Kriegsmarine leather jacket ww2

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Description

Kriegsmarine leather jacket of Carl Borm, WO on "Scharnhorst", Commander M 146, M 75, M 60 and U 592 from 2nd World War

This beautiful leather jacket comes directly from the family property. With photo evidence (repro)!

The leather jacket was probably purchased privately. With manufacturer label Hela Herren Moden. The leather is still nice and supple. With signs of use and small defects. Inner lining without damage or moth holes. On the right shoulder the seam has come undone a bit. The Kriegsmarine buttons were probably replaced after the war. The shoulder boards have been removed. Measurements:

Shoulder: ca. 49 cm

Chest: ca. 56 cm

Arm: ca. 67 cm

Length: ca. 80 cm

Vita Carl Borm:

born in 1911, Hamburg

1928 - 1930, sailor on the Passat, 6x round Cape Horn

Maritime school Hamburg

1933 merchant navy, helmsman on big voyage

1.4.1934 joined the Reichsmarine, crew 34, later assigned to crew 33

6 - 9.1939 Scharnhorst (WO)

9.1939 - 3.1941 commander M 146, M 60, M 75

16.10.1941 - 24.7.1943 commander U 592, 8 enemy patrols, 1 sinking

7.1943 - 9.1943 command Norway, Heavy Cruiser Lützow, shortened staff officer course

10.1943 - 7.1944 Kapitänleutnant in the staff 7th U-flotilla, St. Nazaire

7.1944 - 9.1944 5th U-flotilla, Kiel

9.1944 - 12.1944 Staff 33rd U-Flotilla, Flensburg

12.1944 - 8.5.1945 flotilla chief 2-man small submarines, Schleusen Ijmuiden (with Albrecht Brandi)

Prisoner of war in East Frisia

1946 under Allied supervision, patent Master Mariner

shipowner with 4 new cargo ships

died 1995

A wonderful piece of Kriegsmarine Militaria