Differences between early and late Fallshirmjager uniforms:
https://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1773&bih=870&ei=Q_ItXeb9EYW4ggep86jYAQ&q=ww2+german+fallschirmjager+uniforms&oq=fallschirmjager+uniforms&gs_l=img.1.1.0j0i5i30.5279.14290..17511...0.0..0.96.1879.24......0....1..gws-wiz-img.....0..0i10j0i5i10i30j0i24.dGeGOBF-A_g

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A pile of years ago I did a diorama of the German blitzkrieg 1940 based on a photo of a bunch of fallschirmjaeger holding up the flag as a Sdkfz 231 went by.

I looked everywhere and back then there were like two books, an Almark uniform monograph and the Osprey MAA. Both said the splinter wasn't issued until after the Blitzkrieg in 1940.

So many new resources but I've looked at several group pictures of paratroopers cheering on the blitzkrieg and never saw any camouflage just the green step-in jump smocks.

There's also the issue of the side lace boots.

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A pile of years ago I did a diorama of the German blitzkrieg 1940 based on a photo of a bunch of fallschirmjaeger holding up the flag as a Sdkfz 231 went by.

I looked everywhere and back then there were like two books, an Almark uniform monograph and the Osprey MAA. Both said the splinter wasn't issued until after the Blitzkrieg in 1940.

So many new resources but I've looked at several group pictures of paratroopers cheering on the blitzkrieg and never saw any camouflage just the green step-in jump smocks.

There's also the issue of the side lace boots.

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I’ve never even noticed the boots before! I’d love to see the diorama i think i know the exact footage you’re talking about in the newsreel of the Germans advancing through i believe Holland right?

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A pile of years ago I did a diorama of the German blitzkrieg 1940 based on a photo of a bunch of fallschirmjaeger holding up the flag as a Sdkfz 231 went by.

I looked everywhere and back then there were like two books, an Almark uniform monograph and the Osprey MAA. Both said the splinter wasn't issued until after the Blitzkrieg in 1940.

So many new resources but I've looked at several group pictures of paratroopers cheering on the blitzkrieg and never saw any camouflage just the green step-in jump smocks.

There's also the issue of the side lace boots.

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I’ve never even noticed the boots before! I’d love to see the diorama i think i know the exact footage you’re talking about in the newsreel of the Germans advancing through i believe Holland right?

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I sold it on Ebay but I remember the research I did. One armored car in the footage had a bicycle just thrown on the rear. At the time I had to use Italeri figures which had the side lace boots. They were passable for the 20th century.

In B/W photos lots of lighter colors appear similar. The early pattern jump smock was usually light green/light olive/reed green, but the shade could vary (as it often does) to a kahki-ish, or gray-ish tones. The smock was to be worn over the blue-gray flieger bluse - if the jacket collar with collar tabs are to be seen over the jump smock then the visible jacket collar should be the gray-blue. This:
http://www.warlordgames.com/painting-deciphering-fallschirmjager-uniforms/
is meant for war-gamers, but gives an in-depth of the uniforms and colors.