OLD GERMAN KRIEGSMARINE U-BOAT U-71 Otto Baumgärtner ENAMELED GRAVE PLATE 1945

(10 March 1921 - 2 April 1945). Was a part of U-boat 71 & got Uboot Abseichen &. Ordered on 25 January 1939, U-71 was laid down as yard number 618 on 21 December that year. She was launched on 31 October 1940 and commissioned on 14 December. She entered the 7th U-boat Flotilla as a training submarine (commissioning until 31 May 1941), then served as a front (operational) boat between 1 June 1941 and 31 May 1943.

During that time she carried out ten war patrols, but had to return to port following damage after colliding with U-631 in the North Atlantic on 17 April 1943. After that, she moved to the 24th U-boat Flotilla as a training submarine (1 June 1943 - 30 June 1944), then to the 22nd flotilla also as a training boat from 1 July 1944 until 1 February 1945.

Like many other members U-71, in the winter & spring of 1945 he was transferred to the West front. He fell in the fighting.

SIZE: 7 1/2" x 9 1/2" (19 x 25cm). RARE Old German ENAMELED GRAVE PLATE. IT'S IN THE SAME CONDITION AS IT FOUND. FOR WWII HISTORY RESEARCH ONLY!

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