Kriegsmarine My Third Reich Rank, Trade Badges, and Eagles

[Laurence Strong]

Over the next while, I am going to post all my badges etc, for your viewing pleasure. I almost sound like a Tv commercial there cheeky. I will concentrate on the KM to start with

First some Eagles

first an EM/NCO overseas cap eagle

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[Laurence Strong]

Next an EM/NCO breast eagle

[Laurence Strong]

An NCO's hand embroidered celleon thread breast eagle. I really like this one, the detail is esquisite. I think these are the next best thing to a Boullion eagle

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[Laurence Strong]

Konteradmiral shoulder board with dual interwoven gilt and single silver/aluminium braiding , and gilt washed stamped alloy attachment button with a corresponding alloy, screw threaded base post

[Laurence Strong]

A Steuermann with the rank of feldwebel with button which is marked Kreigsmarine 1940 on the back, I will hunt up the proper rank terminology and post it in time

[Laurence Strong]

My collection of shoulder boards is a little sparse at the momment. Rank chevron for Obergefreiter

[Laurence Strong]

Gefreiter chevron along with white work dress one.

[Laurence Strong]

Now some Trade and rank insignias, First a Schreibermaats sleeve insignia, with a twin beside it in the original issue envelpoe, below that is the EM's career sleeve insignia

[Laurence Strong]

Speerwaffenobermeckaniker (Blocking Weapons)

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[Laurence Strong]

Torpedomeckanikersmaat, the white one has the price of -30 phening (sp) penciled on the back

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[Laurence Strong]

Steuermann these would go with the shoulder board. Well the wee missus wants to go grocery shoping, so I will finish posting later

[Laurence Strong]

Ok I am back, house full of food next is the Zimmermannmaats (Carpenter)

[Laurence Strong]

Artilleriemeckanikmaat

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[Laurence Strong]

Bootsmann. (Boatswain)

[Laurence Strong]

Marineartillerie

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Verwaltungsmann

[Laurence Strong]

Two last ones, on the right is the only 3 colored badge in the KM for signalsmann. and on the left is the "Blitz" for a Funker.

Thats it for this time, I am off to work tomorrow and will be back in 2 weeks and I will post more, for the Heer and Luftwaffe. See you all.

Edited April 27, 2005 by Laurence Strong

[Michel]

An Officer's hand embroidered celleon thread breast eagle. I really like this one, the detail is esquisite. I think these are the next best thing to a Boullion eagle

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Hello Laurence,

Thank you for sharing us.

I think that this eagle type is for NCO.

Best regards,

Michel

[Laurence Strong]

Thanks Michel

[Tony]

Hello Laurence,

I'm not a 3rd Reich collector but I do like a lot of their badges. Hurry back from work (2 weeks! Wow, must be a long drive) and post your Heer & Luftwaffe badges.

I really like breast eagles so I hope you post a few of those.

Cheers

Tony

[Gordon Williamson]

Here is one of the rarer KM trade patches, for a U-Boat diver.

[Laurence Strong]

Thanks guys Nice one Gordon, now you gave me another one to look for ,

@Tony the drive is only 3 hours this time but I do a 2 week shift 12 hrs a day and get a week off, I work on a oil drilling rig. Sorry about the blurry photo, thats from when we were up north this winter, used to have to fly in then.

[Gordon Williamson]

I try to stick to trades/ranks that were found on typical U-Boats.

Kapit?n zur See. Usually at Flotilla command Level or FdU/BdU Staff

[Gordon Williamson]

Fregattenkapit?n. Again usually at Flotilla level.

[Gordon Williamson]

Korvettenkapit?n. Not too many U-Boat commanders at this grade, but there were a few, just before they moved on to shore based commands.