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RE: Totenkopf insignia
Posted by: Marc Haldimann ()
Date: August 13, 2001 06:41PM

<HTML>Hi Ian,

According to Högel\'s reference book, at least half a dozen U boats carried a skull insigna. The closest to the KG 54 insigna is U 381\'s. (The origin of this Totenkopf insigna was a family link between U-381\'s commander KL Graf von Pückler und Limpburg and the Generalfeldmarschall von Mackensen of the Totenkopfhusaren fame. This boat was sunk after 09.05.1943.

Another possible contender is U 244 (KL Ruprecht Fischer) whose design is a close match.

Source for U 381: Högel, G. (1996), Embleme, Wappen und Mallings deutscher U Boote 1939 - 1945, Koehler, 98.

Source for U 244: Högel, G. (1996), Embleme, Wappen und Mallings deutscher U Boote 1939 - 1945, Koehler, 80.

Best regards

Marc</HTML>

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