Kriegsmarine Female Auxiliary Stabsführerin Chevron

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SKU: 21.GOR.03.02.12.01.001.000

  • Kriegsmarine Female Auxiliary Stabsführerin Chevron Obverse

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  • Country
    Germany
  • Image Licensing
    The image of the Kriegsmarine Female Auxiliary Stabsführerin Chevron is attributed to John R. Angolia and Adolf Schlicht from their book "Die Kriegsmarine - Uniforms & Traditions, Volume 2".

History


Within the Kriegsmarine, women were only permitted to serve as civilian employees. After the Second World War began men in clerical roles were moved to the front line and women were moved into clerical and office duties, as well as non-combative roles. Even within these new roles, the women were still considered civilian employees.

When the initial mobilization order was issued on November 1, 1938, there was no consideration for female auxiliaries. This lack of concrete provisions for female auxiliaries resulted in a marked lack of standardisation in the uniforms worn by Kriegsmarine female auxiliaries until 1943.

To start, in 1940, there were members of the Luftwaffe’s Female Aircraft Reporting Service Personnel (Weibliches Flugmeldedienst Personal) who served within the Kriegsmarine. In 1941, these auxiliaries were given their own division, which was renamed the Aircraft Reporting Service Auxiliaries of the Navy (Flugmeldehelferinnen der Kriegsmarine). The Aircraft Reporting Service Auxiliaries of the Navy wore the Luftwaffe female auxiliary’s service uniform. From that point forward several focused divisions of Kriegsmarine female auxiliaries were established, inducing the Air-Warning Service Auxiliaries (Luftschutzwarndienst-Helferinnen) in 1941, the Navy Auxiliaries (Marinehelferinnen) in 1942, and the Anti-Aircraft Artillery Auxiliaries of the Navy (Marine-Flakhelferinnen) in 1943.

A general service uniform was introduced in January 1943, it included a blue-coloured jacket, skirt, long trousers, overcoat, and overseas cap. The design of these garments was slightly altered in September 1943, wherein the garments adopted the standard grey uniform design and colour utilized by female auxiliaries in the Army Corps. These uniforms were worn by the majority of Kriegsmarine female auxiliary divisions. It was mandated that female auxiliaries outside the Reich’s borders had to wear the uniform, while those operating within its borders were only permitted to wear the service uniform when it was considered absolutely necessary.

These chevrons are indicators of rank for personnel within the Flugmeldehelferinnenschaft (Aircraft Reporting Services Auxiliary), and they are featured on the upper left sleeve of the jacket and greatcoat worn by Kriegsmarine female auxiliaries.

The rank stripes are composed of aluminum-coloured (aluminum) tress.

These ranks were prefixed with "Flugmelde" for female personnel within the Air-Warning Service Auxiliaries (Luftschutzwarndienst-Helferinnen), and with "Marine" for female personnel within the Navy Auxiliaries (Marinehelferinnen).

The Stabsfüherin Chevron features four stacked chevrons, with a loop on the bottom chevron. This chevron was worn alongside two hand-embroidered silver-coloured (aluminum) stars on the tip of each collar.

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