Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat Service Oberleutnant’s Leather Jacket, Owner-Attributed, by Gustav Nitsch United Republic of to Major on June 28

to Major on June 28

Stitched onto the centre of the cap band is a unique insignia consisting of a machine-embroidered silver aluminum wire Totenkopf cut off from a collar tab

Lieutenant Laurence Ormsby Pearce (189007)

marked "STERLING SILVER" and maker marked "P

of July 1944

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat Service Oberleutnant’s Leather Jacket, Owner-Attributed, by Gustav Nitsch United Republic of to Major on June 28(U Boot Lederjacke fr einen Oberleutnant). A well preserved Kriegsmarine U Boat service Oberleutnants jacket, constructed of multiple panels of dark slate grey leather which is reinforced along all seams with heavy machine stitching. A turned down collar transitions into two breast lapels, while two pockets set into each side close with buttonless horizontal and vertical flaps. The shoulders are topped by boards which are constructed of dark navy blue