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Re: Hans Adam's PLM
Posted by:
Michael Lowrey
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Date: October 23, 2022 03:12AM
Felix,
Good question. He served as the Leiter des Marine-Spezialkommandos in Pola in 1915 and 1916, which helps but by itself wouldn't get him the PLM.
Adam's medals were offered for sale recently (price: $56,250), which included the following:
“He was awarded the Pour le Merite on Nov 6th, 1917 as Captain Lieutenant and commander of the U-boat U 82, for an attack on a strongly secured convoy in September. In just three minutes he managed to sink the three most important steamboats guarding the convoy by firing well-aimed torpedos. When the Emperor, Wilhelm II., heard about this, he did not award Adam the House Order of Hohenzollern, which he had been nominated for, but upgraded the reward to the Pour le Merite.”
Unfortunately, I don't see the matching attack that sank three ships.
Best wishes,
Michael
Good question. He served as the Leiter des Marine-Spezialkommandos in Pola in 1915 and 1916, which helps but by itself wouldn't get him the PLM.
Adam's medals were offered for sale recently (price: $56,250), which included the following:
“He was awarded the Pour le Merite on Nov 6th, 1917 as Captain Lieutenant and commander of the U-boat U 82, for an attack on a strongly secured convoy in September. In just three minutes he managed to sink the three most important steamboats guarding the convoy by firing well-aimed torpedos. When the Emperor, Wilhelm II., heard about this, he did not award Adam the House Order of Hohenzollern, which he had been nominated for, but upgraded the reward to the Pour le Merite.”
Unfortunately, I don't see the matching attack that sank three ships.
Best wishes,
Michael
Subject | Written By | Posted |
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Hans Adam's PLM | Felix C | 10/22/2022 08:38PM |
Re: Hans Adam's PLM | Michael Lowrey | 10/23/2022 03:12AM |
Re: Hans Adam's PLM | Felix C | 10/23/2022 08:10AM |
Re: Hans Adam's PLM | Simon S. | 10/23/2022 11:02AM |
Re: Hans Adam's PLM | Felix C | 10/23/2022 04:51PM |