Vienna, circa 1938. The service tunic, trousers and overcoat are elegant custom tailored pieces from the RZM tailor establishment Wiebag. Made from fine gabardine, complete with all insignia. The collar tabs with hand-embroidered metallic thread "11", surrounding silver piping, plus the corresponding rank insignia as SS-Untersturmführer, hand-sewn. Silver piping around the collar. The officer shoulder board sewn in, on the underside with woven cloth label "RZM 38/37 SS". The armband in heavy wool version, the overlays sewn from silk rep. On the right upper arm with chevron for "Alte Kämpfer", hand-sewn. On the left breast with loops for 2 pin badges. The buttons in aluminum construction. Interior with black lining, with sewn-in slit for wearing the dagger. On the interior pocket with large woven tailor label "Wiebag Wien I. - Wr. Bklddgs.Hadls.u.Bed.Art.A.G. Stubenring 1 Kriegsministerium", in the interior pocket with woven tailor label "Wiebag Wr. Bekleidungs-Hdls z. Bedarfsartikel A.G. Wien 1. Stubenring 1" with additional stamp "RZM Erlaubnis D5/39650" with handwritten wearer designation "SS-Ustuf Anderschitz, Aug. 38".
Additionally the matching long trousers in same cloth quality, laterally with white piping.
The overcoat also from fine gabardine, complete with all insignia. The collar tabs with hand-embroidered metallic thread "11", surrounding silver piping, plus the corresponding rank insignia as SS-Untersturmführer, hand-sewn. The officer shoulder board sewn in, on the underside with woven cloth label "RZM 441/37 SS". The armband in heavy wool version, the overlays sewn from silk rep, hand-sewn. The buttons in nickel construction, stamped on the reverse "RZM M 5/69" and "RZM M 5/ a 93". Interior with black lining, with sewn-in slit for wearing the dagger. In the interior pocket with woven tailor label "Wiebag Wr. Bekleidungs-Hdls z. Bedarfsartikel A.G. Wien 1. Stubenring 14" with handwritten wearer designation "SS-Usturmfhr. Mirko Anderschitz, Dezember 1938" and the RZM cloth label "RZM Handwerks-Arbeit Herstellernummer 5/39650 Reichszeugmeisterei der NSDAP".

The uniform ensemble is virtually unworn in absolutely mint condition. It comes directly from a Viennese private household and has never before been on the market.
One of the very few original Allgemeine-SS uniform ensembles that is completely untouched and has incredible provenance.

With the uniform group there are numerous photocopies from his SS personnel file:
Provisional SS identification card as SS-Mann in 2./11. SS-Standarte, with photo in police uniform, issued Vienna, 10.1.1939 by the Stabsführer der Allg. SS SS-Oberabschnitt Donau, as color double-sided copy on photo paper in 1:1 scale.
Typewritten curriculum vitae of Anderschitz, circa 1941, with personal signature.
Typewritten letter from Anderschitz to SS-Obergruppenführer Kaltenbrunner, dated 7.12.1939 with request for admission to the SS as Untersturmführer.
SS admission and commitment certificate, dated 13.1.1939.
Confirmation from NSDAP Landesleitung Österreich with confirmation of membership in NS Soldatenring during the illegal period, from 1937 in liaison service to the Vienna Police, issued Vienna, 18.7.1938.
SS index card of the Oberabschnitt Donau and index card of the NSDAP, membership no. 6199258, admitted 1 May 1938.
Letter from SS-Oberabschnitt Donau, dated Vienna, 1 April 1940 "The Pol. Meister Anderschitz Michael has indeed submitted an application for admission to the SS, but this has not yet been processed and A. is not authorized to designate himself as SS-Untersturmführer or to wear the uniform."
3 typewritten letters from Anderschitz to SS Gruppenführer Kaltenbrunner, dated 24.12.1939, 7.8.1941 and 11.8.1941.

According to his own curriculum vitae: Born 25.9.1899 in Vienna, 1917 as war volunteer participation in the 12th Battle of the Isonzo, severely wounded. After the collapse in 1918 active as boxer. In February 1921 as hall security and bouncer at an NSDAP event in the Munich Hofbräuhaus so "forceful in throwing out the troublemakers" that he had to leave the city hastily. On 1 May 1925 involved in a shooting in Berlin-Wedding and saved several comrades, had to remain in hiding until he could return to Vienna. 1926 entry into the Vienna Police, with strong participation in the illegal work of the National Socialists. 1934 as armored vehicle driver of the police involved in the February riots. Participation in the founding of SS-Standarte 89/Gersthof 2 (Vienna), after the ban continued active with the NSR (NS Soldatenring). In February 1937 arrested after a boxing match Vienna-Berlin at Vienna Westbahnhof because he showed the German salute in Berlin before 4000 spectators and the present Austrian envoy. During the invasion of the Sudetenland and in the Polish campaign 1939 he was armored vehicle NCO with the police, had to retire "at own request" due to differences with superiors. On 7 March 1941 entry into the Italian Army, "to seal my death-ready loyalty as nat. soldier under allied flag". On 22 May entry into the German Wehrmacht, discharged again on 4 August for "alleged health reasons".

From the very extensive research documents (partly translated into English) it emerges that Anderschitz was a flamboyant personality, a fervent Austrian National Socialist of the first hour, combined with paranoia, suffered from conspiracy theories and severe psychological problems. Although he was admitted as SS-Mann into the 11. SS-Standarte in 1939, he was never SS-Untersturmführer, although he asked Kaltenbrunner for a corresponding promotion. Anderschitz had the uniform as SS-Untersturmführer made on his own authority in 1938 "with his last money", as he writes in one of his letters. In 1939 after being kicked out of the police (multiple physical assaults on superiors) he wanted to shoot himself in this SS uniform before his Führer portrait, but refrained from doing so (also taken from his letters). There are also reports in his SS personnel file that Anderschitz was seen in public unlawfully in the SS uniform as SS-Untersturmführer. In 1940 he underwent a psychological examination in which he received the diagnosis as severe psychopath and had to leave the service.
In autumn 1940 he worked as plant security leader at the railway wagon factory in Vienna-Simmering, dismissed in February 1941 because he accused higher employees of planning "as leaders of a communist conspiracy an internal revolution in the factory". To get rid of the "notorious troublemaker", he was transferred to Klagenfurt in 1942 to work as technical employee in an aircraft engine factory. There he presented himself as "SS-Untersturmführer", which emerges from the correspondence between SS-Gruppenführer Kaltenbrunner and the director of the Flugmotorenwerke Klagenfurt.
After the war Anderschitz remained in Klagenfurt, married in 1949, worked as boxing trainer and died on 23.2.1970 after a truly eventful and adventurous life.

The truly extensive research documents contain many more details from Anderschitz's life, absolutely worth reading.

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€ 25.000,00

Allgemeine-SS: Black Service Tunic, Overcoat and Trousers as SS-Untersturmführer from the Estate of Michael "Mirko" Anderschitz, 2. Sturm, 11. SS-Standarte, Vienna, SS-Oberabschnitt Donau

The black service uniform of the Allgemeine SS, introduced in 1932, represents one of the most recognizable uniform ensembles of National Socialist Germany. Designed by Karl Diebitsch and graphic designer and SS member Walter Heck, this uniform became a symbol of the organization and was worn at all official events, parades, and service functions. The 1932 pattern service dress uniform consisted of a peaked cap with eagle and swastika badge and Hussar-style death's head (Totenkopf), brown uniform shirt, black tie, black four-pocket jacket with armband, black breeches, belt and cross brace, and riding boots.

The present ensemble comprises a black service tunic (Dienstrock), greatcoat (Mantel), and trousers (Hose), manufactured from fine gabardine, a material preferred for officer uniforms due to its finer texture, lighter weight, and more sophisticated finish. The uniform was produced by the Vienna-based tailor firm Wiebag (Wiener Bekleidungshandels- und Bedarfsartikel A.G.), a licensed manufacturer under the Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM). The RZM, founded in 1929 and located in Munich, served as the central national procurement office for Nazi Party uniforms and equipment. From 1934 onward, RZM marking became mandatory for all official SS uniform items. By mid-1934, there were approximately 15,000 licensed manufacturing factories and craft producers across the German Reich.

The collar tabs of the uniform display a hand-embroidered “11” in metal thread, indicating membership in the 11th SS-Standarte in Vienna. This Standarte was one of three Standarten of SS-Abschnitt XXXI, with headquarters at 13., Hietzinger Hauptstraße 22 in Vienna, and represented one of the largest formations of the Austrian SS. The collar tabs are edged with silver cord and bear the rank insignia of an SS-Untersturmführer, the lowest officer rank in the SS, corresponding to that of a second lieutenant in the Wehrmacht. Collar tabs for the ranks of Untersturmführer were piped with aluminum twist cord piping from October 1934 onward, and the rank insignia featured three metal pips.

On the right upper sleeve of the uniform appears the Honour Chevron for the Old Guard (Ehrenwinkel der Alten Kämpfer), a Nazi Party decoration in the form of a silver chevron. This decoration was authorized by Adolf Hitler in February 1934 for SS members who had joined the Allgemeine SS, the NSDAP, or any other party organization prior to 30 January 1933. The uniform features sewn-in officer shoulder boards (Führerschulterklappen) with a woven cloth label reading “RZM 38/37 SS” on the reverse. The tunic's buttons are made of aluminum, while the greatcoat bears nickel buttons marked “RZM M 5/69” and “RZM M 5/a 93”. The armband is constructed in heavy wool with silk rep insignia, and the trousers feature characteristic white side piping.

The uniform belonged to Michael “Mirko” Anderschitz of the 2. Sturm, 11th SS-Standarte. Extensive documentation indicates that Anderschitz belonged to the Austrian underground SS/NSDAP during the illegal period before the Anschluss and was admitted as SS-Mann to the 11th SS-Standarte in 1939. The uniform was privately commissioned at his own expense from Wiebag in 1938, as evidenced by handwritten inscriptions on the tailor labels: “SS-Ustuf Anderschitz, Aug. 38” on the tunic and “SS-Usturmfhr. Mirko Anderschitz, Dezember 1938” on the greatcoat.

The uniform is associated with SS-Oberabschnitt Donau, the primary division command of the Allgemeine SS in Austria. This Oberabschnitt was formed in 1934 under Alfred Rodenbücher and was originally known as Oberabschnitt Österreich. It oversaw all underground Austrian SS activities until 1938 when Germany incorporated Austria into the Third Reich. Ernst Kaltenbrunner took over leadership of the Oberabschnitt in 1937, and the command was renamed as Oberabschnitt Donau in May 1938; the headquarters was located in Vienna. Austrian SS men were organized in the same manner as the Allgemeine SS but operated as an underground organization, particularly after 1936 when the Austrian government declared the SS an illegal organization. After the Anschluss, the Austrian SS was folded into SS-Oberabschnitt Donau.

From 1939 onward, the black uniform was increasingly replaced by field-grey uniforms but remained in use for certain ceremonial occasions until the end of the war. According to the description, the uniform ensemble is in nearly unworn, near-mint condition and was sourced directly from a private Viennese household, having never before been in commercial circulation.