Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Engineer Fregattenkapitän Summer Tunic Auction Archive serving against the Germans off

serving against the Germans off the coast of East Africa from April 1916 to May 1917

probably "in field"

the obverse central medallion presents the hand-painted ruins of the Stammschloss Zähringen

118mm (4 inches) in length

and I hope you may have the consolation of knowing he did his duty magnificently

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Engineer Fregattenkapitän Summer Tunic Auction Archive serving against the Germans off(Kriegsmarine Sommeruniform). This is an extremely well preserved Kriegsmarine Engineer Fregattenkapitn summer tunic, constructed of white cotton twill. The tunic has a low set pleated collar, while the shoulder are adorned with boards. The latter are constructed of cardboard reinforced white wool twill bearing four rows of silver aluminum wire interwoven into a braided pattern. Each board is pinned with a gilded bronze rank pip and a gilded bronze