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 Kapitanleutnant Paul Brasack Died : 2013 *Signature Value : £80 Editions signed : Brasack signature edition of 1 print fro m the limited edition of 50 artist proofs. | Brasack, Paul (Kapitanleutnant Paul Brasack) Paul Brasack joined the German Navy in 1937, although he served with the Luftwaffe until 1942. He served for one tour with U-590 before taking command of U-737. In 1944 he became a training officer until the end of the war. He subsequently spent two years in Allied captivity, but later re-joined the post-war German Navy, serving until his retirement in 1974. Awarded the Knight's Cross, he died on 11th March 2013 aged 96. |
  Peter Cremer (deceased) Died : 1992 *Signature Value : £60 Editions signed : Presentation Edition of 5 prints. | Cremer, Peter (Peter Cremer (deceased)) Peter Cremer joined the German Navy in 1932, joining the surface warships Koln, Deutschland and Theodor Riedel before joining the u-boats in 1940, commissioning U-152 in January the next year before taking command of U-333 some months later. He sank three enemy ships on his first patrol, and although absolved of blame later, he also sank the German ship Spreewald on this tour. On his second tour, Cremer sank four ships before bringing U-333 back home damaged, a result of being rammed. U-333 was in battle with British corvette HMS Crocus on Cremers third patrol, with the British vessel suffering damage, while 7 crew of U-333 were killed by gunfire from the corvette, Cremer himself being seriously wounded in the incident. Once again U-333 returned to base with heavy damage. After a brief spell on the staff of Donitz, Cremer embarked on another patrol with U-333, again returning with damage from a depth-charge attack. U-333 was lost on the next patrol, but Cremer had by then left the boat. Towards the end of the war, Cremer commanded U-2519. He was captured and spent a short time in captivity before his release. He was awarded the Knights Cross in June 1942, with a total of 6 ships sunk - almost 27,000 tons. Peter Cremer died 5th July 1992. |
  Georg-Wilhlem Schulz (deceased) Died : 1986 *Signature Value : £80 Editions signed : Presentation Edition of 5 prints. | Schulz, Georg-Wilhelm (Georg-Wilhlem Schulz (deceased)) Georg-Wilhelm Schulz was born in 1906, and joined the German Navy in 1933, transferring to u-boats in 1935. In January 1939, he took command of U-10, then U-64 in December of the same year, going on the u-boats first patrol in April 1940. Soon into the patrol, the u-boat was attacked and sunk by a Swordfish aircraft from HMS Warspite, with Schulz among the 38 survivors. Some months later he took command of U-124, undertaking several successful patrols before handing over command in September 1941, after which he took on a succession of training and staff positions. He was awarded the Knights Cross in April 1941. Georg-Wilhelm Schulz died 5th July 1986. |
  Kurt Baberg (deceased) Died : 2003 *Signature Value : £65 Editions signed : Presentation Edition of 5 prints. | Baberg, Kurt (Kurt Baberg (deceased)) Born 23rd February 1917, Kurt Baberg entered the Kriegsmarine in 1936. Under the command of Kurt Baberg, U-618 left Kiel on the 1st of September 1942, sinking two convoy ships on his first patrol before returning to port at St Nazaire at the end of October. In April and May of 1943, U-618 came under aerial attack twice, escaping damage on both occasions. In November 1943 and July 1944 the crew of U-618 destroyed two British bombers that had attacked the u-boat, while in December of 1943 U-618 saved 21 survivors from German destroyer Z-27. On his fourth patrol he damaged one ship and sunk another, the Empire Kohinoor. On the 14th January 1944 Kurt Baberg was awarded the Knights Cross. He had sailed on 6 patrols, spending 380 days at sea. On the 26th April 1945 he became Captain of U-827 until 5th May 1945, but did not do any war patrols. Baberg became a prisoner of war, being released in December 1945. He died on 31st March 2003. |
  Reinhard Hardegen *Signature Value : £65 Editions signed : Presentation Edition of 5 prints. | Hardegen, Reinhard (Reinhard Hardegen) Reinhard Hardegen was born 18th March 1913, and joined the German navy in 1933. Prior to the outbreak of war, he underwent training as an aircraft observer and pilot with the Marineflieger, before a crash hospitalised him for several months, and he subsequently joined the u-boat fleet. After some time on U-124, he became commander of U-147 in December 1940, before taking over U-123 in May 1941, with several successful patrols. In December 1941, U-123 was part of Operation Drumbeat, a mission to the east coast of the United States on which U-123 sank several more ships, and after which Hardegen was awarded the Knights Cross. After another successful Drumbeat patrol, Hardegen was awarded the Oak Leaves to his Knights Cross, before leaving U-123 in July 1942 to take up a series of training and staff posts. |
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