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Gordon, after browsing over some old notes i came across this story from someone who visited the town of Ludenschied.He noted that the award manufacturing community were a very tight-knit group. "It seems that every maker in Ludenschied was kindred with another.A member of the Assmann family married a member of the Deumer clan.Bruninghaus was a close friend of Linden and so on..." If they shared family members why not badge designs and hardware,etc. So,i am wondering if the makers in Pfortzheim were as close-knit as those in Ludenschied? Looking at the U-Boat badges of Mayer,Zimmermann and Schickle i am inclined to think that they probably were ? Regards,Martin.
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Here is a photo i have of Ernst Felix-Kruder,commander of the Hilfskreuzer "Pinguin" playing with his dog.According to the notes on the reverse of the photo,this was part of the daily routine on board the ship. Regards,Martin.
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Thanks guys, i will post some more pic's from the book later.What is so special to me about this book is the complete crewlisting in the back of the book. Eric, i know someone who has a tradition badge given to him by an Atlantis crewman.I will forward your picture to see if there are any similarities. Regards,Martin.
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Hi Terry, to breifly explain your question the Atlantis was sunk/scuttled on Nov 22 1941 after an engagement with HMS Devonshire in the Mid-Atlantic.She was refueling and resupplying the U-126 at the time.I beleive there were seven fatalaties on the Atlantis during the engagement with the Devonshire.The rest of the crew made it into the lifeboats where they were towed by the U-126 and eventually picked up by the supply ship "Python". On Nov 30 1941 the Python was supplying the U-68 and the U-A when she came under attack by HMS Dorsetshire,a sister-ship of the Devonshire.She was set ablaze and the crews of both the Atlantis and the Python,over 400 men made it to the lifeboats. About 100 men were crammed into the the two U-Boats,U-68 and U-A,and the rest were towed in about 10 lifeboats. On Dec 3 and Dec 5 the U-129 and the U-124 came to assist.Later four Italian sub's also came to the rescue. All eight rescue sub's made it back to Saint Nazaire,France between Dec 23 and 29 1941. Regards,Martin.