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Posted 10 months ago
charmsomeone
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MD Mass Konfektion wool coat. Made in Germany............................................................................................................................................................................
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I have a couple of WW2 German made coats, an officer's coat and a bridge coat. The German made wool coats are made incredibly well.
jscott0363, Yup, that was my impression when I lived there. The Germans don't like anything shoddily made.
charmsomeone, Love me some Loden green. <3
About Loden cloth:
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Loden wool clothing originated centuries ago in the Alpine region of Tyrol, Austria, where it was exclusively worn by the peasantry. In fact, by imperial decree, the peasants could only wear Loden wool, linen or leather. Back then the Loden wool fabric was designed to serve a purpose: to keep the people of the high Alps warm and dry through the freezing cold, wet winters. So the loosely woven thick yarns of the mountain sheep were “walked “ (German), a wet finishing process using heat, tension and soap that shrinks and thickens the fabric by up to 66%. Some consider it the first performance fabric.
But in the early 19th Century the much-adored Habsburg Archduke Johann, brother of Emperor Franz II, would change the image of Loden forever. In 1800, after leading the Habsburg army in a disastrous defeat against French revolutionary forces at Hohenlinden, he was posted to Tyrol to represent his brother. There he fell in love with the mountains, their inhabitants, and their culture. He went so far as to adopt their local dress--especially Loden. Back at the Habsburg Court in Vienna, his sartorial style aroused suspicion, but also praise. It was, after all, the age of romanticism, and eventually the style caught on. Later, his nephew the last Emperor of Austria, Franz Josef, would wear hardly anything but Loden.
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https://www.robertwstolz.com/blogs/news/a-short-history-of-loden
About Loden cloth color:
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Loden became a fashionable fabric when the Mössmer spinning mill founded in 1892 made a white loden coat for Emperor Franz Joseph. The addition of merino wool made it a popular fabric for the Austro-Hungarian nobility to make hunting and riding clothes. From the original gray, Loden is woven in several colors: first white, then red, black, navy blue and finally dark green, the most common today.
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https://husbands-paris.com/en/loden/
As to the brand name "MD Mass-Konfektion, no joy on finding another sample; however, I found a website for a somewhat similar brand name:
https://www.kuhn-masskonfektion.com/
The translation of "Mass-Konfektion?" What a difference a couple of characters (and a couple of languages) make.
When I hand-typed "mass-konfektion" into Google Translate, it decided it was Swedish, and translated it to English as "mass production."
When I forced it to German, it came back with "made-to-measure."
Then when I used that German alphabet character that looks like a funky capital "B," but which stands for a double "s" (caveat: dunno if CW S&T will show that character correctly or not, but here goes nothing):
"Maßkonfektion:
Google Translate came back with:
Custom made
And indeed, Kuhn Mass-Konfektion specializes in tailor-made apparel.
Did MD Mass-Konfektion specialize in tailor-made apparel? Dunno, but would seem like false advertising if they didn't.
Yay! CW S&T correctly shows the "Eszett" character. :-)