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Document group of the U.-Obermatrosen and waiter Willi Passau. Served on the submarine “U 38” during the First World War . During the Second World War he served on the Aviso "Grille".
Group consisting of:
- Copy of the award of the Oldenburg Friedrich August Cross 2nd class. Issued on December 25, 1916 in Pola. Ink stamp "U 38". Signature of the lieutenant captain. Folded.
- ID card and authorization to enter the “Grille” Aviso. Various entries.
- Certificate of ownership of the war badge for minesweeping, submarine hunting, etc. Security associations. Issued on December 31, 1940. Original signature of the leader of the mining ships Captain Arnold Bentlage (German Cross in Gold). Folded.
- Certificate of ownership of the War Merit Medal. Issued on April 20, 1944. Original signature of Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Command "Baltic Sea" Oskar Kummetz (Knight's Cross). Folded.
- Confirmation of denazification. Issued on July 22, 1947. Folded.
Very rare group
U-Flottille Pola: was a flotilla of submarines of the German Imperial Navy that was stationed in Pola and Cattaro on the Adriatic Sea during the First World War and operated in the Mediterranean.
Aviso "Grille": The Aviso Grille was a Navy ship and at the same time a state yacht that was available to Adolf Hitler and his leadership for private and representative purposes. At the start of the war in 1939, she laid mines off Wilhelmshaven and became one of the first German warships deployed in British waters when she laid mines in the Thames Estuary. On the night of January 14, 1940, the Cricket rammed the small Danish freighter Axel off Kiel, which sank shortly afterwards. Painted in navy gray late in 1942, the Grille was used as the staff ship and headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine, Grand Admiral Erich Raeder, in the Norwegian Sea and stationed in Narvik. From spring 1944, Frigate Captain Reinhard Suhren was in command of the Grille over the German submarines stationed in Narvik, Harstad, Hammerfest and Trondheim and operating in the Norwegian Sea.