Kriegsmarine U-Boat Badge "Winners" Photo Collection

[kunsho]

Share yours!

Allied "Boatpeople". This one is for Gordon Williamson.

[Gordon Williamson]

Absolutely superb photo. My two favourite naval subjects in one photo, IJN and KM U-Boats. Great to see the Submarine School Graduation Badge being worn

[Gordon Williamson]

Crew of U-511

[Monsun]

Absolutely superb photo. My two favourite naval subjects in one photo, IJN and KM U-Boats. Great to see the Submarine School Graduation Badge being worn

Hello kunsho,

Hello Gordon,

the photo shows 3 crewmember of U 510, Cdr. Ritterkreuztr?ger Kapit?nleutnant Alfred Eick.

The photo was made 1944 in Kobe/Japan. The men on the left are the "Maschinenobergefreite Willi Zink", in the middle "Funkobergefreiter Martin Wagner" and on the right was the "Maschinenobergefreite Heinz Guyens".

Here are a monsunboat-foto from my collection. It shows another crewmember of U 510 with a rare "made in japan EK1"!

[kunsho]

Hi Wolfgang,

"monsun" that must be you! Warmest welcome to the most expierienced "monsun boat" collector I know in the western hemisphere :-)

... originally I thought I can still post your beautiful pictures here and earn the collectors admiration alone...

Matthias

Edited April 10, 2006 by kunsho

[Monsun]

Hello Matthias,

yes you are right. Thank you for the big compliment "most expierienced monsun boat collector".

Hello Gordon,

nice photo! It shows on the left the chief engineer from U 532, Lieutenant Buggisch.

I have another photo from him in my collection, together with two sumo-wrestler in japan.

Edited April 12, 2006 by Monsun

[Monsun]

Here are the original japan made EK 1 from Lieutenant Buggisch, together with his uboat cap emblem from U 532. Last year I get this two rare pieces together with photos and documents directly from Mr. Buggisch.

Edited April 12, 2006 by Monsun

[Gordon Williamson]

Great photo ! I guess the U-Boat guys had to visit the Sumo Wrestlers and not the other way, I can't imagine these Sumo squeezing through the hatch into the U-Boat

Thanks for the ID on Buggisch, the Archiv identified the photo as from U-511.

[Monsun]

Back to the begining of the post "Share yours! - U-Boat Badge Winners Photo Collection":

Here are one of the best photos in my collection. It shows a "Maschinenobermaat" from U 178 (yes, U 178 was also a monsun boat!)

Edited April 12, 2006 by Monsun

[Bob Hunter]

Interesting thread. Thanks to you all.

[Gordon Williamson]

More "Monsun Men" - with Japanese sailor

[Gordon Williamson]

With Japanese Petty Officer

[Gordon Williamson]

Dommes with Japanese Officers

[Gordon Williamson]

Back to the subject of the thread, U-Boat Badge Winners. The original print of this photo is so clear that it can be identified as an L/56 type F&BL badge being worn.

[Gordon Williamson]

And the guy at right here wears a Hymmen badge ( note the solid area around the eagle's neck)

[Richard Sysum]

Hello Everyone

This picture was taken at the commissioning of U116.Two for the price of one WW1 and WW2 u-boat badges being worn.

Regards Richard

[Monsun]

Hello,

here are a rare photo from a u-boat men with u-boat and Infantry Assault Badge!

[Gordon Williamson]

More from Penang, with IJN officers.

[Gordon Williamson]

Korvettenkapit?n Klaus Ewerth

[Gordon Williamson]

I'd say its pretty certain his is a Schwerin badge.

[Gordon Williamson]

German Cross winner Hans Meier. The badge is amazingly clear on the original print, but is unfortunately a type which hasn't been attributed to a specific maker yet.

[Gordon Williamson]

No U-Boat badge at this stage yet, but look what he does have

One of several who entered the U-Bootwaffe after service in naval aviation.

[Gordon Williamson]

And for service in an earlier time.

Lothar Arnauld de la Periere

[Gordon Williamson]

Hans Schuler

[Monsun]

Nice photo from a unknown german cross winner with uboat- and auxillary cruiser badge!