine quality field grey ribbed gabardine material, and with   pleated top and lower pockets. 

The matched-pair SS tunic epaulettes with entwined gold & silver braids, on grey doeskin, and with one large silvered pip to each. The SS collar patch insignia with silver-aluminium piping and three wire oakleaves on black velvet, along with one embroidered silver pip to each. The collar patches machine-tailored to the collar. The silver-aluminium sleeve eagle & swastika insignia, particularly fine: the eagle motif with  seperated wings, the whole, finished on a black wool doeskin backing. 

The SS General's tunic with several medal loops, these include a set of loops for a long ribbon bar, and urther loops to the left breast and directly under, amounting to six awards. The lining tailored in field-grey silk. To the inside left-hand inside pocket a tailors label. The label from the firm of  label 'Josef Andrysek' located in the Austrian city of Vienna. The label gives the name of the owner, 'Dr.J.Meyer', a tailors works number, and a date of 1945. Together with the tunic, is the SS General rank breeches in field-grey/blue and with the broad double mouse grey rank stripes.

Condition report: The tunic with light service use, and surviving in overall, very good towards excellent condition.  Insignia of very high quality embroidery, fresh and free from oxidation. The breeches in a similar condition, but with some staining to the linings.

Provenance: From the significant collection of the late USA-based collector, Dennis Ottaway. Included in the sale, a 1997 dated letter from the USA-based military antiques expert, LTC (Ret) John. R. Angolia to Dennis Ottaway, discussing this uniform. Also included a photocopy of Meyer's entry in a Dienstalterliste, and copies relating to the entry of the uniform when sold in the Dennis Ottaway Collection at auction in the 2000s. 

Notes:Dr.Johannes Meyer was born on 19th July 1890. He joined both the NSDAP and the SS and was promoted to SS-Gruppenfuhrer & Generalleutnant der Polizei on 20th April 1944. At the time of his promotion Meyer was appointed to the Hauptamt of the Ordnungspolizei, and was Inspector of the Schutzepolizei.

 Additional notes: We will be selling further items from the Dennis Ottaway Collection at a later point.