Thank you so much for the reply which I find very helpful. It is amazing that Germany depended so much on stories in the foreign press to learn what had happened to their boats! Thank you again, very much, Ursula
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Michael Thank you so much. That was the first question I ever asked on this forum and I wasn't at all sure how to put it. Your answer is much kinder than I ever expected. And thanks for the explanation. I am amazed by the number of additions to the U 154's KT which was started by my grandfather when he was doing training in the Kieler Bucht and ended by him when he set sail on his mi
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Leide spreche ich kein gute Deutsch, trotzdem, ich möchte sagen das mein Grossvater, Hermann Gercke hat die folgenden Orden: 05.09.1909: Königlicher Kronenorden 4.Klasse Datum nicht vermerkt, laut Meldung vom 12.05.1914: Ritter 1.Klasse des Königlich Schwedischen Schwertordens 30.05.1914: Roter Adlerorden 4. Klasse Datum nicht vermerkt, laut Meldung vom 01.08.1916: Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
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The Kriegstagebuch for U154 has had newspaper cuttings and handwritten notes added to it although the commander and his crew never returned. Is this usual? Do Kreigstagebücher for those who didn't return get finished off by others?
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