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WWII German U Boat Ace H.LIEBE Signed Photo U-38, German Korvettenkapitan HEINRICH LIEBE signed photo, very noce photo card, full signature in black ink, HEINRICH LIEBE, clean and clear autograph addressed and mailed by LIEBE to schoolboy Josef Schmitt St. Ingbert Westm. Elstersteinstr. 28 sent by K.Kpt Liebe OKM Berlin dated 1942, very nice autographed u boat ace card..rare
German U-boat commander who served in the Kriegsmarine during World War II until transferred to Oberkommando der Marine (Naval High Command). He was credited in Nazi propaganda with sinking of 34 ships for a total of 187,267 gross register tons (GRT). He was a recipient of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. It was the country’s highest military decoration at the time of its presentation to Liebe
Born in Gotha, Liebe began his Reichsmarine career in 1927. Promoted to Oberfähnrich zur See on 1 June 1931, Liebe served on the World War I battleship Schleswig-Holstein for four years. In September 1935, Liebe transferred to the U-boat arm.

On 1 October 1936, Liebe was promoted to Kapitänleutnant (lieutenant) and assigned commander of U-2, a Type II U-boat attached to the U-Bootschulflottille. On 24 October 1938, Liebe commissioned U-38, a Type IX U-boat assigned to 6th U-boat Flotilla.

NOTE:This is one of a series of autographs collected by Heinrich Jürs SS-Brigadefuhrer who was killed April 28th 1945. Of this collection, postcards, period photographs, and news clippings were all period signed with some being placed into a series of scrap books. The collection was acquired from the family of Heinrich Jürs – l claim to be the buyer of this collection, any others useing this statement is fine with me, but i am the original buyer, and have spoken several times to his family members, about 2 years ago, regarding his death in 1945, The collection was large, and many sold at auction and by myself, i still have a small collection left. German u boat ace autograph