119. German Navy: Kapitän zur See Freymadel, 1945, Naval Officers Blue Reefer Jacket.
The rank of an active naval officer was displayed on the blue reefer jacket by the use of sleeve rings and on the officers peaked cap by the use of a gold embroidered oak-leaf design. The reefer Jacket was intended for use by officers when on parades ashore, as an Undress Uniform and for Walking-out dress.

120. German Navy: Marine Unterhelferin, 1944, Regulation Female Top Coat.
Just as with the other branches of the Armed Forces, Women Auxiliary members were employed in the German Navy to undertake a whole range of office and clerical duties. Depicted here is a 'Marinehelferin' wearing the regulation grey top coat together with the navy blur side cap. The insignia worn above the cuff-title indicated that by trade she is a 'Writer'.

121. German Navy Coastal Artillery:Adjutant, 1943, Naval Tropical Uniform.
122. German Navy Coastal Artillery:Matrose, 1944, Field Service Uniform.
123. German Navy Coastal Artillery:Admiral of land based naval troops, 1944, Service Uniform.
German naval personnel operating and servicing shore based marine artillery batteries as well as junior ratings undergoing training at shore establishments wore a field-grey uniform. Although it was very similar in general design to the field-grey uniform worn throughout the German Army there were distinctive points which set it apart. The most obvious of these was the use of gold coloured buttons embossed with a fouled anchor design, gold national emblem and gilt shoulder strap braiding - also used around the collar by NCO ranks. The tunics as worn by the Marine Artillery personnel did not have the army type dark blue green collar but instead the collar matched the field-grey of the uniform. The pockets on the skirt of the tunics were not of the patch type found on the Army tunics. The backing cloth to the national emblem, used as a backing to the 'L~itzen' of the collar patches and as the cloth used on the basic shoulder straps for Men and NCO's was in dark bottle green (No. 122). Tropical uniforms issued in a tan brown hue were standard issue to Marine Artillery units serving in hot climate countries (No. 121). Towards the last years of the war Admirals serving with shore based marine artillery units began to wear field-grey uniforms with Army pattern rank insignia in gold coloured embroidery on a cornflower blue backing (No. 123).

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