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  Jurgen Oesten (deceased) Died : 2010 *Signature Value : £75 Editions signed : Jurgen Oesten U-Boat Knights Crosss signature edition of 24 artist proofs, from the edition of 50 artist proofs. Alfred Eick, Jurgen Oesten Knights Cross signature edition of 50 prints. Jurgen Oesten U-Boat Knights Cross signature edition of 50 prints, from the signed limited edition of 1150 prints. | Oesten, Jurgen (Jurgen Oesten (deceased)) Jurgen Oesten joined the Kriesgmarine in April 1933. He first served on the Admiral Graf Spee and Karlsruhe but transfered to U-Boats in May 1937. In October 1937 he became Watch Officer on U-20 and in August 1939 he joined the new U-Boat U-61 which he served on for 8 patrols, sinking 6 ships during his mine laying patrols. In November he joined U-106. During her first patrol U-106 sank two ships on her way to her new base at Lorient. Jurgen Oesten was awarded the Knights Cross on his second patrol, off Africa where he sank eight ships. During this attack he torpedoed and damaged the British attleship HMS Malaya. In March 1942 he became Admiralstabsoffizier in Norway with Admiral Nordmeer and directed U-boat operations in the Arctic. In September he again joined the U-boats and joined U-861 and in April 1944 she joined the Monson Boats which was a special Wolfpack operating far away from germany, out of japanese bases in Indonesia at Jakarta, Penang and Sebang, sinking two ships on her way to Penang. U-861 operated at sea for five months, after which she was ordered back to Germany with vital supplies. On the 15th January 1945 U-861 left Soerabaya in Indonesia. On the return journey off Greenland Oesten struck an Iceburg but managed to reach Trondheim on 19th April 1945. His awards were as follows: 6th June 1939, The Spanish Cross, 3rd December 1939 Iron Cross 2nd Class, 27 February 1940, Iron Cross 1st Class, 26th March 1941 Knights Cross. Sadly, Jurgen Oesten passed away on 5th August 2010. |
  Alfred Eick (deceased) Died : 2015 *Signature Value : £75 Editions signed : Alfred Eick U-Boat Knights Cross signature edition of 24 artist proofs, from the edition of 50 artist proofs. Alfred Eick, Jurgen Oesten Knights Cross signature edition of 50 prints. Alfred Eick U-Boat Knights Cross signature edition of 50 prints, from the signed limited edition of 1150 prints. | Eick, Alfred (Alfred Eick (deceased)) Alfred Eick joined the Kriegsmarine in 1937, first serving on the destroyer Hermann Beitzen during the frist year of the war. In November 1940 he joined the u-boats, first sailing on two trips on U-176. He bacame commander of U-510 in May 1943, patrolling the Brazilian Waters on his first u-boat patrol. His second patrol was on U-510 as a Monson Boat which was a Wolfpack operating far away from Germany out of Japanese bases in Indonesia at Jakarta, Penang and Sebang. U-510 operated in the Indian Ocean until January 1945 when they were ordered back to Germany, taking with them important materials including tin. U-510 was re-supplied with fuel from U-861 but ran out of fuel in the North Atalnatic, finally managing to reach St Nazaire in April 1945. His awards were as follows: 12th Janaury 1940 Iron Cross 2nd Class, 1st August 1943, Iron Cross 1st Class, 16 March 1944 German Cross in Gold, 31st March 1944 Knights Cross. Alfred Eick died 12th April 2015. |
 Kapitanleutnant Paul Brasack Died : 2013 *Signature Value : £80 Editions signed : Brasack signature edition of 1 print from 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. |
 Horst Joachim Joth *Signature Value : £25 Editions signed : Joth Signature edition of 100 prints from the signed limited edition of 1150 prints. | Joth, Horst Joachim (Horst Joachim Joth) Born 27th March 1926, Joachim Joth joined the German Navy in 1943. In 1944 after training was transferred to U-546 on Atlantic operations. This U-boat was hunted by both US and British destroyers and aircraft carriers until the U-boat was sunk on 24th April 1945 with the loss of 26 men. Joachim Joth was picked up and taken prisoner of war. He spent the rest of 1945 in a POW camp in Mississippi. |
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Signature(s) value alone : £75
Signature(s) value alone : £75