Kriegsmarine Petty Officers, Ratings and Seamen wore the same uniform.

Service dress consisted of:

Jacket, trousers, jumper (shirt) in white or blue, blue jean collar with three white stripes, silk neckerchief, grey gloves and cap.

Rank/rate was indicated by badges on the left upper sleeve, gold on the blue uniform, light blue on white.

Illustrated left is a "Matrosenstabsgefreiter" (Leading Seaman) in Parade dress. Right, "Matrose" (Seaman) in blue Service dress.

On the undress "Collani" jacket (named after Berger & Collani, the Berlin naval tailors), rank was also displayed on light blue collar patches.

Left, "Bootsmannsmaat" (Petty Officer Boatswain) in undress jacket and "Schiffchen" (boarding) cap. The Schiffchen cap was introduced in 1940, and was worn by all ranks.

Right, the "U-Boot-Päckchen" (U-Boat battle dress) in grey leather (also issued in brown and black), one of many specialist Kriegsmarine uniforms, the wearer here newly decorated with the Iron Cross 2nd class. Officers' päckchen jackets were mid-thigh length.

Left, "Obermaschinenmaat"(ERA PO) in "Paradejacke" jacket. This jacket was part of Walking-out dress and was similar in style to Officers' "Messejacke" (Mess jacket). Collar is worn over the jacket. Left sleeve has rank and specialist training badges.

A "Sch?tzenschnur" marksmanship proficiency lanyard is worn attached from the right shoulder to the third jacket button.

Walking-out dress, Leading Seaman

Field-grey uniform, Seaman