Erik Krogh

Rectangular plates and my best guess at English translations:

Hauptruderanlagen

• Main steering system

Schaltkasten

• Switchbox

Ers Vorwärmer – 5 Min später Ölreiniger abschalten

• First pre-heater - off 5 minutes later, oil cleaner

Lüfter darf nur zeitweise bei Schlichtfahrt ausgeschaltet warden

• Fans may only temporarily be turned off in finishing ride

Seewasser - vorwärmer erst einschalten wenn wasser umläuft

• Sea water - turn only when water heater circulates

Magnetkupplung für Langenwinkel

• Magnetic coupling for target angle (one of three angles of the firing triangle)

vordere rohre/achtere rohre

• front tubes/aft tubes

Zieloptik: (Ziel = target) Optical sight

TZR: Zielrichtungsgeber (T.Z.R.) Target angle sender

Schmutz-Motorenöl-Vorwärmer erst einschalten wenn Öl umläuft

• Dirty engine oil pre-heater turn on only when oil circulates

Here are some components stripped out of U-Boats from my collection.

Circular plates.

Dem Oberleutnant z. See Adalbert Schnee in dankbarer Anerkennung seiner hervorragenden Leistungen im Grossdeutschen Freiheitskampf.

30.VIII. 41. - 1.IX. 42.

Raeder

Uwe,

Thanks a million!

Erik

Dem Oberleutnant z. See Adalbert Schnee in dankbarer Anerkennung seiner ... im Grossdeutschen Freiheitskampf.

Will get the rest later (got to go)

Naxos,

Thanks for the information!

Cheers,

Erik

Detail of dedication.

Here's a dedicated photo from Grossadmiral Erich Raeder to Oblt. z. S. Adalbert Schnee during the time when Schnee commanded U-201. Typical example signed by Raeder and the photographer, Sandau.

I can make out the beginning of the dedication: "To Oberleutnant z. See Adalbert Schnee in ..." but that's about as far as I can get. Perhaps another member can help me out with the rest.

Hello Erik, Do you remember the name of the show in LA county were you picked up the badge? I live in the area and am looking to attend. As much as I hate too, I may be selling some of my collection. I would of course like to attend this year as well.

Thanks Much and nice badge - Jesse

Jesse,

Sorry to hear that you may need to sell some of your collection. The next "West Coast Historical Militaria Collector's Show" is May 6-7 at the LA County Fairgrounds. Here is the link to the details. LA Militaria Show . Let me know when you'll be there and hopefully we can hook up.

Best,

Erik

U-877 citation in the Hogel book.

U-877 engraved cigarette case. Although not a cap badge, it is the logo pictured in Georg Hogel's book. I picked this up recently at the SOS. Although there are a lot of eBay fakes out there, this one seemed to ring true and I took a chance on it...

Gordon,

Finally had time to give your new book a reading. Outstanding! Thanks again for all that you've done for the collector community. I'll look forward to your next KM work.

All The Best,

Erik

Ben,

Don't have any idea what this tile signifies, but you certainly have some interesting Quimper tiles!

Erik

Paul,

Your badge looks very similar to a vertical pin FO (Orth), but the plate on the catch is very uncharacteristic of FO. Gordon has a similar badge to yours pictured on page 193 of "Torpedo los!", but the catch plate is slightly different.

I would give it a tentative "thumbs up", but hope that others will offer opinions.

Best Regards,

Erik

Nice badge, Gordon, and attributed to boot. I truly value attributed items because they motivate one to research history. Thanks for sharing this.

Best Regards,

Erik

Great looking plaque! Thanks for sharing this.

Best Regards,

Erik

Gordon,

It's exciting to see the cover and to know that the book will soon be available. Can't wait!

Erik

Thanks Gordon,

the traditions pin is postwar,but was worn by the crewmen at their ship reunions.

I hope to add Kuhn's Hilfskreuzer award and his Imperial EK1 with 1939 spange to this group at a later date.

Regards,Martin.

Martin,

Great to see your HK acquisitions and good luck reuniting more of Kuhn's items.

Erik

Fantastic, Michel! Your mannequins are great looking - they really display your uniforms well. Can you please tell us if any of the uniforms are named and to whom?

Best Regards,

Erik

A 9th U-Flotilla desk ornament. Appears to be period... Looks like the maker attached a metal KM summer breast eagle to the ball section.

Door Plate for Oberleutnant Siegfried Breinlinger. Kommandant of U-320 and U-3018 also WO on U-38, U-108, U-152 and U-267.

Nice collection, Justin! Not "meager" by any stretch of the imagination.

All The Best,

Erik

10th U-Flottille stickpin. I purchased this at the SOS this year, and the seller gave me a copy of Detlev's COA. This stickpin came with a U-170 traditions badge very similar to the one I purchased from Detlev as well as photos of the crewman. My U-170 trad badge (posted earlier in this thread) came with the doc grouping of Willi Prediger.

U-1192 traditions badge. The number 13 descending from an umbrella. "13" was used for many boats whose numeric designation added up to 13 - good luck, I guess.

Detail of the center section with some of the names of the holders penciled in.

An interesting organization wall chart for the Kriegsmarine in 1935-36.

2nd item

Isn't this boat modelled after the Deathmobile from "Animal House"? :whistle: