I think the recent flooding has caused me to think about the Navies of the world, I recently bought a KuK Kriegsmarine Kappe off ebay, it is on its way from Germany right now. I passed an Austrian Marine uniform a few years ago because I had not seen a Kappe for sale. This one recently came up for sale and I managed to win the bid,
Shortly after I found this one, I found another for much more money. The first has an interesting tally and the Abzeichen of an Unteroffizer. I then found a grouping of two jumpers, a jacket, three collars and a neck scarf, and managed to acquire that. The jumpers ore for a seamn, so the Abzeichen is not correct, but I ham chasing a Manschaften Abzeichen on ebay at the moment. It is interesting that after seeing nothing for years, everything fell into place in a matter of weeks on this one. The grouping is coming from the grandson of the seaman, along with copies of photos and information on the seaman and his ship.
This is not the first time this has happened, just a few weeks ago, I had the same thing happen with a British uniform, which is still playing out with the shipment of a set of blues from Blighty that are scheduled to arrive soon. And a few years ago, I managed to find a USMC tunic, trousers and hat all with in a weeks time after looking for over a year and not seeing any thing.
Shortly after I found this one, I found another for much more money. The first has an interesting tally and the Abzeichen of an Unteroffizer. I then found a grouping of two jumpers, a jacket, three collars and a neck scarf, and managed to acquire that. The jumpers ore for a seamn, so the Abzeichen is not correct, but I ham chasing a Manschaften Abzeichen on ebay at the moment. It is interesting that after seeing nothing for years, everything fell into place in a matter of weeks on this one. The grouping is coming from the grandson of the seaman, along with copies of photos and information on the seaman and his ship.
This is not the first time this has happened, just a few weeks ago, I had the same thing happen with a British uniform, which is still playing out with the shipment of a set of blues from Blighty that are scheduled to arrive soon. And a few years ago, I managed to find a USMC tunic, trousers and hat all with in a weeks time after looking for over a year and not seeing any thing.
