The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) Junior NCO's (Matrosen Division) navy blue superfine short walking out jacket with rank insignia of maat (ship's mate). This double breasted jacket has lapels with a single button hole in each. It has two vertical opposing rows of nine gilt brass buttons that bear the king's crown above an anchor on the front, and 'ASSMANN & SOHNE, LUDENSCHEID / K.D.M.' on the back. An extra pair of linked buttons has been provided, to enable the front to be loosely fastened. There are six buttons on the Brandenburg cuffs and NCO's woven gold lace rank insignia. A large brass anchor badge of the type worn by the maat rank is fitted to the upper left sleeve. It is missing one of the devices, such as a fouled rope or ship's wheel, that is usually superimposed on the anchor to indicate the trade of the wearer. On both sleeves there is a row of strange remnant stitches. They are above and below a horizontal crease near the elbow. 'B.A.K. / 13 10 05 / 2.' has been stencilled in red paint in the middle of the black cotton drill lining. This has been overwritten by another stencil 'I M 9 / 126 / K'. 'II A 8 / 89 7 K' has been hand painted in red below the two stencilled markings. A pocket with a slit opening has been let into the lining of the left front panel. The sleeves are also lined with black cotton.
Taken from the ship's store in SMS Emden after she was defeated by HMAS Sydney off the Cocos Keeling Islands in November 1914.
German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) Junior NCO's and seaman's blue cotton square rig collar with three white stripes around the edge. 'I.T.4. / 560 / K' has been stencilled in red paint on the white cott
German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) seaman's gilt brass tie pin. It has a decorative hexagonal chain pattern on the front and a brooch type pin on the back. Taken from the ship's store in SMS Emden aft
German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) seaman's white duck trousers. The small yellow plastic buttons on the fly are concealed and the larger buttons on the waistband for braces are made from light brown pl
German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) seaman's (Werft Division) navy blue superfine short walking out jacket. This double breasted jacket has lapels that have a single button hole in each. It has two verti
German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) Junior NCO's and seaman's blue cotton square rig collar with three white stripes around the edge. 'I.T.4. / 560 / K' has been stencilled in red paint on the white cott
German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) medical officer's dark blue wool superfine evening jacket. The double breasted jacket has a blue silk velvet turn back collar. There are two vertical rows of
German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) ordinary seaman's (matrosen) dark blue wool pea jacket. The double breasted jacket has a broad turn back lapel collar with stiff rectangular mid-blue collar patches se
Germany Army NCO's field grey private purchase Waffenrock jacket of an unteroffizier of the Nassauisches Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr 27. This single breasted eight-button jacket has a stand and fall co
German Army Foot Artillery NCO's private purchase M.1910 Pattern field grey woollen Waffenrock jacket. This single breasted jacket has a black stand collar with scarlet edging and a single wide band o
