I thought it might be interesting and useful to try and assemble in one thread examples of the High Seas Fleet war Badge award document.
To kick things off we have an example to a crew member of the Battleship "TIRPITZ" . The date of the award is some two and a half months after Operation "SOURCE" the famous attack by midget submarines of the Royal Navy which severely damaged the battleship. Whether or not this attack and the brief foray up to Spitzbergen earlier in September '43 qualified Ströh for this decoration i don't know but its pretty much the only activity the "Lonely Queen of the North" was involved in during the second half of 1943.
The signature is worthy of note. It belongs to Konteradmiral Erich Bey (RK. 09.05.40) who by this time was Führer der Zerstörer and commanded a kampfgrüppe based at Alta northern Norway. Just sixteen days after he signed this award document Bey died whilst on board SCHARNHORST during the battle of the North cape.
regards
Simon
To kick things off we have an example to a crew member of the Battleship "TIRPITZ" . The date of the award is some two and a half months after Operation "SOURCE" the famous attack by midget submarines of the Royal Navy which severely damaged the battleship. Whether or not this attack and the brief foray up to Spitzbergen earlier in September '43 qualified Ströh for this decoration i don't know but its pretty much the only activity the "Lonely Queen of the North" was involved in during the second half of 1943.
The signature is worthy of note. It belongs to Konteradmiral Erich Bey (RK. 09.05.40) who by this time was Führer der Zerstörer and commanded a kampfgrüppe based at Alta northern Norway. Just sixteen days after he signed this award document Bey died whilst on board SCHARNHORST during the battle of the North cape.
regards
Simon
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