Germany, Imperial. A Lot of First World War U-Boat Service Photos and Postcards
(U-Boot Bilder und Postkarten). A lot of seven First World War U-Boat service photos and postcards, including a studio portrait of a U-Boat crewman, in uniform and wearing a cap with a tally ribbon bearing an inscription of “UNTERSEEBOOTS. FLOTILLE”, with the U-Boat War Badge and 1914 Iron Cross II Class ribbon clearly visible, the reverse in unused postcard format and with a studio mark, measuring 88 mm (w) x 139 mm (h), in extremely fine condition; one depicting a touched-up black-and-white image of U-9 at sea, flanked by a portrait of Kapitänleutnant Otto Weddigen, the reverse bearing a handwritten inscription, dated “9. 2. 15.”, with Feldpost marks, measuring 138 mm (w) x 89 mm (h), in extremely fine condition; one depicting a colour illustration of a U-Boat at sea with crew members on deck, the reverse bearing a handwritten inscription, dated “5. JULI 1915”, measuring 90 mm (w) x 138 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition; one depicting Kapitän Paul König, commander of the merchant submarine “Deutschland”, the reverse bearing a handwritten inscription, dated “13. 5. 20.”, measuring 86 mm (w) x 138 mm (h), in extremely fine condition; one depicting a black-and-white image of U-11 at sea, the reverse unused, measuring 134 mm (w) x 86 mm (h), in extremely fine condition; one depicting a black-and-white image of a group of U-Boats in harbour, the reverse unused, measuring 135 mm (w) x 85 mm (h), in extremely fine condition, and; a patriotic U-9 postcard, issued to commemorate the first year of war, the reverse unused, measuring 140 mm (w) x 90 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.

