Description
Physical description
Single-breasted jacket of field-grey cloth, featuring a stand-and-fall collar with buttons along the inside for the attachment of a collar band, loops and buttons to the shoulders for the attachment of epaulettes, front fastening of five buttons, pleated breast pockets with scalloped button flaps, skirt slash pockets with scalloped button flaps, concealed button cuffs, belt hook eyelets to the rear waistband and a rear vent. All external buttons are of the metal crested Kriegsmarine pattern finished in light brown. Internally, the jacket is fully lined with brown cotton twill and has a shell-dressing pocket to the lower right inside skirt, as well as a slash pocket to the inside left breast.
Stitched to the collar points are grey machined double-litzen collar patches with yellow Waffenfarbe 'lights'. The usual Kriegsmarine pattern National Emblem above the right breast pocket is absent.
Label
Although field-grey uniforms were worn by naval recruits initially, they were worn operationally by land-based personnel of the German Navy, predominantly by Marine Artillery and naval transport units. Of similar cut and style to those worn by the army, badges and insignia differed chiefly in that they were made of yellow coloured materials of conventional naval pattern. Buttons were of the Kriegsmarine crested style (painted field-grey), belt buckles were gilt coloured as was the helmet eagle decal. Officer's uniforms differed in similar fashion, and insignia followed the naval style of gold wire where appropriate.
Marine Artillery personnel manned the coastal defences of Germany as well as occupied territories in the Second World War, serving in anti-aircraft coastal batteries and including firing at shipping targets during the Normandy Invasion.
Inscription
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47 96 70
77 44
Inscription
Fac ......................
Maat 47 96 70
Lengte 77S 44
Kleur ...................
665
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B. A. W.
12 12 41