ONI JAN 1 Uniforms and Insignia Page 018 German Navy Kriegsmarine WW2 Petty officers, 2nd and 3rd class, and seamen. Sailor suits, cap, steel helmet, white summer uniform, service dress, etc. Feb. 1943 Field recognition No copyright

German Navy (Wehrmacht Kriegsmarine). Petty officers, 2nd and 3rd class, and seamen. Machinist's mate 2nd class (Obermaschinenmaat) service dress, Machinist's mate 3rd class (Maschinenmaat) summer uniform (sailor suits); (Sailor's) cap, overseas cap worn at sea; Steel helmet (Stahlhelm); Seaman, 1 class (Matrosenobergefreiter) summer uniform; Seama, 2nd class (Signalgefreiter) landing rig.February 1943.
Page (018) from "JAN #1 a joint Army and Navy publication UNIFORMS AND INSIGNIA prepared by the Military Intelligence Service and the Division of Naval Intelligence", a recognition manual released by the US War Departement during World War II for field use by the American fighting forces.
This cumulative military manual was a "Joint Army-Navy" ("JAN") publication illustrating uniforms and insignia of the navies, armies and air forces of Japan, Nazi Germany (Heer/German Army, Kriegsmarine/German Navy, Luftwaffe/German Air Force, Waffen-SS/German Armed Elite Guard), Facist Italy, occupied France and the Netherlands (parts of their navies were based in Western Allied countries), neutral Facist Spain and Portugal, and Allied Turkey. The collection of plates was published as a US Government unclassified public document 1943-44, in the format of a pocket-sized loose-leaf string-tied binder allowing for additional pages and corrections. Today it is in the public domain without any known copyright restrictions.













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