UC 22 Documents

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Edited September 23, 2006 by Bear

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[Guest Rick Research]

And that in the days when only eyes and ears served anti-submarine forces! Imagine technological advances the next time around when being unseen was no protection.

This reminds me of my various cats staking out a once-fruitful mousey hole...

obviously "slim pickings" where he chose to go--

or maybe was sent out to not get in the way of other lone submarines?

I had never read about Uboats releasing mines DIRECTLY in front of targets before. I had always assumed when mine fields were laid, they were in hopes of catching something.... NOT getting something in sight bearing down--

no wonder so many mine laying submarines blew THEMSELVES up!!!!

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[Chris Boonzaier]

An amazing document... you certainly are all over the board in your collecting habits !!!!

Do the badges belong to him?

Best

Chris

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Hello Chris,

I purchased everything at different times in order to complete this WWI uboat group. I wish they all belonged to Bunte but they don't...

thanks,

barry

[David Gregory]

Barry,

That is a fascinating group of documents, which are nicely complemented by the added awards and ephemera.

Since it is almost impossible to know if the awards and documents of a given group really belonged together, I also acquire single examples of awards and bars for display purposes to go with the document groups that are my main collecting interest.

Your eclectic approach makes for an interesting collection.

David