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On July 28th
maker marked "WHITEHEAD - HOAG
offensive and defensive mining subways
Order of the Legion of Honour
Finely produced in silver gilt
Four Photographs Of U-Boot Commander Karl Thurmann; Rk Recipient GTRexclude On July 28thTwo larger photos (14cm x 17cm); two smaller (8cm x 5cm); in good condition. Footnote: After training, and sailing on a patrol as Kommandantenschler (Commander in Training") aboard U 29 under Otto Schuhart, Thurmann commissioned the Type VIIC U boat U 553 on 23 December 1940. Thurmann took U 553 out on nine patrols in 1941 and 1942, and sank 12 merchant ships totaling one warship, and damaged two more. On 16 January 1943, Thurmann left La Pallice,