A few years ago, Ph. Gillain, famous Belgian collector and former owner of the museum at La Glaize in Belgium traced the belongings of a U-BOOT commander...
Being in the area overseas where a descendant of this commander live, Ph. requested my help with this matter... The outcome was that we discovered a unique collection of this commander uniforms that we acquired together in joint property.
Over 30 items going from his trunk, Spanish cross to this multiple visors, his dagger and his cape, his trousers, U-boot insignia and Spencer gala jacket, his coat, iron cross and his work tunic plus much, much more.
His name was Oberleutnant zur see Fritz Meyer, commander of the U-207. A type VIIC submarine. His vessel was sunk on September 11, 1941 along the Danish coast. Meyer disappeared forever with all his crew. He was 25 years (17 February 1916) old and just has a baby.
Going trough his tunics and caps (all named to him) one can follow his promotion; some tunics have a lower rank that the one he had when he sunk. Logical Y must say, as he probably did not have a chance or the need to have all his tunics “upgraded” His visors also show his promotions. What is a more interesting mystery is the white visor with a Superior rank than the one attributed to him when he sunk ... ... Did he have a last minute promotion we don’t find records of? Could it be from his father or another family member?
Until now this is a mystery... No information could be obtained so far.
All help regarding this mystery and other information on this commander is most welcome.
Marc
Being in the area overseas where a descendant of this commander live, Ph. requested my help with this matter... The outcome was that we discovered a unique collection of this commander uniforms that we acquired together in joint property.
Over 30 items going from his trunk, Spanish cross to this multiple visors, his dagger and his cape, his trousers, U-boot insignia and Spencer gala jacket, his coat, iron cross and his work tunic plus much, much more.
His name was Oberleutnant zur see Fritz Meyer, commander of the U-207. A type VIIC submarine. His vessel was sunk on September 11, 1941 along the Danish coast. Meyer disappeared forever with all his crew. He was 25 years (17 February 1916) old and just has a baby.
Going trough his tunics and caps (all named to him) one can follow his promotion; some tunics have a lower rank that the one he had when he sunk. Logical Y must say, as he probably did not have a chance or the need to have all his tunics “upgraded” His visors also show his promotions. What is a more interesting mystery is the white visor with a Superior rank than the one attributed to him when he sunk ... ... Did he have a last minute promotion we don’t find records of? Could it be from his father or another family member?
Until now this is a mystery... No information could be obtained so far.
All help regarding this mystery and other information on this commander is most welcome.
Marc
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