Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Leutnant Zur See Blue Mess Jacket, By Heinrich Schneller Archive the note states ‘Geranium leaf

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indicating the rank of Private First Class

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Footnote: Hanns Blaschke (1 April 1896 in Vienna – 25 October 1971 in Salzburg) was the son of a revenue officer

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Leutnant Zur See Blue Mess Jacket, By Heinrich Schneller Archive the note states ‘Geranium leaf(Kantine Rock fr Offizier). A blue mess jacket presenting as a double breasted dinner jacket, constructed of dark navy wool, with two rows of four fire gilded buttons, the obverses of each present an anchor, the reverses each maker marked with the Assmann logo and inscribed FEUER VERGOLDET, the jacket bears a chain closure with smaller versions of the anchor buttons, the right breast presents an officers breast eagle, constructed of gilt wire threads