Prien U-Boat Kriegsmarine Knights Cross War time signed postcard

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Prien U-Boat Kriegsmarine Knights Cross War time signed postcard:
$600.00

War time signed postcard featuring U-Boat ace Gunther Prien. Signature across bottom.
In addition is a fine postcard portrait of the Bull of Scapa Flow.This particular card came from a prominent German militaria sale house.
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Günther Prien (16 January 1908– presumed 7 March 1941) was a German U-boat ace of the first part of the Second World War, and the first U-boat commander to receive the Knight\'s Cross of the Iron Cross and the first member of the Kriegsmarine to receive the Knight\'s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight\'s Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. It was Germany\'s highest military decoration at the time of its presentation to Günther Prien.[Note 1]

Under Prien\'s command, the submarine U-47 sank over 30 Allied ships totaling about 200,000gross register tons(GRT). He was famous[citation needed] for the sinking of the British battleship HMSRoyal Oak at anchor in the Home Fleet\'s anchorage in Scapa Flow.