Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat Service Oberleutnant’s Leather Jacket, Owner-Attributed, by Gustav Nitsch United Republic of reverse with additional hand etching

reverse with additional hand etching

winning the competition

of July 1944

to Major on June 28

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat Service Oberleutnant’s Leather Jacket, Owner-Attributed, by Gustav Nitsch United Republic of reverse with additional hand etching(U Boot Lederjacke fr einen Oberleutnant). A well preserved Kriegsmarine U Boat service Oberleutnants jacket, constructed of multiple panels of dark slate grey leather which is reinforced along all seams with heavy machine stitching. A turned down collar transitions into two breast lapels, while two pockets set into each side close with buttonless horizontal and vertical flaps. The shoulders are topped by boards which are constructed of dark navy blue