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Here’s your chance to own a gorgeous privately tailored KM reefer jacket for a line officer.The visor cap and decorations are for photographic purposes only and are not included in this listing, only the jacket itself is for sale. Both the line officer’s stars and the breast eagle are hand-sewn examples which were produced in gold bullion. Not only are there two sets of loops on the left breast but also one set of loops on the right area for the wear of a Spanish Cross. Danzig based tailor’s label on the interior. Minor moth nips and honest period wear.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!
