39th Contemporary History Auction

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Fischer, Waldemar v. - 1914 Iron Cross 2nd Class

Fischer, Waldemar v. - 1914 Iron Cross 2nd Class

Fischer, Waldemar v. - 1914 Iron Cross 2nd Class

LOT 49-0004
SOLD
Auction ended        26th September 2020  |  02:02 pm CEST
RESULT
88,00
EXCL. BUYER’S PREMIUM: 22,50 %

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Fischer, Waldemar v. - 1914 Iron Cross 2nd Class


Description

Consigned by the grandson and never available on the market before!

Waldemar von Fischer (1189 - 1974) served as a WW1 u-boat commander during WWI and as chief of staff of the WWII shipyards St. Nazaire and La Rochelle during WWII. He became Danish Naval Commander Islands from August 1944 until the end of the war.

His WWI U-Boot commands were: 
UB 33 - 1.2.1917 - 21.3.1917 
UC 60 - 25.6.1917 - 30.11.1917 
UB 38 - 6.12.1917 - 24.12.1917 
UB 126 - 20.4.1918 - 11.11.1918

Von Fischer has sunk four steamers during WWI: Est, Ottokar, Maja, Laila. 5461 BRT in total. Please see other items at auction.

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1914 Iron Cross 2nd Class with a very long original ribbon. Markings to the ring. "TV 84?"


Condition
1-2
Historical information
Award period
1914 - 1924
OEK
Institution date
Instituted by

King Frederick William III of Prussia initially created the Iron Cross as a military decoration on March 17, 1813, during the Napoleonic Wars. The Iron Cross was also awarded during the Franco-Prussian War (1870), World War I (1914), and World War II (1939).

The Iron Cross was usually a military decoration only but awarded to civilians for performing military functions in a few instances.

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