Four Photographs Of U-Boot Commander Karl Thurmann; Rk Recipient GTRexclude maker marked "WHITEHEAD - HOAG

maker marked "WHITEHEAD - HOAG

in red case which is worn

A First War Service Medal Unnamed Medal Pair - British War Medal

1939 Iron Cross First Class -

Four Photographs Of U-Boot Commander Karl Thurmann; Rk Recipient GTRexclude maker marked "WHITEHEAD - HOAGTwo 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,