Michael,

Some updates. Regarding the death of Ferdinand Wolff brother of Heinrich Hohann Wolff it turns out Ferdinand was not on subs but was on a German surface ship and killed.

On Heinrich I have found out he also had the equivalent of the German Purple Heart and lost his sub sometime in 1917 in the North Sea. He was severly wounded and placed on a quasi- raft by older crew members and subsequently picked up by a German distroyer. For his injuries he received a disability from 1920-1939 which then ceased and then started back up in 1947-1968 when he passed away.

When he was returned to Wilmshaven the original plan was to amputate his leg but fortunantely for him a Dr. inteceded (do not know if this was because of his heorism or just plain luck) and he was sent to a German veterans hospital in Munich where he recomvered.

Of note, he received the check from the German consulate in Detroit, MI where the family had moved to from Germany in the 1920s. His son also mentioned to me that he continued to play soccer up into his 40s and would have to put gauze around his injured leg that would still ooze blood from it.

I have received some info on German veterans files that I plan to do some research on.

Thanks again for your assistance.

R,

Tom Donovan
CAPT, USN (ret.)