Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Engine Personnel Leather Uniform

(Maschinenpersonal Uniform). This is a very well-preserved Kriegsmarine Engine Personnel uniform, consisting of a jacket and trousers constructed of black leather. The leather panels of the jacket are securely machine stitched at the shoulders, sides, and back. It features a low-set collar, with a single pocket at the upper left breast featuring a buttonless horizontal flap, with additional pockets on both the lower left and right, opening with identical buttonless flaps. The jacket is close by five (replacement) bakelite buttons on the right meeting an identical number of reinforced buttonholes on the left. The right breast bears an embossed Kriegsmarine-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, above an embossed letter “M” (“Marine”). The interior of the jacket is lined with a mottled grey cotton twill that transitions into a pinstripe rayon through the arms. There is a single interior pocket opening with a leather-reinforced horizontal slit. Each armpit bears a cotton loop, with the left loop having been cut in half. The jacket is unmarked and measures approximately 720 mm through the body, with a shoulder width of 460 mm and arm length of 570 mm. Age-appropriate material fatigue is evident, but it is in an otherwise better than very fine condition.

The trousers feature six magnetic metal buttons evenly arranged along the waistband, each of which is stamped “CLEO”. The reverse features an integrated belt arrangement featuring a magnetic metal buckle with three vertically-arranged set of dual eyelets. The is close by three vertically-arranged black bakelite buttons with a magnetic metal hook and loop. The leather panels are stitched together at the exterior and interior through the length of the legs. The interior features a complete grey-blue cotton twill liner bearing a label stamped with “ABNr. 0/1297/0005”. The trousers measure approximately 440 mm across the waist, with an inseam length of 700 mm and an overall length of 1080. Age-appropriate material fatigue is evident, but the trousers are in an overall better than very fine condition.