Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Tropical Field Blouse, by M. Sonntag & Söhne, c. 1942 Province of China measuring 204 mm (w) x

measuring 204 mm (w) x 268 mm (h)

some 312 men (or 315 by another account) of the 27th Maine did choose to stay behind when they were asked

The peak of the cap features a 64 mm (w) x 27 mm (h) die-stamped gilded brass pin in the form of a Kriegsmarine-style German national eagle with wreathed mobile swastika

suspended from a lady’s ribbon that does not appear original to the award

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Tropical Field Blouse, by M. Sonntag & Söhne, c. 1942 Province of China measuring 204 mm (w) x(Kriegsmarine Tropen Feldbluse). A well preserved Waffen SS tropical field blouse, constructed of khaki tan cotton cloth with a gentle whipcord weave. It features a turned down collar reinforced on the reverse with multiple rows of machine stitching. Each cuff is rolled up to a depth of 13 cm and secured in position with machine stitching around the outer circumference. Four pleated pockets are set into the breasts, all closing with zink buttons