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Description17 article-hdbk-TM-E-30-451 Page 893 Handbook on German military forces US War Dep March 1945--XVII Navy WW2 Field Gray Uniforms Rank insignia Officers Seamen Naval Coast Artillery (contrast).jpg
English: "Handbook on German Military Forces" (US War Dep 1945): Plate XVII – German Navy (WW2 Kriegsmarine) Field Gray Uniforms. Officers, WOs, POs, Coast Artillery; Seamen. Insignia of rank: Officers, Warrant Officers, Petty Officers, and Seamen of Naval Coast Artillery (Küstenartillerie, shoulder straps and collar patches).
Uniform plate from "TM-E 30-451 "Handbook on German Military Forces TM-E 30-451, a technical manual published by the U.S. War Department on 15 March 1945 in a loose-leaf format to facilitate revision. The purpose of the handbook was to give officers and enlisted men of the U.S. Army a better understanding of their principal enemy in Europe, and the material was based on information available up to 15 February 1945.
The illustrations show Wehrmacht uniforms etc. of Nazi Germany during the Second World War, i. e. for the men in the Heer (German Army), the Kriegsmarine (German Navy), and the Luftwaffe (German Air Force), as well as uniforms of the Waffen-SS (Armed Elite Guard). The U.S. Government produced material was originally restricted but later declassified. The document is now in the Public Domain and can be shared under the Creative Commons license.
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"Handbook on German Military Forces" (US War Dep 1945): '''Plate XVII German Navy WW2 Field Gray Uniforms. Officers, WOs, POs, Seamen. Insignia of rank: Officers and Seamen of Naval Coast Artillery (Küstenartillerie, shoulderstraps, collar patches).