SMGM-3817 Knights Cross Winner Signature Of Reinhard Reche U Boat 255Commander

A harder signature to find since he died in 1993. A 4×4″ post war photo copy with authentic post war signature in blue felt pen. “With Compliments for E.C. Stewart” (well known paperwork expert Emily Caldwell Stewart). signature is a bit faded but still legible. a cut out regarding his history is glued to the back.

From Traces of war:

December 13th, 1915 (Kreuzburg/Silesia, Germany)

Date of death:

March 3rd, 1993 (Bad Godesberg/Noordrijn-Westfalen, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Reinhart Reche sank in 6 operational sails (145 days at sea), a total of 10 ships with a combined tonnage of 54.420 BRT.
For his postwar service he also received the Bundesverdienstkreuz.

Career:
1934: Reichsmarine;
?: I.Wachoffizier “U 751”;
November 29th, 1941 – June 6th, 1943: Kommandant “U 255”;
May 1945 – May 31st, 1946: POW;
1956 – 1974: Bundeswehr.

Promotions:
October 1st, 1941 Kapitänleutnant;
?: Kapitän zur See (Bundeswehr).

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

September 9th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Käpitanleutnant (Lieutenant)

Unit:

Kommandant, “U 255”, 11. Ubootsflottille, Kriegsmarine

Awarded on:

March 17th, 1943

The following wartime excerpt (dated 19.03.1943) describes why Reche received the Knight’s Cross…

“Kapitänleutnant Reche and his U-Boat sunk 11 enemy merchant ships (with 70000 GRT).”

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

November 2nd, 1944

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)