Kriegsmarine Uniforms

by Sandro Coletta

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

Tambour

Dienstanzug (service uniform)

kleiner Dienstanzug (undress uniform)

Ausgehanzug (Walking out dress)

Sportanzug (Sportswear)

Tropen- und Sommeranzug (Tropical and summer uniform)

grosse Uniform (Parade dress)

kleiner Gesellschaftsanzug (Day (with jacke)/evening/mess dress (with blue or white messejacke. Blue has sleeve markings, white, shoulder boards) with medal ribbon bar and dagger. Worn on social occasions.)

grosser Gesellschaftsanzug (Day/evening/mess dress with decorations and dagger or sword.)

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

Senior Petty Officers & Midshipmen

Petty Officers and Other Ranks

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