Original German WWII Kriegsmarine Evening Dress "Monkey" Jacket with Vest - Named Oberleutnant zur See Affenjacke MG 34 Barrel Jacket Assembly The 42" barrel with signs

The 42" barrel with signs of powder burn at the breach is in solid and presentable condition being fully polished as the day it was originally issued

A thin mattress pad should be procured

Rudder’s Rangers suffered a seventy percent casualty rate

location and style of text is very typical German WWII

indicating manufacture at the Turin (Torino) Arsenal in 1883

Original German WWII Kriegsmarine Evening Dress "Monkey" Jacket with Vest - Named Oberleutnant zur See Affenjacke MG 34 Barrel Jacket Assembly The 42" barrel with signsOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is a tailor made named German WWII evening dress Kriegsmarine jacket with vest for the rank of Oberleutnant zur See. The short jacket for evening dress, often called the Affenjacke (Monkey Jacket), is constructed of fine blue wool with gold Kriegsmarine buttons, gold ribbon rank cuffs, bullion stars on each sleeve and a wonderful bullion eagle to the right chest. The jacket is single breasted 4 button front. Medal