Four Photographs Of U-Boot Commander Karl Thurmann; Rk Recipient Buy Now Order of Civil Merit (silver

Order of Civil Merit (silver

marked 925 along with hallmark of maker Meybauer on reverse

Footnote: Johannes Friessner was born on March 22

Third Reich: East Medal (silvered and blackened zinc

magnetic pin

Four Photographs Of U-Boot Commander Karl Thurmann; Rk Recipient Buy Now Order of Civil Merit (silverTwo larger photos (14cm x 17cm); two smaller (8cm x 5cm); in good condition. Footnote: After training, and sailing on a patrol as Kommandantenschler (Commander in Training") aboard U 29 under Otto Schuhart, Thurmann commissioned the Type VIIC U boat U 553 on 23 December 1940. Thurmann took U 553 out on nine patrols in 1941 and 1942, and sank 12 merchant ships totaling one warship, and damaged two more. On 16 January 1943, Thurmann left La Pallice,