WW1MedALs

 

WW1 Imperial German Navy  U-Boat

 

Badges, insignia & awards

 

 

Lili Marlene

 

At the start of World War I, Germany had twenty-nine U-boats. 375 U-Boats were commissioned during the war and suffered 204 U-Boats lost between 1914 and 1918.

IMPERIAL Submarine Service

 

 

 

U-Boat Crew on board UC-35 , On 16.05.1918 in the Mediterranean 60 miles west of the Sardinian coast sunk by a French patrol boat.

 

 

 

The gold threaded tallys represented the designation Seamen which included those sailors trained in naval gunnery, signals and torpedo specialists  whereas

 the silver thread  bands represented the machinists, engine room personnel and shipboard technicians.

 

 

III. U-Bootflotille 424 crewmen were lost and  15 U-Boats lost

 

 

 

 

Ärmelabzeichen

Naval Arm Patches

 

 

 

Oberbootsmannsmatt

Boatswain  NCO's Career sleeve insignia

Machinistsmannmatt

Laufbahnabzeichen
GERMAN NAVAL U-BOAT CAREER RATE INSIGNIA

Laufbahnabzeichen Obertorpeder

Laufbahnabzeichen Torpedohilfslehrer 1 Winkel

LaufbahnabzeichenGeschinitzpersonal

Kaiserliche Marine Signals career and rank sleeve insignia



Bootsmannsmaat feiffe
Bosun's Whistle

 

 

 

 

 

U-Boat Command  Staff

U-53

 

 

 

 

Imperial Kaiserliche Marine Deck Offizier cap badge

 

 

 

A Deck Officer was comparable to a Warrant Officer . This cap badge is made of fine gold, silver, and black bullion.

The deck officers were in a separate class rank similar to the Warrant Officers of the Royal Navy , between the non-commissioned Matten and the naval officers.

 

DECKOFFIZIER SHOULDER BOARDS.

 

Kaiserliche Marine Maschinisten

 

Kaiserliche Marine  Obermaschinisten

 

 

    Kaiserliche Marine Obertorpeder 

 

 

 

 

WW1 German Naval Fahnrich cap badge with gold wire

 

In Teilen der Truppe wird er gesellschaftlich bereits den Offizieren zugeordnet, weshalb ihm sodann Zutritt zur Offiziermesse gewährt wird, gehört aber formell noch den Bootsleuten an.

 

Fähnrich zur See

equivalent to midshipman or ensign

 

 

 

 

 

 

U-Boot-Kriegsabzeichen

 

 

Leutnant zur See

 

 

Oberleutnant zur See

 

Oberleutnant zur See Robert Ramm   U-123 19 Oct 1918  Most likely mined in the Northern Barrage. 36 dead (all hands lost).

 

 

U-Boot-Kriegsabzeichen private purchase officer's silver marked 800

 

Imperial Navy jacket extension chain with two WW1 buttons are marked 'Rochfeine Qualitat'

 

 

 

Marine-Oberingenieur

 

 

KptLt - Chief Engineer

 Leitender Ingenieur

 

 

 

WW1 German Naval Officer cap badge with gold wire

 

 

KapitänLeutnant zur See

U Boot Commander

 

KptLt. W. Fischer UB-126

                        

U-Boot-Kriegsabzeichen

 

 

marked Walter Schott & .935

private purchase officer's sterling silver

CEJunker was originally awarded a contract for producing the very first  designed  submarine badges  in 1918. The badge was designed by Walter Schott and  carried his  name even tho'

manufactured by other firms, thereby resulting in slight differences in tooling methods.

The U-Boat badge was instituted on February 1, 1918 and was awarded to recognize U-boat crews who had completed three war patrols prior to the wars end on November 11, 1918