beneath smaller lines, in addition flag officers would wear a crown on top of their sleeve insignia.
For enlisted men an elaborate rank system existed distinguishing between Mannschaften (crew), Chargen (junior non-commissioned officers), Unteroffizieren (Maaten/NCOs) and Bootsleute/Feldwebel (senior NCOs).
In addition the rank indicated the special training the men had received, indicated by a specialty badge worn on the left sleeve.
Bootsleute would wear the blue or white navy jacket with gold braid half stripes of 11 cm length on the sleeves or shoulder straps.
Einjährige would also wear the blue navy jacket but with two smaller gold braid stripes.