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Here is your chance to own a lovely pair of Kriegsmarine Leutnant shoulder boards. This matching pair is in good shape overall with some moth damage. An impressive pair for sure. Absolutely guaranteed authentic. 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!