Kriegsmarine My Third Reich Rank, Trade Badges, and Eagles

[Gordon Williamson]

Kapit?nleutnant the typical U-Boat commander rank.

[Gordon Williamson]

Oberleutnant zur See. A few junior commanders at this grade, specially later in the war, but in the "hey-days" of the U-Boats, this grade would most likely be the IWO, First Watch Officer, probably a future commander in training.

[Gordon Williamson]

Oberleutnant (Ing), the Engineering Officer.

[Gordon Williamson]

A medical Oberleutnant. Some of the bigger Type IX ocean going U-Boats carried medical officers on the longer cruises.

[Gordon Williamson]

Leutnant zur See, the IIWO.

[Gordon Williamson]

Oberf?hnrich zur See. Senior Officer candidate (Midshipman)

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F?hnrich zur See. Junior Officer candidate.

[Gordon Williamson]

Stabsobermechaniker. Second in command in the engine room.

[Gordon Williamson]

Obersteuermann. The Helmsmann, usually regarded as the "Third Officer" of the Watch.

[Gordon Williamson]

Oberfunker, the senior signals NCO.

[Gordon Williamson]

Torpedomechaniker. NCO in charge of the torpedo room.

[Gordon Williamson]

Stabsbootsmann. The Bosun.

[Gordon Williamson]

All of the "Mate" ranks would be found either as Maat or Obermaat.

Oberbootsmaat

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Funkobermaat

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Mechanikersobermaat

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Torpedomechanikersobermaat

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Steuermannsmaat

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Sanit?tsobermaat

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Obermaat

[Laurence Strong]

Gordon, Stop, I am not getting any closer to leaving I keep coming back to see what you have posted . Thanks for contributing, now I really have to leave, see you all in 2 weeks

[J Temple-West]

Only a small collection of KM trade patches in my collection. This will be the first time they've seen the light of day in many a long year..

If anyone wants to see larger pix of a particular item, let me know.

[John]

Laurence,

Ref you 're drilling rig....

Are you sure that contraption isn't a modern U-boat? Two weeks on, one off... up periscope!

John

[Laurence Strong]

A couple of new one's First a Korvettenkapitan set of boards with Gun devices. Not sure of the correct terminology. I don't know if the devices are a matched pair

[Laurence Strong]

And a pair of Leutnant zur See

Edited August 30, 2005 by Laurence Strong

[Guest Rick Research]

Laurence-- post #48 = Korvettenkapit?n (W) in the "Artilleriewesen" since there were also (W) officers in the "Sperrwesen" with a floating mine device.

Here are my Korvettenkapit?n (V) administrative boards, also the type probably worn on a pre-war frock coat. My later Konteradmiral (V) B?ning made this rank in 1937 as Chief Administrative Officer, Submarines.

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And a bit of a statistical sample on these two obscure specialist Corps. /NA = Not Applicable (there weren't any) and the / (E)= Erg?nzungs = retread officers called back up in the mid 1930s. They were worked into the regulars during the war.

Administrative Korvettenkapit?n level officers

1931 = 2/NA

1936 = 25/ 8 (V-E)

1937 = 25/ 12 (V-E)

1944 = 89/ NA

Artilleriewesen Korvettenkapit?ns

1931 = NA (! they were "Beamten" then)

1936 = 13/ 0

1937 = 24/ 1 (W-E)

1944 = 20/ NA