January 3, 20197 yr #1 Just picked this up...not a savvy KM guy, can someone educate me why he seems to have two sets of rank stripes on his sleeve beneath the rate?
January 3, 20197 yr #2 Matrosenhauptgefreiter als Unteroffizieranwärter. That little chevron denotes his status, a Seaman 1st Class awaiting promotion to Petty officer. The badge above it all is the Artillery Mechanics specialty badge, in this context, the guns on a warship if you will as he's a ship board sailor, though these were worn by members of the land based German Navy Coast Artillery and Anti Aircraft units as well.
January 3, 20197 yr Author #3 Thanks. I had figured out the Artillery Mechanic, but didn't know there was a chevron for essentially being selected for the next rank. I just thought it was a neat portrait with all the badges...I dabble in TR portraits
January 3, 20197 yr #4 This is a nice portrait of a salt water Matrosen. He is also wearing a wound badge and his marksmanship lanyard, which was highly prized by enlisted men.
January 3, 20197 yr #5 This is a nice portrait of a salt water Matrosen. He is also wearing a wound badge and his marksmanship lanyard, which was highly prized by enlisted men. And the Wound Badge is in either Silver (3 to 4 wounds) or Gold (5 or more wounds)! That's a lot of action for a Destroyer Crewman right.
January 4, 20197 yr Author #6 Not in hand yet...but it appears the WB is the early 'Condor' pattern... The acorn on the lanyard was also a reason to pick it up
January 6, 20197 yr #7 Not much to add to what has already been said but that is a really nice portrait with some cool things going on. This guy saw some action.
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