English: Supplement page (revision and addenda) added in July 1944 to J.A.N. No. 1 UNIFORMS AND INSIGNIA, a publication prepared by the Military Intelligence Service and the Division of Naval Intelligence of the US War Departement as a recognition field manual for the American fighting forces during World War II:

• Illustration plate/chart in colour showing the uniforms and insignia of the Kriegsmarine (Wehrmacht Kriegsmarine), the navy of Nazi Germany:
• Civilian Naval Officers

Civilian Naval Officials (Marinebeamten) are administrative personnel attached to the Navy. In wartime they wear naval uniforms on which the buttons, sleeve stripes, national emblem, Corps and cap insignia are in silver. They hold rank equivalent to that of regular naval personnel, but with the ranks of Chief Petty Officer and Chief Warrant Officer omitted. The various Corps are divided into groups to indicate restrictions in rank as follows: Lowest, PO 1st Class and Warrant Officer; Intermediate, Warrant Officer through Lieutenant (ig); Advanced, Lieutenant (ig) through Commander; and Highest, Lieutenant through Vice Admiral. Transfers between groups are prohibited.

• Corps insignia
• Corps colors: administrative, legal, technical
• Shoulder boards

etc

• See Beamte der Kriegsmarine and Rangübersicht der Marinebeamten:
  • Kriegsmarine officials wear shoulder straps and arm stripes according to their equivalent Kriegsmarine rank; The shoulder straps have no career badge (Laufbahnabzeichen) and have coloured underlays:
  • Dark blue (dunkelblau): Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine
  • Cornflower blue (kornblumenblau): Administration (Verwaltung), Navy pharmacists (Marineapotheker), non-technical teachers at Navy schools
  • Crimson red (karmesinrot): Reich Military Court (Reichskriegsgericht), Naval War Court (Marinekriegsgericht)
  • Black (schwarz): Technical officials, Pilot Commanders (Lotsenkommandeur), maritime vehicle officials (seem. Fahrzeugbeamte), naval engineers (Seemaschinisten), technical teachers at Navy schools
• See photos of MarineBeamte (Armed Forces Officials) Sleeve Patches: Military Collar Tab and Shoulder Board Identification Guide at www.germandaggers.com

MarineBeamte personnel were Reich civil service personnel who were considered members of the military and were subject to military law. They performed many of the supply and logistic functions. Functions included serving the Reichs Court, Paymasters, Apothecaries, and the Field Post Office. Collar tabs identified the branch and service level of the wearer. The Waffenfarbe colour for officials was dark green, with specialties further specified by a secondary colour (Nebenfarbe).

The cumulative military manual was a Joint Army and Navy ("JAN") publication illustrating uniforms and insignia of the navies, armies and air forces of several countries. The collection of plates was published as a US Government unclassified public document 1943-44 in the format of a pocket-sized loose-leaf string-tied binder allowing for later additional pages and corrections. Today the manual is in the public domain without any known copyright restrictions.