Here is a tunic that I recently picked up. It belonged to Korvettenkapitän Wilhelm Rollmann, who was only the 5th U-boat commander to recieve the Knights Cross.
According to www.uboat.net:
Wilhelm Rollmann began his naval career in April 1926. Later he served on several ships, including the light cruiser Karlsruhe. In May 1937 he transferred to the U-boat force. After the usual training he took command of U-34 in October 1938. Two of his more notable successes were the sinking of the British destroyer HMS Whirlwind and the British submarine Spearfish.
After seven successful patrols he left the boat and became an instructor in the 2nd ULD (Unterseeboots-Lehr-Division). On 20 February, 1943 he commissioned the U-848, a large Type IXD2 U-boat. The boat was sunk on her first patrol with all hands on 5 November, 1943 by US aircraft southwest of Ascension in the mid-Atlantic. <!-- Print book lookup code -->
Unfortunately, the tunic was seperated from his award documents a number of years ago. Maybe I can re-unite them some day.
Doug
According to www.uboat.net:
Wilhelm Rollmann began his naval career in April 1926. Later he served on several ships, including the light cruiser Karlsruhe. In May 1937 he transferred to the U-boat force. After the usual training he took command of U-34 in October 1938. Two of his more notable successes were the sinking of the British destroyer HMS Whirlwind and the British submarine Spearfish.
After seven successful patrols he left the boat and became an instructor in the 2nd ULD (Unterseeboots-Lehr-Division). On 20 February, 1943 he commissioned the U-848, a large Type IXD2 U-boat. The boat was sunk on her first patrol with all hands on 5 November, 1943 by US aircraft southwest of Ascension in the mid-Atlantic. <!-- Print book lookup code -->
Unfortunately, the tunic was seperated from his award documents a number of years ago. Maybe I can re-unite them some day.
Doug
. This is a first class. Congratulations.
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