Good evening gents,
About 4 years ago I bought this white jumper from a seller on ebay located in Poland.
He listed it as nothing special, just a white sailor's blouse, but he showed a pic of the name tag and service number similar to what I've taken here. Before I bought it with his 90 Euro Buy-it-Now I checked the name out on the U-boat crew lists via the Historisches Marinearchiv.de website and found out that OberBootsmann Knop was a DKiG recipient on U-995.
I contacted the U-995 museum at Laboe, but they were totally uncooperative, stating they only had technical information on the boat, and nothing on the crew. I also contacted the moderator of the U-995 website, but received no reply.
I know there is a book on U-995 and I would buy it if I knew there was info on the crew. I asked a seller in Germany for information on the book, but again, never received a reply.
If anybody has this book can you please tell me if there is information on Obtsm Knop in it, or the actions that led to him and two other crew members being awarded the DKiG on 27 Mar 45. In that case I will buy it.
Thanks in advance for any information you can provide.
Best regards!
Bob
About 4 years ago I bought this white jumper from a seller on ebay located in Poland.
He listed it as nothing special, just a white sailor's blouse, but he showed a pic of the name tag and service number similar to what I've taken here. Before I bought it with his 90 Euro Buy-it-Now I checked the name out on the U-boat crew lists via the Historisches Marinearchiv.de website and found out that OberBootsmann Knop was a DKiG recipient on U-995.
I contacted the U-995 museum at Laboe, but they were totally uncooperative, stating they only had technical information on the boat, and nothing on the crew. I also contacted the moderator of the U-995 website, but received no reply.
I know there is a book on U-995 and I would buy it if I knew there was info on the crew. I asked a seller in Germany for information on the book, but again, never received a reply.
If anybody has this book can you please tell me if there is information on Obtsm Knop in it, or the actions that led to him and two other crew members being awarded the DKiG on 27 Mar 45. In that case I will buy it.
Thanks in advance for any information you can provide.
Best regards!
Bob
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