John R Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 (edited) No U-Boat badge at this stage yet, but look what he does have One of several who entered the U-Bootwaffe after service in naval aviation.For interest, rare muetzenband of KM air-sea rescue/recon unit from my collection. I know it is a bit off subject, but these units performed a great service during the war. Some of these cross overs from the KM sea rescue/recon side of the war may well have gone into the U-boat arm as these were top officers in the KM, when the naval air arm was abolished.John Edited April 29, 2006 by John Robinson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John R Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 By the way, the naval air arm of the KM existed, as far as I know, from around 1936 to when Herman Goring took the planes away in 1939. The naval air arm was called Luftkreis IV then Luftwaffenkommando See, around 300 planes. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naoki matsumoto Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Hi,Tony! How splendid & beautiful photo! Germany & Japanese Kriegsmarine!! Japanese Kriegsmarine is " DAI NIPPON TEIKOKU KAIGUN " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin W Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Great photo's everyone.It is an area i've just started to get into as a collector,mainly Hilfskreuzer related.This it the only photo i have that shows the U-Boat badge.It is a Hoffman press photo of Atlantis Commander Bernhard Rogge,Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock,U-96 and Reinhard Suhren,U-564 being awarded their Oakleaves.Regards,Martin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Great photo's everyone.It is an area i've just started to get into as a collector,mainly Hilfskreuzer related.This it the only photo i have that shows the U-Boat badge.It is a Hoffman press photo of Atlantis Commander Bernhard Rogge,Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock,U-96 and Reinhard Suhren,U-564 being awarded their Oakleaves.Regards,Martin.Superb photo Martin ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin W Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 (edited) Thanks Gordon,i meant to post the reverse also.Here it is:Monsun,that is a great photo of the U-boat and Auxiliary Cruiser badges in wear. Edited April 3, 2007 by mwestley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Mcilveen Posted September 3, 2007 Share Posted September 3, 2007 Hello all,can anybody help me with the name of the German officer on the right next to Dommes?Thank you.Hans McilveenDommes with Japanese Officers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monsun Posted September 3, 2007 Share Posted September 3, 2007 Hello Mr. Mcilveen,the officer on the right next of Dommes is Oberleutnant (MA) K?lln.He had also the rank of an SS Obersturmf?hrer, please look at his entry in the guestbook of U 861 (Oesten).Regards,Monsun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted September 3, 2007 Share Posted September 3, 2007 Hello,Herbert KupfermannU-653U-3038Wacht Battalion Donitzthanks,barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted September 3, 2007 Share Posted September 3, 2007 Soldbuch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted September 3, 2007 Share Posted September 3, 2007 entries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Mcilveen Posted September 3, 2007 Share Posted September 3, 2007 Hello Monsun,Thank you very much for the identification! Regards,Hans McilveenHello Mr. Mcilveen,the officer on the right next of Dommes is Oberleutnant (MA) K?lln.He had also the rank of an SS Obersturmf?hrer, please look at his entry in the guestbook of U 861 (Oesten).Regards,Monsun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpedomaat Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 D?nitz The scan from an original dry-plate negative in my collection. Regards,Haruki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 Beautiful photo Haruki, many thanks for sharing ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 Hello Mr. Mcilveen,the officer on the right next of Dommes is Oberleutnant (MA) K?lln.He had also the rank of an SS Obersturmf?hrer, please look at his entry in the guestbook of U 861 (Oesten).Regards,MonsunI've been trying to find out about this guy, as unfortunately I had no details with the copy of the photo I had. During my recent trip to the Archiv I tried to find out some more. One small thing I can add is his job. He is listed at the Archiv as an interpreter (Dolmetscher). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin W Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 (edited) Here is a recent arrival.Shows the U-Boat and Minesweeper badges nicely.Hard to tell from the photo if the swastika is segmented on the U-Boat badge but from the angle of the flag i'm wondering if it is a Zimmermann badges or perhaps a Mayer?Regards,Martin. Edited October 10, 2007 by mwestley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 Interesting thread, thanks. Nice images and history.But: How many of these "winners" survived the war? Few, I expect.How many of these "winners" won the war? None.Hero-worship ought not obscure reality? In more dimensions than just these?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesredep Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 Hello!Nice photo and interesting thread. RegardsNesredep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naxos Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 (edited) Interesting thread, thanks. Nice images and history.But: How many of these "winners" survived the war? Few, I expect.How many of these "winners" won the war? None.Hero-worship ought not obscure reality? In more dimensions than just these??Ed,I think the term "winners" refers to the badge and not to the war. Correct would have been "recipients", but I assume the person that started the thread has English as his/her second language.Hardy Edited October 9, 2007 by Naxos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 If that were the case, Hardy, I'd have absolutely no problem with that. I know the feeling, all too well. Trust me. :cheers"It is just that sometimes, I fear, that simple fact gets forgotten among the "Third Reich" crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naxos Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 (edited) It is just that sometimes, I fear, that simple fact gets forgotten among the "Third Reich" crowd.Ed, I know exactly what you mean and it is good to have people on this forum that are sensitive to that. I would not be here if that was not the case.Regards, Hardy Edited October 9, 2007 by Naxos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 Hardy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaKra Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 (edited) If that were the case, Hardy, I'd have absolutely no problem with that. I know the feeling, all too well. Trust me. :cheers"It is just that sometimes, I fear, that simple fact gets forgotten among the "Third Reich" crowd.You make a lot of assumptions about the "3rd reich crowd" so I'll draw the same conclusions about you and your communist memorabilia. Edited October 25, 2007 by DaKra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 Ed,I think the term "winners" refers to the badge and not to the war. Correct would have been "recipients", but I assume the person that started the thread has English as his/her second language.HardyWith respect Hardy, I think language has nothing to do with it "winner" is a commonly used term for those with English as their first language too in relation to those who have receieved awards. Just try a Google search for "VC Winner" and see how many hits you get.Virtually every post in this thread has related to the badges/insignia shown being worn in the photographs. I see no hint of hero worship anywhere here. This seems more a case of an individual with his own agenda and a bee in his bonnet about those who he contemptuously refers to as the "3rd Reich crowd", who enjoys starting conflict and whom I am sure could start a fight in an empty room.This ends here. Any further snide comments and I will go through this thread and delete those posts which do not direct relate to the subject matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 Interesting thread, thanks. Nice images and history.But: How many of these "winners" survived the war? Few, I expect.How many of these "winners" won the war? None.Hero-worship ought not obscure reality? In more dimensions than just these??Oh Puleeease Ed.You know I am not a Right winger by any means, but you said it yourself... how many of them survived? Few. Ergo...brave men. Brave men equal medals. Medals equal interesting things to collect.... especially BRAVERY medals, irrespective of "which side they were on"As far as "How many of these "Winners" won the war?Is that was a criteria for medal collecting? we could toss all the medals from the middle east if so. Not collect Japanese. Communism was a failure. Russian Crimea a waste. Anglo Boer war medals to Boers. A lot of Italian stuff. You look down on a lot of British Colonial stuff won by Anglo`s, but they WERE the winners most of the time.Either I am confused, or you are way off base on this.BestChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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