File:Wehrmacht Kriegsmarine Küstenartillerie Uniform Feldbluse Obergefreiter WWII Nazi Germany navy coastal artillery uniform tunic Photo Armémuseum Sweden CC BY AM.009251-6.jpg

English: Field or service uniform of the coastal artillery (German: Küstenartillerie/Marineartillerie) of the navy of Nazi Germany (Kriegsmarine) during World War II

• Field-grey (feldgrau, greenish grey) tunic/blouse/jacket/coat (German: Feldbluse) worn ashore by coastal defense enlisted men (Mannschaften)
  • M40 pattern KM ground troops tunic with five-buttoned front closure, open collar, four front pockets (upper two patch pockets with scalloped flaps and pleats), etc.
  • Anchor symbol on grey buttons
  • Plain shoulderstraps (Schulterklappen) with embroidered yellow crossed anchors symbol indicating coastal artillery
  • Pair of NCO Litzen (Doppellitze, 'double braid') on collar patches/tabs (Litzenspiegel, Kragenspiegel) with stripes in yellow
  • National Emblem (Hoheitszeichen or Wehrmachtsadler, "armed forces eagle"): eagle-and-swastika (Hakenkreuzadler) as a yellow breast eagle (Brustadler) over right chest pocket.
  • Double chevron on left sleeve as rank insignia of an Obergefreiter ("Seaman 2nd class"); cloth badge with double stripes of flat weave forming a V shape
• Kriegsmarine field-grey uniforms were first introduced in 1935 for issue to land based personnel (naval artillery detachments or trainees at shore establishments) and the design of the uniform was based on the army pattern with minor variations. The insignia worn on the field-grey uniforms was the standard Kriegsmarine type and included the distinctive rank and career shoulder boards and straps. (The uniform was basically the same as the Army's except that the Navy buttons and National Emblem were gold instead of gray, and the Navy shoulder marks carried no piping.)
• See Uniforms and insignia of the Kriegsmarine

Swedish Army Museum (online collections at digitaltmuseum.org):

Coat for a Corporal in the Coastal Artillery, Germany.

Coat made of gray-green officer's cloth without visible seams, slightly tailored at the waist. Two chest pockets with pleats and buttoned flaps. Two side pockets with buttoned flaps.

The coat is single-breasted with five buttons (one is missing). Collar with insignia indicating the rank of a Obergefreiter (Corporal) in the Coastal Artillery. Above the right chest pocket, the so-called Hoheitszeichen (the Prussian eagle holding a swastika in its claws). Executed in yellow silk on a green background. Button and loop on each shoulder for attaching the epaulettes. Vent at the back, three ventilation holes in a row at the center and on the sides. Attachment holes. Buttons on the inside of the collar for securing the collar patch. On the left sleeve, rank chevrons and a vent at the bottom of the sleeve, as well as two buttons for adjusting the sleeve width. The coat is lined with gray cotton fabric and has a chest pocket and a pocket for a first-aid kit.

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