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WW1 Imperial German Navy  U-Boat

 

Badges, insignia & awards

 

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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

 

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uc-35

 

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.

 

 

kaiser sailor

 

kaiserliche hat tally

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.

 

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tally unterseeboot

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

 

 

 

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Ärmelabzeichen

Naval Arm Patches

 

 

bootsmannmatt99 seaman anchor rannk machinistsmate

 

 Oberbootsmannsmatt Boatswain  NCO's Career sleeve insignia Machinistsmannmatt 

Laufbahnabzeichen
GERMAN NAVAL U-BOAT CAREER RATE INSIGNIA



torpedo mech torpedo patch 3 artillery rating
Laufbahnabzeichen Obertorpeder  

Laufbahnabzeichen Torpedohilfslehrer 1 Winkel

LaufbahnabzeichenGeschinitzpersonal 



semaphore


Kaiserliche Marine Signals career and rank sleeve insignia



Bootsmannsmaat feiffe
Bosun's Whistle

 

 

 

pfiffe

 

 

U-Boat Command  Staff

U-53

 

u boat staff

 

 

 

Imperial Kaiserliche Marine Deck Offizier cap badge

 

 

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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

 

machinist boards left
deckoffizier99 machinist boards right

Kaiserliche Marine  Obermaschinisten

 

obermach left ober deck officer obermach board right

 

    Kaiserliche Marine Obertorpeder 

 

obertorpederleft minelayer obertorpederright

 

 

 

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.fahnrich cap

 

Fähnrich zur See

equivalent to midshipman or ensign

 

fahn left   fahn right

 

 

 

 

 

newuboatbadge U-Boot-Kriegsabzeichen newuboatbadgeback

 

crown officer sleeve

 

Leutnant zur See

 

lt shoulder990 lt888 Lt shouldert 997

 

Oberleutnant zur See

 

lt zur see

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Oberleutnant zur See Robert Ramm  

U-123

19 Oct 1918

 Most likely mined in the Northern Barrage. 36 dead (all hands lost).

 

A lt zur seeright

 

 

WW1 UBoat badge 800silver

U-Boot-Kriegsabzeichen

private purchase officer's

silver

marked 800

 

UBoatbadge800silverback

 

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

 

jacket navy button

 

 

Marine-Oberingenieur

 

lt machinist machinist sleeve eng left board

 

KptLt - Chief Engineer

 Leitender Ingenieur

 

kptlt engleft machinist sleeve kptlt eng right

 

 

WW1 German Naval Officer cap badge with gold wire

 

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KapitänLeutnant zur See

U Boot Commander

 

best shoulder

kpt waldeman

KptLt. W. Fischer

UB-126

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U-Boot-Kriegsabzeichen

 

 

U Boat silver badge Schott sterling u boat SCHOTT back UBoat badge silver back SCHOTT

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

 

IMPERIAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE

 

navy halbested

 

Imperial Naval Airservice Land Pilot Badge

Meybauer

 

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Lt. zur see Gurthard Sachsenberg
land badge back 4

 

 

marine fleiger

 

 

 

 

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Imperial Naval Sea Service Pilot  Badge

Orden Preussen Marine Flugzeugführer von Seeflugzeugen

mkd. C.E. Juncker Berlin

. By Imperial Order 1-07-1884, Hallmarks were required on precious metals. The Naval flight badge was first issued in 1915. For Silver, a crescent moon indicating silver, a crown, the authority of the Kaiser

and a number indicationg the measure of silver in parts per thousand.This indicates pre 1919 wartime service badge. Upon abdication of the Kaiser in 09-11-1918, the crown was no longer required .

Nimmerguts, "Deutsche Orden und Ehrenzeichench.

 

 

new navy sea badge best sea plane
German Friedrichschafen FF.33E floatplane tied up to a U-boat in April 1917.
new navy sea badge back

 

 

Imperial Naval Observer Badge

 

navy see observer Lt Boenisch
Observer
See Kampfliegger Lt. Boenisch
navy see observer back

 

 

german seaplane best observer gun

 

 

Imperial Navy two seater aircraft,   Observer in back, armed with a Spandau aerial machine gun.

 

 

 Marinekorps Flandern oder ‘Flandernkreuz’ 

 

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In August 1914 the German High Command decided to create an expeditionary force of  Navy Marines in Flanders.

By 1917, there were three divisions formed totaling 70,000 troops.

The Marinekorps Flandern oder ‘Flandernkreuz’ was a post-war decoration awarded to the troops who fought for the navy in Flanders,

who were assigned to the Marine infantry, Marine Artillery and the marine Jasta's that flew in support.

There were ten designated combat bars:

Antwerpen, Durchbruchcshlacht, Durchbruchsschlacht 1918,  Flandern Schlacht, Flandernsschlacht 1917, Luftkreig,

Seekreig, Somme, Ypern, & Yser

The post-war Cross was issued on Sept 1921 

  Only some thirty thousand Crosses were issued.

 

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Kaiserliche Marine Seesoldaten bewaffnet

 

 

 

Awards of the U-Boat Service

 

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Pour le Merite

 49 Pour le Mérite awards were awarded to navy personnel, mostly U-Boat Commanders.

 




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Knights Cross of the House of Hohenzollern
hansrose

KptLt. Hans Rose
U-53

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Iron Cross 2nd Cl

 

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Iron Cross 1st Class

 

iron cross U-26

 

Kapitainleutnant  Egewolf Frhr. von Berckheim, Officers and crew of U-Boat 26 receive the Iron Cross 2nd Class

sunk 3 ships = 3,700 grt

2 warships = 11,375 grt

U-26 hit a mine off the coast of Finland and sank with all hands September 1915

 

 

 Turkish Awards 

 

Gallipoli Campaign 1915

Several U- boats (U-21 in particular)under the command of KptLt Hersing's were directed to the Dardenelles and distrupted and sunk British warships.

U-21's first victim was the battleship HMS Triumph of 11,985 tons which he sank off Gaba Tepe on the 25th May, while the ship was bombarding the Turkish lines. Two days later he sank the HMS Majestic, another battleship conducting fire support off the Gallipoli peninsula

 and prevented close support of allied troops by 18 Dreadnought battleships by sinking two of them.

Commanders and crews that participated in this campaign were awarded by the Turkish Government the  Eiserner Halbound Star  (Gallipoli Star), and the  Silver Liakat  medal  of

 

 "Merit for Those Who Have Shown Loyalty and Bravery"

 

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turkish star 888

 

Silver Liakat Medal 2nd Class KptLt. Max Valentiner
U-38
Iron Half Moon

 

 

das Verwundetenabzeichen

German Naval Wound badges

 

 

Navcal Wound Badge WW1 Imperial Navy Wound badge
black
Naval Wound back

 

 

 

ww1 silver wound badge WW1 Imperial Navy Wound badge
silver
ww1 wound badge back silver

 

 

 

brandy gold naval WW1 Imperial Navy Wound badge

gold
brandy gold navyback

 

 

u baot veteran

 

WW1 U-Boat Veteran's Badge

 

 

 

Kaiserliche Marine Paradefeldbinde f.Offiziere

belt 5

 

brocade belt 


karl meyer

Kaiserliche Marine Officers Dolch Koppel
  

deck officer belt


Kaiserliche Marine War Ensign

 

uboat hoistfkag

 

This is an decommissioned Kaiserliche Marine War Ensign 1903–19 - Navy Imperial U Boot war flag, around 1914.

 Two-sided bunting, the leech with chamber temple imperial crown over the "M" stamp partly defaced, "Boots.Fl.", dimensions 90 cm x 165cm

 

battle flag

 

best flag boot flag ltrs m crown

 

 

 

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Official Kaiserliche Marine pocket navigation compass, with 'M' (for Marine and the crown) and the navy registration number  engraved on the back of the silver case.

Carl Bamberg Friednau with case

bamburg compass front compass box bamburg compass back

 

 

Original 1918 Kaiserliche Marine Seekarte Quadratkarte Westküste von Spanien und Portugal

Nur für den Gebeauch

S.M.Schiffe

 "to be used only by ships of the SMS"

Seiner Majestät Schiff (His Majesty's Ship)

1918

 

A chart of the Imperial Navy of 1918. It charts the sea area to the west coast of Spain and Portugal. Imperial Navy Department, Wilhelmshaven.

 

map heading

 

 

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Original 1914 Kaiserliche Marine Seekarte Quadratkarte

Ostende.

portion of map showing Ostende.

 

ostende map

 

 

 

ostende st map

ostende date

 

 

Austrian/German U-Boat Service

 

austrian flag

austrian uboat6 WW1 Austrian U Boat badge
 silver matte    
 
1915 
    marked BSW     
 Bruder Schneider Wien
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austro cap badge austrian sailor

      Karl Otto Ostermaier  Machinist Mate       

SM U - IV 1913 - 1916        

courtesy of  Bill Tilton, MMCS(SS) USN, Ret.   

austro cap badge back

 

 

austwoundmedal

 

Austrian wound medal

 

 

austrian u boat stick WW1 Austrian U Boat stick pin  
marked:
FLOTTENVEREIN 
austrian u boat stick back

 

 

Official Report of the torpedoing of S.S. 'Lake Michigan' by

U-Boat 100



LAKE MICH
bos'n gus VON LOE 33 U 100 99 
S.S. 'Lake Michigan' Boatswain Karl Ture Alfvegren KptLt Degenhart von Loe U-Boat 100



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michigan 2

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merchant marine medal

ssgardenia
S.S. 'Gardenia' 

Later log research indicates that the T.S.S.'Lake Michigan' was torpedoed and sunk by U-Boat 100
under the command of Kptlt.  Freiherr Degenhardt von Löe.

8 ships sunk - 27,655 tons

2 vessels damaged - 5,272 tons



 

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This photograph shows German U-Boat-35  stopping a Dutch liner, the S.S. 'New Amsterdam' which left Rotterdam on the 3rd of August
 was attacked after sailing two days by a German submarine
off the Norwegion coast, the submarine shot upon the liner but missed her mark.
The liner then stopped and put a boat to sea in which the chief officer took his place to show the ships papers,
 the submarine disappeared almost instaqntly when it sighted a vessel on the horizon which was undoubtably a British cruiser.
 This photo was taken on the deck of the 'New Amsterdam' shows the officers leaving in a life boat for the submarine.
8/22/1918



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