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    "The Sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff"

    75 years ago today, a human tragedy.
    Towards the end of an even greater human tragedy. (War)

    The rescue ship captain, was awarded a rare Spange, details please.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roWKlk3ahas (48 mins)

    Thank you. John.
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    Honor Clasp

    Hello,
    It’s the Honor Clasp of the Kriegsmarine. I actually have an identical one myself. It’s very cool that he was actually awarded one and still had it.

    Regards,
    Jody
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      #3
      Thank you for the link.
      That was a very moving interview .

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        Honor Clasp

        Thanks for the comfirmation.
        He says only 15? were awarded, obviously not just the clasp, but
        to commanders of torpedo boats. ?

        Pretty tough when the Sub tried to target him, to fire up
        the engines and leave those others to an icy death.
        You can see that haunts him.

        Cheers,
        John.

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          #5
          Originally posted by JOHN JONES View Post
          Thanks for the comfirmation.
          He says only 15? were awarded, obviously not just the clasp, but
          to commanders of torpedo boats. ?

          Pretty tough when the Sub tried to target him, to fire up
          the engines and leave those others to an icy death.
          You can see that haunts him.

          Cheers,
          John.
          I thought he said 50.

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            #6
            Unfortunately, the video is no longer available.

            Anyway, 29 awardees of the Ehrentafelspange der Kriegsmarine are on record (including 5 whose names were not actually published in the honor roll due to the end of the war).

            The names are listed here:

            http://www.deutsches-marinearchiv.de...afelspange.htm

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              #7
              The video is still available

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                Originally posted by John Robinson View Post
                The video is still available
                Doesnt' work for me... I guess it's a regional restriction then.

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