Info ww 1 unterseeboots flotille flandern cap tally

[L11-VELASCO]

hi alls

I want to share my only one Kaiserliche Marine U-boat flotille cap tally and I would like to know some info about how many kaiserliche marine flotilles tallies named and variants from them did they exist in that period and if they are so scarce and rarest to find at present or not,the only thing I know is there were in silver and gold but a not too much more.......


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These are pics from seller,tally is on its way to me,I will go back with better pics when is here

any lights please......

[Chip M]

There was eventually more than one Flottille Flandern, so I suspect that they would have been numbered on the tallies.

There were many U-Boot Flottillen, but I am not sure whether the Flandern ones are any more sought after than the rest. There are books on the subject that give lists of the possibilities.

Here is a link to a website that lists the U-Boot Flottillen,

http://www.u-boot-net.de/include.php...p&contentid=55

Chip

[L11-VELASCO]

There was eventually more than one Flottille Flandern, so I suspect that they would have been numbered on the tallies.

There were many U-Boot Flottillen, but I am not sure whether the Flandern ones are any more sought after than the rest. There are books on the subject that give lists of the possibilities.

Here is a link to a website that lists the U-Boot Flottillen,

http://www.u-boot-net.de/include.php...p&contentid=55

Chip

Thanks Chip for the link but I could not see pics from cap tallues,do you know any site where I can see kaiserliche Marine tallies
Warmest regards
Fernando

[Chip M]

Here you go....

http://www.kieler-jung.de/start.htm

Chip

[L11-VELASCO]

Here you go....

http://www.kieler-jung.de/start.htm

Chip

Nice site Chip....

Fernando

[L11-VELASCO]

Does somebody know when began and when finished to use this ribbon(UNTERSEEBOOTS FLOTILLE FLANDERN)
I do mean date of use,I know is a kaiserliche Marine one but I want to know period from use.
May be some of you have the book MÜTZENBANDER OF KAISERLICHE MARINE by Markus bodeux or another to search to me such info
Many thanks for responses

[Chip M]

I asked on the German WWI forum concerning your question and got the following reply from Bernd Wedekind, who wrote a book on the subject of Mützenbänder. This is my translation.

"The non-commissioned officers and enlisted men of the garrison of the U-Boots which were stationed in Oostende and Zeebrügge wore (at first) cap ribbons with "Kaiserliches Marinekorps".

On the 13th March, 1916, the general command of the naval corps at the imperial marine office in Berlin proposed that the members have the right to wear the ribbon "Unterseeboots=Flottille Flandern (as they commonly were known) on the anniversary of their first year of existence on the 29th March, 1916.

This application was approved. Privately purchased variations existed before the official approval, but also afterward due to a lack of supplies on the part of Wilhelmshaven Bekleidungsamt."

Chip

[L11-VELASCO]

I asked on the German WWI forum concerning your question and got the following reply from Bernd Wedekind, who wrote a book on the subject of Mützenbänder. This is my translation.

"The non-commissioned officers and enlisted men of the garrison of the U-Boots which were stationed in Oostende and Zeebrügge wore (at first) cap ribbons with "Kaiserliches Marinekorps".

On the 13th March, 1916, the general command of the naval corps at the imperial marine office in Berlin proposed that the members have the right to wear the ribbon "Unterseeboots=Flottille Flandern (as they commonly were known) on the anniversary of their first year of existence on the 29th March, 1916.

This application was approved. Privately purchased variations existed before the official approval, but also afterward due to a lack of supplies on the part of Wilhelmshaven Bekleidungsamt."

Chip

Congrats Chip,you did a great job,nice info....

many thanks

Fernando