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Hundreds of U-boats displayed emblems in the war, much like many other services from all sides of the war. They varied from typical war emblems (swords, axes, torpedoes etc.) to humorous (Mickey Mouse on U-26) coincidental (the horseshoes on U-99) and many other reasons prompted an emblem. One of the more interesting is the Olympic rings seen on many boats.

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Random Emblem The Golden Horseshoe - U-99 U-99's famous horseshoe emblems were added just before her first patrol in June 1940. At one point when the anchor was raised a pair of horseshoes were found to be attached to it. Taking this as a sign of good luck, Kptlt. Otto Krestchmer had them welded to the tower, one either side. Horseshoes were also seen on the following boats: U-31, U-145, U-214, U-268, U-355, U-379, U-570, U-640 and U-1010 Curiously, the British destroyer that fatally damaged U-99, HMS Walker, also had a horseshoe emblem. 1 U-boat displayed this emblem U-99.

Most popular Emblems on U-boats This page shows the 15 most popular Emblems as seen on U-boats. Flotilla emblems Most of the 30 U-boat flotillas had emblems. They are all visible on this page. Crew emblems U-boat crews (one batch of officer cadets) often chose their own emblem or insignia. On this page I'll list them all. U-boats with emblems Over 840 U-boats spotted an emblem at one time or another. On this page you can see them all. U-boats without emblems According to our sources the boats on this page did not display an emblem of any kind. Please check this page out and contact us if you find a boat here that did in fact have an emblem since that would be new information. Coat of Arms Many U-boats displayed a Coat of Arms of a city, town or region. You can see them here. Search the Emblem database Keyword

About these emblems
I've created over 317 emblems in vector format. This ensures much higher quality of emblems and also opens up the possibility of having much larger versions without losing quality. All Emblems of the Week pages will use vector-created images and older emblems will be replaced by the newer format.

Additionally there are 600 emblems that have been described but are as of now without actual image. This is done to try to give as complete picture as possible (instead of showing 2 emblems for boat that had 4 we can at least describe these 2 missing).