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Here is your chance to pick up a nice example of a Kriegsmarine officer’s summer tunic. This example has shoulder boards for the rank of a Korvettenkapitän. Patinaed summer breast eagle, which has loops sewn into the tunic. Eagle is missing the lower reverse prong. Loops for a larger 6 place ribbon bar, as well as 4 sets of loops for badges, and an Iron Cross ribbon in the buttonhole. Nice white color overall with minimal staining throughout as seen in the photos. Complete with the matching white pair of pants as well. An extremely impressive example for display! The awards are for photographic purposes only and is NOT included in this listing, only the breast eagle and pants are included. Click HERE to view more images of this item! In 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 previously, and prohibited the building of submarines.The 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. Free shipping ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD & I don’t charge PayPal fees like some of the other guys!
