SMGN-1184 Johann Otto Krieg knights cross signature with Note and Envelope

A high gloss 3.5×5″ picture with an authentic post war signature in white marker. Comes with additional history excerpt that Krieg sent back to Well known German paperwork expert and collector Emilie Caldwell Stewart. Also included is the original envelope with his return address.

After commanding the type IID U-boat U-142 school boat for two months at the end of 1942, Johann-Otto Krieg took over the type VIIC U-boat U-81 for 12 months service in the Mediterranean. He sank 15 ships, mostly small coastal sailing vessels, in her, earning the German Cross in Gold.

He left U-81 in January 1944 to join the K-Verband (Midget Submarine Group), and commanded K-Verband Flotilla 361 from March to July 1944, during which time he was awarded the Knights Cross. He stayed with the K-Verband as a staff and training officer until the end of the war.

After the war he joined the post-war German Navy, Bundesmarine, and later retired as Fregattenkapitän.

Special thanks to Mr. Fernando Almeida for details on date of death and post-war career.

Sources

Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1998). German U-boat commanders of World War II.