Help required identifying my Opa's uniform cloth insignia

Willy K. · Post by **Willy K.** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 6:52 pm

Hi, I'm new to this group and joined recently in the hopes that someone could help me identifying my Opa's uniform cloth insignia. To my knowledge he served in the German Navy somewhere in Greece during the time this photo was taken. Judging by the burns on his face and his singed off right eyebrow he was injured in some kind of fire or explosion. I don't think he was an officer but who knows? My father who was also a German soldier in WW2 has passed on too so I can't ask him family history questions anymore. In the extremely remote chance that someone has a record of him my Opa's name was Wilhelm Theodore Kruger and was from Hamburg. The picture in question is posted here:

http://williamkrueger.fotopic.net/p7896202.html

Thank You.

Willy K.

derGespenst · Post by **derGespenst** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 9:14 am

Sorry, Willy but the link doesn't work.

Willy K. · Post by **Willy K.** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 2:42 pm

Are you sure? I just tested it and it was working for me.

Willy

Nibelung · Post by **Nibelung** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 7:46 am

It's just a normal shirt and a breast eagle insignia on it's right side - like thousands of sailors in the Kriegsmarine had. Sorry, I can't tell you anything special about it.

best,
Nibelung

awaygood · Post by **awaygood** » Sat Oct 09, 2004 5:24 am

From the photograph, it seems that he is a rating, as the shoulder straps are not those usually worn by senior ratings or officers. The term 'rating' describes those ranks below a Petty Officer; the term 'senior rating' includes Petty Officers, Chief Petty Officers, and Warrant Officers.