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LOT 2148
German WWI Kaiserliche Marine Pea Jacket
1914-1918 A.D.
26 in. (1.09 kg, 66 cm long).
Dark blue fabric waist-length pea jacket with cotton lining, double-breasted format with two columns of nine silver buttons to the front with Kriegsmarine insignia and corresponding button-holes, and six more to each cuff; applied gilt-metal badge to the upper arm with anchor and crossed cannons for naval artillery; some usage wear especially to the outer sleeves and hem. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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