Paul C Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 I just picked these 2 documents up. The first is the Imperial U-Boot Doc to a Kptllt. Philip Recke of U113. He was commander of which sunk 4 ships for a tonnage of between 4000 and 5000. He was in the class (Crew) of 1902. Following the war he immigrated to Brazil. How do I know? He Hindernburg document is stamped and issued from the Brazilian consulate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul C Posted March 15, 2010 Author Share Posted March 15, 2010 (edited) Hindenburg Doc Edited March 15, 2010 by Paul C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Very nice indeed!!!! That IS a find that would make me dance...dance... dance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dond Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Now that would be a sight.... Nice pick up Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudio Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 (edited) Florianopolis... it bring back sweet memories to me! That German Navy office really chose a great place to settle down in Brazil. It's one of my favorite places... great beaches, beautiful looking girls and delicious BBC restaurants (Churrascarias)!!! Way to go... http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/travel/11party.html Edited March 15, 2010 by Claudio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storage133 Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Hello Paul, lucky beggar... Congrats to this wonderful find. Best regards Sto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwyz Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Paul, Thanks for posting the images. Really nice to see a Ehrenkreuz document from such a different location than the norm. Cheers, Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul C Posted March 15, 2010 Author Share Posted March 15, 2010 (edited) Thanks for the nice comments. I have gotten very interested in the German Marine. I would like to see pics of some real and fake U-Boot badge. I will statrt a new thread. Here: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=42907 Edited March 15, 2010 by Paul C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul C Posted March 16, 2010 Author Share Posted March 16, 2010 Rick dug up some additional in on Recke. He returned to Germany sometime in 1935 and joined the Luftwaffe as a Major (E). In 1937 he was living Breitenüßach bei Bamberg. I did a google search and found Breitengüßbach (Dok v. 1939) Luftwaffenmunitionsanstalt 1/XIII Breitengüßbach Luftwaffenmunitionsanstalt 1/XIII So I would assume he did something with ammo. He was promoted in Oberstlt sometime in 1939 and made Oberst sometime after. Recke was alive in 1963 and was still married to his wife Eva who was born in 25.11.1889. The additional information is from the Marine Offiziers Verbund. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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