Real or Fake?

[Weibliche]

Hello guys~

Some years ago we were given this item from a collector friend. Since we do not collect anything like it it has been tossed in the closet for years. I'd like to know if it is real or not as if it is original I'd like to sell it.

Thanks for your time,:thumbup1:
Chrys

[Weibliche]

Bump....Can anyone help me out on this thing:confused:

[derjager]

Looks like Kriegsmarine. I don't have a navy rank chart though.

--dj--Joe USMC.

[Weibliche]

Thanks Joe,

Hopefully someone can offer some word on originality, I'd like to sell it if it is original.

Thanks Joe~
Chrys

[derjager]

I dug through some of my older reference material, info. I copied before I could afford books or a computer. From some forgotten source I recorded that this rank is for a Leading Seaman. A third stripe would denote Leading Seaman with 4 and 1/2 years experience.


--dj--Joe

[Jo_Rivett]

Here is what the Guild has to say about them:
The Kriegsmarine adopted rank chevrons for all Enlisted ranks in 1933. The chevrons were worn on the upper left sleeve of most garments, with a few exceptions and the base color of the chevron was to match the uniform it was worn on. The Kriegsmarine rank chevrons underwent four modifications between 1933 and 1940, in an unsuccessful attempt to conform to the army EM’s rank chevrons. Of Note: Quite often the rank chevrons were combined with the individuals career insignia. Depending on the time period that this chevron was worn it would signify the rank of Gefreiter from 1933 to January 1935, the rank of Oberstabsmatrose from January 1935 to January 1937 the rank of Stabsmatrose from January 1937 to January 1938 and the rank of Obergefreiter from January 1938 until the end of the war.

None like this though on that site (http://www.germanmilitaria.com/Kriegsmarine/01KM3Rank.html).