grandpa's iron cross

[Jolly Roger]

here are some pictures of my grampa's iron cross
100% real







sorry for the dark pictures

[Simon O.]

I see he was KM, where or what ship did he serve?

[Jolly Roger]

i dont know that much about it, he died before i was born but my granny and my dad told me he got the cross in danzig, he was the last man to keep firing with some cannon or something altho the ship was sinking already, no idea if its true but i guess its not all made...

[Santi]

i dont know that much about it, he died before i was born but my granny and my dad told me he got the cross in danzig, he was the last man to keep firing with some cannon or something altho the ship was sinking already, no idea if its true but i guess its not all made...

an amazing piece!!
Congratulations, you must be very proud of him

[Santi]

Do you have any photo of him that you wish to share with us?

[all1knew]

wow

Hello there,

Welcome to the forum, that is quite the interesting EK2 you have there! Thanks for sharing. Somebody have an idea as to what ship was in Danzig that sank? It would be neat for this new member to find out a better idea of what ship he served on.

William Kramer

[FW 200]

I have my grandfather's EK2 posted in the Imperial forum as well. Welcome! Charlie

[Hank C.]

Welcome to the forum!
Excellent doc & cross! I see it's signed by Admiral Lange, who spent most of the war in the Med & Aegean. I'd be interested to know more history or your grandfather also!


Hank

[all1knew]

Lange

Werner Lange - This man commanded the light cruiser "Emden."

[all1knew]

Emden

Hello all,

So was it the Emden? I forget what happened to her during the war. Interested in learning more.

William Kramer

[Douglas Jr.]

Hi,

The KMS Emden did not sank in combat but it was scuttled by its crew at the end of war. According to a very quick research:

On September 4th 1939 the ship was damaged in a British air-raid on Wilhelmshaven that killed the first 9 German sailors of WWII. In the invasion of Norway it was part of the ill-fated Kriegsschiffgruppe 5, tasked with taking Oslo. It was the only cruiser of the group still operational at the end of the campaign, as the flagship KMS Bl******252;cher had been sunk by coastal batteries and the pocket battleship KMS L******252;tzow had been torpedoed by a British submarine. Emden spent the rest of the War in the Baltic, mostly doing training cruises. From January 1945 on it helped evacuating German troops and civillians from the cut-off East Prussia to Northern Germany and Denmark, including the coffins of Paul von Hindenburg and his wife.

In the night from April 9th to April 10th Emden was severely damaged in an air-attack at Kiel. It was towed with 15******176;-list into the Heikendorfer Bucht and beached on April 14th.
Decommissioned on April 26th, the ship was scuttled with explosives on May 3rd. The remnants were broken up after the War.


Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_cruiser_Emden

Douglas.

[Jolly Roger]

thats a picture of my opa

[Jolly Roger]

i have a question: what the hell does Btsmt. stand for? I thought of Bootsmaat but there is no such rank, maybe Bootsmannsmaat?

[münster]

Servus Roger,,Welcome to the forum,,Also in the Opa EK2 club here You are very lucky to have the medal!

[Ludwig]

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Opa sieht toll aus, Jolly Roger!