{"id":2976,"date":"2017-04-20T16:33:44","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T16:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adroystermilitaria.com\/?p=2976"},"modified":"2017-04-20T16:33:44","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T16:33:44","slug":"newsletter-253-april-20-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adroystermilitaria.com\/de\/newsletter-253-april-20-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter 253 April 20, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

U-boat Badge with Diamonds Presentation Letter<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The U-boat War Badge with Diamonds was instituted by Grand Admiral Erich Raeder and was a gold-plated silver version of the U-boat Badge in which the swastika was inlaid with diamonds.<\/p>\n

The badge was a special issue award given to U-boat commanders who had received the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. This version was made of gold plate over silver. It was manufactured only by the firm Schwerin u. Sohn of Berlin and is so marked on the reverse. The badge was the same as the basic pattern but with nine small diamonds inlaid in the appliqued swastika.<\/p>\n

Original badges with diamonds were made only by Schwerin and 28 were awarded.<\/p>\n

There was no award certificate for this badge but a covering letter signed by Eric Reader as CIC-Kriegmarine or later, by Karl D\u00f6nitz.<\/p>\n

Recipients of the U-boat badge with Diamonds<\/p>\n

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  1. Albrecht Brandi<\/li>\n
  2. Heinrich Bleichrodt<\/li>\n
  3. Otto von B\u00fclow<\/li>\n
  4. Carl Emmermann<\/li>\n
  5. Engelbert Endrass<\/li>\n
  6. Friedrich Guggenberger<\/li>\n
  7. Robert Gysae<\/li>\n
  8. Reinhard Hardegen<\/li>\n
  9. Werner Hartmann<\/li>\n
  10. Werner Henke<\/li>\n
  11. Otto Kretschmer<\/li>\n
  12. Hans-G\u00fcnther Lange<\/li>\n
  13. Georg Lassen<\/li>\n
  14. Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock<\/li>\n
  15. Heinrich Liebe<\/li>\n
  16. Wolfgang L\u00fcth<\/li>\n
  17. Johann Mohr<\/li>\n
  18. Rolf M\u00fctzelburg<\/li>\n
  19. Karl-Friedrich Merten<\/li>\n
  20. Gunther Prien<\/li>\n
  21. Joachim Schepke<\/li>\n
  22. Adalbert Schnee<\/li>\n
  23. Klaus Scholtz<\/li>\n
  24. Viktor Sch\u00fctze<\/li>\n
  25. Herbert Schultze<\/li>\n
  26. Reinhard Suhren<\/li>\n
  27. Rolf Thomsen<\/li>\n
  28. Erich Topp<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    U-boat Badge with Diamonds Presentation Letter   The U-boat War Badge with Diamonds was instituted by Grand Admiral Erich Raeder and was a gold-plated silver version of the U-boat Badge in which the swastika was inlaid with diamonds. The badge was a special issue award given to U-boat commanders who had received the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. This version was made of gold plate over silver. It was manufactured only by the firm Schwerin u….<\/p>\n

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