Swiss M83 Field Jacket, Alpenflage, Surplus

A really practical light summer jacket in the world’s most magnificent camo pattern! This hides you from Martians and trance techno hippies but also looks stunning anywhere you go. Swiss military surplus, used but not abused. And not a bad price at all!

Psychedelic pattern

This acid-laced camo pattern will not leave anyone untouched. A story tells that the person who developed the last Nazi camo pattern escaped to Switzerland and presented their creation to the Swiss army. The pattern was taken into use almost without alteration but it was tweaked a bit in the course of years. The first pattern was called TAZ57 but the common nickname was simply been Alpenflage, the Alp pattern.

The harmonious pattern has black, light green, red, dark green, white, and brown and it is truly mesmerizing. Even though it might look a bit dramatic, it blends quite nicely among red autumn leaves or in the mountains that have red lichen. In an evergreen forest, it might be a bit too much.

Features

This is a very simple, practical, and durable summer jacket. Loose-fitting and zippered. The elbows are reinforced and the cuffs have zippers to ease rolling up the sleeves. There are belt loops at the waist that can be opened. The jacket comes with three pockets, two large breast pockets and one smaller on the left sleeve. All pockets have a snap fastener closure. The collar is soft and not too high.

Materials and care

These jackets seem to be 50/50 polyester/cotton but it is possible that other combinations exist as well. This combo is washed at 60 degrees Celsius (140 F). If you get a jacket that tells you otherwise, follow those instructions.

Choosing the correct size

The sizes are in normal euro sizes but the length of the jacket isn’t given. If you take a bigger jacket, it is also a bit longer. You can find more thorough info on the Euro sizes here.

Condition

Used Swiss military surplus but in very good serviceable condition. No bullet holes or other such features.