"The Sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff"

[JOHN JONES]

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.

[Jody]

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

[gregM]

Thank you for the link.
That was a very moving interview .

[JOHN JONES]

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.

[gregM]

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.

[HPL2008]

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

[John R.]

The video is still available

[HPL2008]

The video is still available

Doesnt' work for me... I guess it's a regional restriction then.