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The Kriegsmarine Uniforms
- Sergeants -
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In the Kriegsmarine the sergeant service ranks called "Feldwebel" or "Portepee Unteroffiziere". The "Portepee" was a twisted silver cord with an oak at one end. It was worn at the dagger. The service-suit contains the following parts: a jacket, a pair of trousers, a white shirt, grey gloves, a dagger and a peaked cap. The ranks are displayed by blue shoulder-straps with golden badges. The picture on the left shows an "Obersteuermann" (Quartermaster). The officer cadets like "Fähnrich z.S." and "Oberfähnrich z.S." are holding sergeant ranks too. The shoulder-straps of officer-cadets are smaller and coloured in silver. |
| The blue peaked cap was worn from October 1. to April 19. the white one during the rest of the year. During the war years many sergeants are only wearing the blue cap. Here are the two kinds of caps: |
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size="2">Peaked cap for all sergeant and officer cadet ranks |
The following pictures are examples of various uniforms:
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| Ausgehanzug Maschinist (walking out suite of a sergeant machine operator) |
Dienstanzug Oberfähnrich zur See (Service-suit of a officer cadet) |
Feldanzug Hauptfeldwebel (MA) [Field dress of a company sergeant-major (coastal artillery)] |
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| Dienstanzug Fähnrich (Ing.)
[Service-suite of a midshipman (engineer)] |
Dienstanzug Obersteuermann
(Service-suit of a Quartermaster) |