Gordon Williamson Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 OK, its not factory made, but definitely a wartime conversion. I wonder if anyone might guess why this one is so special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Please tell us who it belonged to!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted December 3, 2008 Author Share Posted December 3, 2008 Korvettenkapitän (Ing.) Hans Müller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted December 3, 2008 Author Share Posted December 3, 2008 Here he is. The reason it is so special, completely unique in fact, is that very few DK in Silver (working from memory just 4 or maybe 5)were awarded to people within the U-Bootwaffe, and most of these were very senior ranks, Admirals etc.. Müller was the <u>only</u> U-Boat officer to be awarded the DK in Silver. He served on U-14, U-38, then as L.I. to 8 U-Flotille and finally at AGruFront. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 This is about the ONLY design I can think of where the award spinning around on a central screwpost would not matter-- since it would look exactly the same from any angle far enough away not to see the "1941." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 So how did he get that award versus the DKiG? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted December 3, 2008 Author Share Posted December 3, 2008 So how did he get that award versus the DKiG?No idea. Quite a few L.I. got the DK but everyone else got the Gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesredep Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Hello!Interesting tread. All the bestNesredep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Krogh Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Gordon,I anxiously await the daily installment of "fascinating stories from the Archiv". Just great artifacts with truly great stories behind them. Thanks for sharing!Best Regards,Erik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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