German WW2 Kriegsmarine Weapons Control Foreman Speciality Trade Badge

Sonderausbildung Abzeichen für Waffenleitvormann Truppen Ausbildung summer service rig.
On entering Kriegsmarine service all personnel were assigned and trained for a specific career. These careers consisted of a wide variety of speciality trades and functions with some of the careers restricted to certain rank groups. On successful completion of the appropriate training, personnel were issued distinctive career insignia to be worn on the upper left sleeve of the uniforms. For EM/NCO’s the career insignia could be worn combined with the rank insignia or as separate insignia. Enlisted ranks of Matrose up to and including Hauptgefreiter career insignia were generally embroidered on small round bases while NCO ranks of Maat up to and including Oberdeckoffizier career insignia were on larger, vertically oval bases and could come in embroidered or stamped alloy versions. Regulations dictated that the base colour of the insignia was to match the colour of the uniform it was worn on. Of Note: Rank designations were tied to the career the individual was assigned to. The insignia consists of a vertically oval, light weight, ribbed white cotton/rayon blend base with machine embroidered, upward and downward pointing, arrow dial heads superimposed on a circular base with staggered, outer graduation bars, all in bright red cotton threads, with larger red chevron. The outer edge of the white cotton/rayon base has a narrow white rayon reinforcement strip machine stitched in place.

Code: 24497