That’s right – thanks to many Members loaning us their prized hand-signed photos of U-Boat Skippers, we’ll soon be making many more images available soon. They’ll include:

Brandi, Dommes, Eck, Endrass, Guggenberger, Hoffmann, Just, Kals, Lassen, Lemp, Maßmann, Oesten, Oehrn, Rathke, Rösing, Rosenbaum, Schepke, Schmoeckel, Schnee, Schulz, von Bülow, Westphalen, Wohlfarth and others.

Mug S-29 has the signed photo of Paul Brasack, C. O. of U-737 and probably the only Skipper to win the Knights Cross without sinking any ships at all in the war. His conning tower emblem is on the other side of your mug, a flying fish silhouetted against the setting sun – all in full color.

We will also begin a series on American submarine Commanders quite soon, and they will include:

Beach, Coye, Fyfe, Ramage, Fluckey, O’Kane, Street and many others.

Anyone you want to see on a coffee mug? Let us know and if possible, we will certainly do it.

Mug S-28 has a photo of Albrecht Achilles, nicknamed “Ajax” for the warrior of Greek mythology in the Trojan War. His attitude toward the war was reflected in his choice of conning tower emblem – the little Viking ship alone on the high seas. He earned the Knights Cross with his U-161. His photo is on one side of your Historic Mug and the tower emblem of U-161 is on the other.

Keep checking your KTB Magazine as you receive it, and don’t forget to look on the website. Everything gets posted there first, and it is all in full color.

Mug S-23 has the photo of Großadmiral Karl Dönitz with his signature. Even though he did not command a U-Boat in combat in World War II, he won the Knights Cross with Oak Leaf. On the reverse side is a full color photo of a Type VII-C boat.

More Mugs

Mug S-2 has the first Skipper of U-505, Axel-Olaf Loewe. He commanded U-505 on many successful patrols, sinking some seven Allied ships including sailing ship one belonging to the President of Colombia, which caused that country to declare war on Germany.

Mug S-3 has the photo of Otto Kretschmer, winner of the Knights Cross with Oak Leaf and Swords. He was the most successful submarine commander of any navy in WW II, sinking some 48 ships in about eighteen months.

Mug S-4 has photo of Karl-Friederich Merten, Skipper of U-68 and winner of the Knights Cross with Oak Leaf.

Mug S-5 has a full color photo of Erich Topp, Skipper of U-57, U-552 and U-2513. His boat was known as the ‘Red Devil Boat’. Topp was the third most successful submarine Skipper of WW II, and won the Knights Cross with Oak Leaf and Crossed Swords.

Mug S-6 has a photo of Gerd Thäter, the Skipper of U-466 and U-3506. He was one of a handful to go through the “Gates of Hell” (Gibraltar) twice. He won the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold.

Mug S-7 has a photo of Hans-Georg Hess, Skipper of U-995 and at barely 21 years of age, the Youngest Combat Submarine Commander of World War II – possibly of any war. He commanded five successful war patrols and won the Knights Cross.

Mug S-8 has the photo of Peter-Erich Cremer, Skipper of U-333. Known in the U-Bootwaffe as “Ali”, it was said the crew was better to have him as a Skipper than life insurance. He was one of the most colorful and well liked Skipper in the U-Bootwaffe, and he won the Knights Cross.

Mug S-9 has the photo of Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock, Skipper of U-96, the famed “Smiling Sawfish” boat, as seen in the movie “Das Boot”. He won the Knights Cross with Oak Leaf.

Mug S-10 shows Carl Emmermann, Skipper of U-172 that he took to Capetown and back, and he had many successful patrols. He won the Knights Cross with Oak Leaf.

Mug S-11 shows Reinhard Reche, Skipper of U-255, “Fox Boot” seen in a famous wartime photo, riding on a calm sea transferring fuel to a Luftwaffe BV-138 seaplane. Reche was one of the more successful Arctic Sea Skippers and won the Knights Cross.

Mug S-12 has the photo of Kurt Baberg. As Skipper of U-618, he was decorated with the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold for bravery.

Mug S-13 shows Jürgen Wattenberg, Skipper of U-162. Prior to the war, he was Training Officer and taught cadets Kretschmer and Schepke. In the early days of the war, he was Navigation Officer on board the pocket battleship GRAF SPEE.

Mug S-14 has a photo of Horst Degen on the bridge of U-701. Called the “Gallant Degen” by Großadmiral Dönitz, Horst Degen brought his U-Boat right into the Chesapeake and laid a minefield right on the doorstep of the US Naval Base at Norfolk!

Historic Mugs PRICES
Buy one Mug, the price is $15 (plus $5 shipping)
Buy at least 3 Mugs, price is $12 each (plus $5 shipping)
Buy at least 5 Mugs, price is $10 each (plus $5 shipping)
Buy at least 8 Mugs, price is $10 (FREE shipping)
Buy 10 or more Mugs and the price is $10, the shipping is FREE……..AND we will send a hand-signed photo of a veteran, also FREE!