Theodor Detmers – HSK “Kormoran”

Original Scarce Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Theodor Detmers. Fregattenkapitän (22.08.1902 in Witten † 04.11.1976 in Hamburg) earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on December 4, 1941 as Fregattenkapitän und Kommandant of the HSK “Kormoran” (HSK-8).

Detmers commanded the commerce raider Kormoran when it sunk the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney in a mutually destructive battle. Read more about Theodor Detmers (Wikipedia)

 

Provenance: This signature comes from one of the largest postwar signature collection I’ve ever commissioned. This collection was started by a Waffen-SS Veteran, Werner H., in the 1950’s until he passed away.

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Original Scarce Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Theodor Detmers. Fregattenkapitän (22.08.1902 in Witten † 04.11.1976 in Hamburg) earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on December 4, 1941 as Fregattenkapitän und Kommandant of the HSK “Kormoran” (HSK-8).

Detmers commanded the commerce raider Kormoran when it sunk the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney in a mutually destructive battle. Read more about Theodor Detmers (Wikipedia)

Provenance: This signature comes from one of the largest postwar signature collection I’ve ever commissioned. This collection was started by a Waffen-SS Veteran, Werner H., in the 1950’s until he passed away.