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LOT 2512
German WWI Kaiserliche Marine Naval Officer's Frock Coat
1914-1918 A.D.
47 5/8 in. (2.23 kg, 121 cm long).
Dark blue fabric knee-length overcoat with satin lining, black velvet stand-and-fall collar with hook-and-eye closure, twelve gilt buttons to the front with Kriegsmarine insignia and seven more to the false closure and half-belt on the rear, two lateral slit pockets with covers; shoulder-boards / epaulettes with insignia for Kapitän-Leutnante and the anchor-and-propellor motif for an engineer. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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LOT 2512
German WWI Kaiserliche Marine Naval Officer's Frock Coat
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
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