I was hoping we could get a discussion going to clarify how orders came down from military command regarding uniform regulations.
In Angolia's Die Kriegsmarine, there are frequent references to the issuing of orders determining various military regulations with reference numbers such as MV 38, No. 181; MV 42, No. 525; OTB 41, No. 6V; OKM MPA 1 1985; ObdM MPA No. 8000 IIIg and so on and on. Many of them are "MV" numbers.
I can't find a reference explaining these acronyms in any detail. I presume they stand for various military regulatory bodies or for the rule books themselves, but it would be nice to know what they all stand for and how the system worked.
For the Heer uniforms I see mention in this forum of HV standing for Heeres Verordnungsblatt, so it occurred to me that perhaps MV stood for Marine Verordnungsblatt but I couldn't confirm this. Also for Heer, HM stands for Allgemeine Heeresmitteilungen. Is there a Navy equivalent?
This is all I have so far for the Navy:
OKM - Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine (Navy High Command)
ObdM - Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine (Commander-in-Chief of the Navy)
MV - ?Marine Verordnungsblatt? (Ordinance Gazette?) (guessing)
OTB - ?
Can others please chip in with comments?
Regards,
---Norm
In Angolia's Die Kriegsmarine, there are frequent references to the issuing of orders determining various military regulations with reference numbers such as MV 38, No. 181; MV 42, No. 525; OTB 41, No. 6V; OKM MPA 1 1985; ObdM MPA No. 8000 IIIg and so on and on. Many of them are "MV" numbers.
I can't find a reference explaining these acronyms in any detail. I presume they stand for various military regulatory bodies or for the rule books themselves, but it would be nice to know what they all stand for and how the system worked.
For the Heer uniforms I see mention in this forum of HV standing for Heeres Verordnungsblatt, so it occurred to me that perhaps MV stood for Marine Verordnungsblatt but I couldn't confirm this. Also for Heer, HM stands for Allgemeine Heeresmitteilungen. Is there a Navy equivalent?
This is all I have so far for the Navy:
OKM - Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine (Navy High Command)
ObdM - Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine (Commander-in-Chief of the Navy)
MV - ?Marine Verordnungsblatt? (Ordinance Gazette?) (guessing)
OTB - ?
Can others please chip in with comments?
Regards,
---Norm