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Post war signed in gold Wolfgang Hirschfeld RARE U BOAT SIGNATURE

WW2 U Boat Wolfgang Hirschfeld signed 4 x 3 photo. Radio operator and Nco in the German submarine navy. From 1940 to 1942 he was onboard U 109, first with Kapitänleutnant Fischer, then with Kapitänleutnant “Ajax” Bleichroth. His boat was in the very waters where the Bismarck sank, unable to help. It took part in operation Mordbrenner, one of the actions before the US coast, and he was at sea when the Laconia sank. In 1945, freshly promoted to Oberfunkmeister (~ sergeant) he went aboard U 234, the last submarine that would strike its flag on May 15th 1945. Its mission was to transport technology, scientist and Uran to Japan. After their surrender a deal to instruct the US navy in German submarine technology was prepared for him and some other submariners, but the need for this ended together with the war. From his former comrades of U 109 only one other survived the war.