✚7882✚ German Navy WW2 Kriegsmarine Administrative NCO's Career Sleeve Insignia

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Original German Navy KRIEGSMARINE / WW2 - ADMINISTRATIVE NCO'S CAREER SLEEVE INSIGNIA (Verwaltungsmaat Laufbahnabzeichen), NICE CONDITION - NICE EMBROIDERED EXAMPLE, SIZE: cca 90 x 70 mm

HISTORY OF THE AWARD:

ADMINISTRATIVE NCO'S CAREER SLEEVE INSIGNIA (Verwaltungsmaat Laufbahnabzeichen) - On entering Kriegsmarine service all personnel were assigned and trained for a specific career. These careers consisted of a wide variety of specialty trades and functions with some of the careers restricted to certain rank groups. On successful completion of the appropriate training, personnel were issued distinctive career insignia to be worn on the upper left sleeve of the uniforms. For EM/NCO’s the career insignia could be worn combined with the rank insignia or as separate insignia. Regulations dictated that the base color of the insignia was to match the color of the uniform it was worn on. Of Note: Rank designations were tied to the career the individual was assigned to and in this case the proper rank designation is Verwaltungsmaat. The insignia consists of a roughly, 90mm tall, 70mm wide, vertically oval, navy blue wool base with a hand embroidered vertical Mercurial staff, (two serpents entwined on a winged staff), superimposed on a vertical anchor all in golden yellow cotton threads.