Oak Leaf is one of the most popular late war patterns and one that appears in the widest variety of garments. There were two variations, Oak A which started in 1941 and Oak B which started in 1943. Both were used up until 1945. The patterns are very similar from a distance but if you look closely, the highlight spots in Oak B have a thin dark border. Daniel Peterson describes Oak B as Beringt- Eichenlaubmuster (ringed oak leaf pattern). Both patterns were printed with rollers and repeat every 44 cm.
Garments and caps are nearly always reversible with a spring colour scheme on one side and autumn colour scheme on the other side. On reversible smocks, the collar and waist hem often show the spring pattern on the autumn side of the garment.
There are several variations of colour scheme including some with a mushroom grey colour which often appears lilac in photographs. Spring colour schemes usually have beige coloured ground with black and bright green overprints. Autumn colour schemes have coffee or mushroom coloured ground with black and orange overprints.
- SMALL: US 7 OR EURO 56
- MEDIUM: US 7 1/8THS OR EURO 57
- LARGE: US 7 3/8THS OR EURO 59
- XLARGE: US 7 5/8THS OR EURO 61
- 2XLARGE: US 7 7/8THS OR EURO 62
