work dress jacket
Report a Mistake- Object Number 20070070-042
- Event 1939-1945 Second World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer --
- Date Made --
- Place of Use Continent - Europe, Country - Germany
- Category Personal artifacts
- Sub-category Clothing, outerwear
- Department Dress and Insignia
- Museum CWM
- Materials Cotton
- Service Component German Merchant Marine
- Measurements Length 67.1 cm, Width 50.7 cm
- Caption Tropical Service Dress, German Merchant Navy
- Additional Information Kurt Reinhold Gunzel was an experienced 33-year-old merchant sailor when the armed merchant cruiser HMCS Prince Robert captured his ship Weser off the Mexican coast. Gunzel's cotton uniform, made in Shanghai, China, was intended for warm tropical weather. Press interviews with the crew of the Prince Robert noted that when most of Weser's captured crew were dressed in light clothing not warm enough for more northern latitudes. Though some of the Germans feared mistreatment or even summary execution, instead they benefitted from donation of warmer clothing by Canadian sailors.