Romanian Service Shirt, with Open Collar, Olive Drab, Surplus

Finally a military shirt that doesn’t try to choke you to death. Looks like a banana republic dictator shirt with slight porn star vibes if you leave a couple of buttons open. What’s not to like?

Use

Here we have a Romanian service shirt from the 1980s, the latter years of the Ceausescu era. Apparently, the iron hands of the dictator choked you hard enough so that the shirt collar didn’t have to. If you don’t have a tyrant army fetish, this open collar is also quite appropriate for casual Fridays when working under a slave driver boss.

Two buttoned outer breast pockets and one inside breast pocket. The visible pockets for the bribes that you pass on to your boss and the hidden for those that you keep to yourself.

Materials

The exact material consistency is not revealed but we can assure you that there are some materials involves. Estimating by look and feel, we’d say that it is a mix of cotton and coprolite or something like that. The shades of these vary a bit. Most shirts come in green olive drab but there are a few that are a bit more brownish.

Size info

The first number in the cryptic size system is the half the chest circumference in centimeters (ordinary European size) and the Roman number after that refers to the shirt/sleeve length. Naturally, the smaller the figure is, the bigger the size is. To ensure you don’t have a nervous breakdown, we added the recommended height and chest size of the wearer.

The fit is more Classic than Slim, so you don’t need to suck that possible gut in. If you have long arms, take a shirt designed for a longer person.

Condition

Used Romanian military surplus but in very good condition. There might be some warehouse dust, and such on some of these. After all, they are 30-40 years old. The quality of the stitching isn't Savile Row, more of an eastern dictatorship. On top of this awesome deal, we throw in the lovely smell of eastern milsurp. Smells like... unfair victory. In case you don’t appreciate it, you can air it out.