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The Kriegsmarine Uniforms
The Kriegsmarine has two kinds of uniforms - the blue one and the grey ("die Feldgraue") one for the men who served ashore.
The blue uniform-set consists of |
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| Dienstanzug
kleiner Dienstanzug Ausgehanzug Sportanzug Tropen- und Sommeranzug große Uniform kleiner Gesellschaftsanzug großer Gesellschaftsanzug |
service-suit
small service-suit suit for walking out sportsuit suit for summer and the tropics paradeuniform small party-suit parade party-suit |
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Additionally many special uniforms were given out for U-Boat-crews, divers, Pilots, etc.
Due to the many different uniforms and branches we have split them into five parts:
Branches |
Officers |
Sergeants |
Mates and men |
Uniforms in daily use |
Sources
Elfrath/Breyer/Koop, Die deutsche Kriegsmarine 1939-45
Davis/Turner, Deutsche Uniformen im Dritten Reich
Heyne Verlag
ISBN 3-453-81047-3
J.P. Mallmann-Showell, Das Buch der deutschen Kriegsmarine