Authentic Set of 8x Photographs from KriegsmarineU-Boot "U-111". U-111 was commanded by Kapitänleutnant Wilhelm Kleinschmidt! Throughout it's short service, U-111 managed to sink 4 ships and damage one more, however she was sunk by depth charges and gunfire from British anti-submarine trawler HMS Lady Shirley on October 4, 1941 near Tenerife, Canary Islands. Commander Wilhelm Kleinschmidt and 7 others did not survive. Good condition. Measuring: 6x9cm.
Sharp Wartime Studioportrait of a Kriegsmarien sailor wearing the Minensucherabzeichen (Mine Sweeper Badge), Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz (Wound Badge in Black) and the ribbon bar for the Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse (Iron Cross 2nd Class). He's also wearing the Boatswain patch on his sleeve. Postcardsize.
Portrait of a Kriegsmarine Sailor with Zerstörerabzeichen (Destroyer Badge) and Ribbon Bar for the Memelland Medaille ('Medaille zur Erinnerung an die Heimkehr des Memellandes')! This studioportrait was taken in La Rochelle, France! Sharp and Postcardsize.
Postwar Signature of Victor Otto Oehrn. Victor Oehrn (21 October 1907-Gədəbəy, Azerbaijan – 26 December 1997-Bonn, Germany) was a Fregattenkapitän with the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He commanded the U-boats U-14 and U-37, sinking twenty-four ships on four patrols, for a total of 104,846 tons of Allied shipping, to stand 28th on the list of highest scoring U-Boat aces of World War II.
Postwar Signature of Waldemar Holst, earned the Knight's Cross as Commander of the 4. Räumbootsflottille. He passed away in 1975. Photo has some knicks.
Postwar Signature including 2 letters (one containing his service) of Kapitänleutnant Alfred Muser, who earned the Knight's Cross as Commander of the 8. Räumbootsflottille
Postwar Signature of Werner Töniges, earned the Knight's Cross as Commander of Schnellboot "S 102" and Oakleaves as Kompaniechef in the Marineschule Mürwick and Commander of Schnellboot "S 102". Passed away in 1995. He also earned the Schnellboot-Kriegsabzeichen mit Brillianten !
Small but nice scarce set of Kurt Weyher, containing his postwar signature on a photograph and documents. Kurt Weyher earned the Knight's Cross as Commander of the Auxiliry Cruiser "Orion" and later the German Cross in Gold as Chef der 10. Sicherungsdivision.
Postwar signature of Heinrich Hoffmann, earned the Knight's Cross and Oaklveas as Korvettenkapitän and Chef der 5. Torpedobootsflottille in June and July 1944!
Scarce wartime signature of Generaladmiral Otto Schniewind on a Willrich Postkarte of himself. Schniewind earned the Knight's Cross on April 21, 1940 als Chef des Stabes der Seekriegsleitung.
Postwar signature of Flottenrichter Otto Heinrich Kranzbühler (8 July 1907 – 9 August 2004) (on letter) was a German naval judge who represented defendant Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz before the International Military Tribunal at the Nuremberg Trials.
Postwar Signature of Karl-Friedrich Künzel (2 in total: 1x on Photograph, 1x on letter containing his service), earned the Knight's Cross in December 1943 as Commander of Schnellboot S-28 in the 1. Schnellbootflottille.
Postwar signature of Helmut Bastian (2 in total: 1x on Photograph; 1x on Letter), Knight's Cross Holder of Kleinkampfflotille 211 in November 1944. Earned the German Cross in Gold as Kommandant Torpedoboot "Möwe" / 5.Torpedobootsflotille.
Postwar signature (2 in total = 1 on the photograph; 1 on the card) of Friedrich Kemnade. Holder of the Knight's Cross with Oakleaves, which he earned a Chef of the 3. Schnellbootflottille.
Postwar signature and grave photograph of Lothar-Günther Buchheim. Buchheim was a Sonderführer in a propaganda unit of the Kriegsmarine in the Second World War, writing as a war correspondent about his experiences on minesweepers, destroyers and submarines. He also made drawings and took photographs. As a Leutnant zur See in the autumn of 1941, Buchheim joined Kapitänleutnant Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock and the crew of U-96 on her seventh patrol in the Battle of the Atlantic. His orders were to photograph and describe the U-boat in action. In 1973 he published a novel based on his wartime experiences, Das Boot (The Boat).
Postwar signature, letter and grave photograph of Gerhard von Kramptz, Knight's Cross with Oakleaves holder. He died in 1998. His wife may have signed for him since she took over most writing.
Postwar Signature of Walter Hennecke. Hennecke (23 May 1898 – 1 January 1984) was a German admiral during World War II. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross by Hitler for "a feat unprecedented in the annals of coastal defense.", when he comprehensively damaged Cherbourg Harbour prior to surrendering it to Allied forces. Hennecke died January 1, 1984. Photograph is 8 x 10,5 cm.
