Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat Service Oberleutnant’s Leather Jacket, Owner-Attributed, by Gustav Nitsch visually-hidden Ex George Peterson collection

Ex George Peterson collection

The card was mailed on May 19

weighting 19

maker marked “Gelsenkirchen - 25

with the officers and men being "scattered in every direction"

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A U-Boat Service Oberleutnant’s Leather Jacket, Owner-Attributed, by Gustav Nitsch visually-hidden Ex George Peterson collection(U Boot Lederjacke fr einen Oberleutnant). A well preserved Kriegsmarine U Boat service Oberleutnants jacket, constructed of multiple panels of dark slate grey leather which is reinforced along all seams with heavy machine stitching. A turned down collar transitions into two breast lapels, while two pockets set into each side close with buttonless horizontal and vertical flaps. The shoulders are topped by boards which are constructed of dark navy blue