719 - VEB Freiberger Lederbekleidung, brown leather coat with belt and lapels, GDR, probably 1958 to 1960

VEB Freiberger Lederbekleidung, brown leather coat with belt and lapels, GDR, probably 1958 to 1960 Leather, brown leather coat, VEB Freiberger Lederbekleidung, marked in the inside pocket with size 48, long cut with large turn-down collar and broad lapels, overlapping fronts, top-stitched edges, front shoulder yoke, hip pockets with flaps, sleeve tabs with leather-covered button, leather belt with leather-covered buckle in belt loops, back with curved yoke and centre seam, brown twill lining, worn condition commensurate with age, leather with signs of age, lining with holes, belt rubbed by the buckle, collar rubbed, shoulder width 45 cm. The leather coat comes from the nationally owned leather clothing works in Freiberg in Saxony, whose roots lie in the Moritz Stecher leather works founded in 1859. The Moritz Stecher leather, drive belt and military equipment factory was expropriated by referendum and initially continued as Freiberger Lederwarenfabriken. From July 1958 the business traded as VEB Freiberger Lederbekleidung, from 1960 as VEB "Nikator" Leder- und Sportbekleidung. In 1970 it was merged with two businesses in Karl-Marx-Stadt and Arnstadt to form VEB Lederbekleidung und Lederhandschuhe Freiberg, which made leather clothing, imitation leather clothing and gloves. Nikator GmbH Freiberg existed as its successor until 1995.