Chris Boonzaier

"According to the Allied crews and photographs taken of the attack, the U-Boat partially exploded, before sinking vertically.[5] 22 of U-106's 48-man crew were killed. 26 survived the attack and were later picked up by German E-boats."

Not a super, super career.... but enough for the Bronze Clasp, and that is way more than any of us have.... 2nd U-Boot Flotille First boot U 106 under Oberleutnant zur See Jürgen Oster, U-106 left Lorient on the 28th of July 1943. On the 2nd of August 1943 it was sunk in Biscaya to the Northwest of Cape Ortegal by a Wellington of the RCAF Squadron 407 and a Sunderland of the RAAF Squadron 461 and a Sunderland of RAF Squadron 228. 22 Dead and 35 survivors. second boot, U 1227 under Oberleutnant Friedrich Altmeier, joined the boot on 8th December 1943 From Wikipedia… The submarine was laid down on 1 February 1942 at the Deutsche Werft yard at Hamburg, launched on 18 September 1943, and commissioned on 8 December 1943 under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Friedrich Altmeier. The U-boat then served with 31st U-boat Flotilla, a training unit, with 2nd U-boat flotilla from 1 August 1944 to 31 December 1944, and with 33rd U-boat Flotilla from 1 January 1945 to 10 April 1945.[1] U-1227 completed only one combat patrol (104 days), from 14 September to 26 December 1944. On 4 October 1944 she attempted to attack a convoy at night, but was seen in the bright moonlight and counter-attacked by convoy escorts. She torpedoed one of the escorts, the Canadian River class frigate HMCS Chebogue (K317), during the pursuit. The frigate was a total loss, but the U-boat escaped and continued its patrol. U-1227 was damaged at Kiel in a British night-bombing raid on 9 April 1945, and was decommissioned there on 10 April. U-1227 was scuttled to avoid capture on 3 May 1945

I am sure Claudius does... and no, it is not. Please feel free to prove otherwise.

Muchos Grazias!!!

Beliefs are like opinions, everyone has one... I assume if an award went for 481k there were many people watching the auction... and noone says anything? 2 Weeks ago you declared my badge a fake... and it was not.... My point is, healthy scepticim is good, but an automatic rejection of things is counter productive.

Yeah? I will tell youse where to stick em.... Right up your arty!

i.e. young, dynamic and their future ahead of them.... Unlike Artillery, old afrikaans mixing the wort Fart with an Zulu word for "of lesser value"

It may be naive to accept sellers statements blindly, but it is equally silly to automatically dismiss them. If anyone has a real interest, maybe they can contact the auction house and ask for further details ? If I was to post an EK1 and say "This was Dönitz EK1" you would get 20 posts, 19 of them would be "Yeah Right! You naive fool... you think you have his cross".... and these 19 posts would be based on... nothing. I dont have Dönitz Cross.... but someone does.... and if he DID post it... the same 19 people would automatically say "no you dont!" Simple fact of the net.

A very obvious spelling mistake, happens when an artilleryman is used as a scribe....

Hi Uwe, thanks, thats a welcome help indeed!

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Generalfrom the Etappen Inspection of the 6th Armee...

Hi, is this a correct formulation? One third of the personnel were Obergendarm from the peacetime Landgendarmerie while the rest were Unteroffizier and Gefreiter from the cavalry. A Feldgandermerie patrol usually consisted of a Obergendarm, an Unteroffizier and a Gefreiter.

Thats a very nice pic indeed!!!

Hi, it says "This map or a photographic enlargement of it was employed in Fuchida's briefing of the Emperor on December 26, 1941." so this original may have been in the guys private papers. Thats a lot of loot for a hand drawn map.... but I think the prices are based on the fact that the buyers are not militariacollectors... As a militaria collecto i would think a Churchill Signature is probably worth about EUR100 - 200... there they seen to be about USD1 500... it is simply a completely different Clientele ......

Is it at "Puklaki" ? when I google it I find nothing....

A nice shot of a German Bivouac ....

Hi Boris, feel free to open a thread if you want! All the best Chris

Fantastic link. I have not had a 1870 EK in many years, I must admit the article is a big jump compared to the info out there 10 years ago!! I look and i look... but I dont see exactly what a "9th bead fake" is? Even looking at the photo which apparently has the answer... I am lost... Can anyone help? Thanks Chris