{"product_id":"original-german-wwii-kriegsmarine-advanced-technical-official-kapitanleutnant-administrative-officers-uniform-reefer-jacket","title":"Original German WWII Kriegsmarine Advanced Technical Official Kapitänleutnant Administrative Officer's Uniform Reefer Jacket","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal Items: Only One Set Available. German Naval uniforms and headgear were based on the traditional designs that date back to the creation of the Prussian Navy in 1848. The uniforms and headgear did evolve during the interim years, many items used during the Third Reich era would still have been quite recognizable to the Imperial sailor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Reefer jacket was a basic uniform item intended for all ranks, with minor variations, and followed the basic design of the Imperial German Navy Reefer jacket. Officers and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own uniforms and headgear and as a result, were allotted a clothing allowance through the \u003cem\u003eOffizier Kleiderkasse der Kriegsmarine\u003c\/em\u003e, (Officer’s Clothing Account of the Navy). Although enlisted personnel were issued their uniforms and headgear from government supplies, they were also permitted to purchase privately tailored items, but the price may have been restrictive. Generally speaking officers bought nicer quality, private purchase uniform items, but they could also choose to buy their uniforms directly from the military clothing depots.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a lovely Kriegsmarine Advanced Technical Official \u003cem\u003eKapitänleutnant\u003c\/em\u003e Administrative Officer's Uniform Reefer jacket. These were identical to regular Line Officer's uniforms, except that instead the buttons and insignia being gold, they are all silvered. It is in very good condition, and is a high quality private purchase three quarter length Officer's Reefer Jacket, with navy blue \"whipcord weave\" wool construction. The double breasted style jacket features fold back, peak lapels and a lay down collar and has two, vertical parallel rows of four Kriegsmarine \"Anchor\" front closure buttons with corresponding button eyelets on both the left and right front panels. The buttons are all marked \u003cstrong\u003eKRIEGSMARINE\u003c\/strong\u003e on the back with a date of \u003cstrong\u003e1941\u003c\/strong\u003e, and are maker marked with\u003cstrong\u003e F L L in Circles\u003c\/strong\u003e, the trademark logo of \u003cem\u003eFriedrich Linden of Lüdenscheid\u003c\/em\u003e. The jacket has two, horizontal slash, front hip pockets with straight edged flaps.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe right breast has a hand embroidered national breast eagle in silvered wire threads with silver colored retaining threads, mounted on a cut-out, navy blue wool base. The eagle is neatly hand stitched to the jacket, and is correctly only sewn to the outer layer of fabric. The sleeves have straight cut, non-adjustable cuffs and each sleeve has two wide horizontally ribbed, woven silver wire horizontal rank tresse sleeve lace strips, with a thinner strip in the middle. These features two raised horizontal bars and a recessed crosshatch pattern. The tress strips are machine stitched in position and would been applied at the time the jacket was manufactured as they are inserted into the reverse sleeve seam. Two medium width strips with a thinner strip in the middle indicate the line officer rank of Kapitänleutnant (Lieutenant Captain), equivalent to a U.S. Navy Lieutenant. As is relatively standard there are no shoulder boards, which were often not used on this type of jacket, as the sleeve insignia made them redundant. Above the tresse strips there are Advanced Technical Official badges, which show a Wehrmacht style closed-wing Reichsadler eagle with three rank triangles underneath, indicating that they were a very high level administrative official. They also have the ribbon for an Iron Cross 1939 2nd class installed on the top buttonhole, so they definitely had seen at least some combat during WWII.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe interior of the jacket is fully lined in black brushed cotton with white and blue striped cotton sleeves. The lining has horizontal slash pockets to both the left and right front breast panels. We were not able to see any markings at all on the interior. Condition is very good, showing wear from service, particularly around the bottom of the jacket, where there are some tears through the lining. There is also staining on the sleeves, so this jacket definitely looks to have seen long service. The insignia is all in very good shape shape, with the expected oxidation to the silvered wire on the badges. This is a wonderful example of a WWII German Kriegsmarine Administrative Officer's Reefer Jacket, more than ready for further research and display!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eApproximate Measurements:-\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCollar to shoulder: 9.5\"\u003cbr\u003eShoulder to sleeve: 24”\u003cbr\u003eShoulder to shoulder: 15\"\u003cbr\u003eChest width: 17.5”\u003cbr\u003eWaist: 18\"\u003cbr\u003eHip: 18\"\u003cbr\u003eFront length: 29.5\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKapitänleutnant,\u003c\/strong\u003e short: KptLt\/in lists: KL, (English: captain lieutenant or lieutenant captain) is an officer grade of the captains' military hierarchy group (\u003cem\u003eHauptleute\u003c\/em\u003e) of the Kriegsmarine, and equivalent to Hauptmann in the Heer and Luftwaffe. The rank first appeared in the German Empire and continued in use through the Weimar Republic and into the Third Reich. In line with ZDv 10\/8, the formal manner of addressing people with the rank Kapitänleutnant is \"Herr\/Frau Kapitänleutnant\". However, in German tradition and in line with seamen's language, the title is abbreviated to \"Herr\/Frau Kaleu\" in verbal communication (contemporary usage, pronounced \"Ka'loy\"). Historically, in the Wehrmacht, the abbreviation spoken was \"Herr Kaleun\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eKriegsmarine\u003c\/strong\u003e was the navy of NSDAP Germany from 1935 to 1945. It superseded the Imperial German Navy of the German Empire (1871–1918) and the inter-war Reichsmarine (1919–1935) of the Weimar Republic. The Kriegsmarine was one of three official branches, along with the Heer and the Luftwaffe, of the Wehrmacht, the German armed forces from 1935 to 1945.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn violation of the Treaty of Versailles, the Kriegsmarine grew rapidly during German naval rearmament in the 1930s. The 1919 treaty had limited the size of the German navy and prohibited the building of submarines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKriegsmarine ships were deployed to the waters around Spain during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) under the guise of enforcing non-intervention, but in reality supported the Nationalists against the Spanish Republicans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn January 1939, Plan Z, a massive shipbuilding program, was ordered, calling for surface naval parity with the British Royal Navy by 1944. When World War II broke out in September 1939, Plan Z was shelved in favor of a crash building program for submarines (U-boats) instead of capital surface warships, and land and air forces were given priority of strategic resources.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (as for all branches of armed forces during the period of absolute NSDAP power) was Adolf H, who exercised his authority through the Oberkommando der Marine (\"High Command of the Navy\").\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Kriegsmarine's most significant ships were the U-boats, most of which were constructed after Plan Z was abandoned at the beginning of World War II. Wolfpacks were rapidly assembled groups of submarines which attacked British convoys during the first half of the Battle of the Atlantic but this tactic was largely abandoned by May 1943 when U-boat losses mounted. Along with the U-boats, surface commerce raiders (including auxiliary cruisers) were used to disrupt Allied shipping in the early years of the war, the most famous of these being the heavy cruisers Admiral Graf Spee and Admiral Scheer and the battleship Bismarck. However, the adoption of convoy escorts, especially in the Atlantic, greatly reduced the effectiveness of surface commerce raiders against convoys.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing the end of World War II in 1945, the Kriegsmarine's remaining ships were divided up among the Allied powers and were used for various purposes including minesweeping. Some were loaded with superfluous chemical weapons and scuttled.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Original Items","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44811871912005,"sku":"ONSV26PCS231","price":995.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1524\/1342\/files\/ONSV26PCS231.jpg?v=1774458937","url":"https:\/\/www.ima-usa.com\/products\/original-german-wwii-kriegsmarine-advanced-technical-official-kapitanleutnant-administrative-officers-uniform-reefer-jacket","provider":"International Military Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}