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Das Boote by Anthony Saunders. (APB) - Anthony Saunders Art

Das Boote by Anthony Saunders. (APB)


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Das Boote by Anthony Saunders. (APB)

Lother Gunther Buchheim based his famous novel The Boat on his voyage aboard U96 in the early days of World War Two. During this operation on 13th February 1941, U96 sank the straggling tanker, Arthur F Conwin, which had dropped back from the westbound convoy, HX106, after being hit by another U-boat, U103.
Item Code : DHM0968APBDas Boote by Anthony Saunders. (APB) - This Edition
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Kretschmer, Merten Presentation Edition of 5 artist proofs, supplied double mounted.

Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm) Kretschmer, Otto (matted)
Merten, Karl-Friedrich (matted)
+ Artist : Anthony Saunders


Signature(s) value alone : £140
£300.00

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Other editions of this item : Das Boote by Anthony Saunders.DHM0968
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PRINT Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm)Artist : Anthony Saunders£25 Off!Add any two items on this offer to your basket, and the lower priced item will be half price in the checkout!Now : £95.00VIEW EDITION...
ARTIST
PROOF
Limited edtition of 50 artist proofs.

Only 3 prints remain of this sold out edition.
Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm)Artist : Anthony Saunders£60 Off!Now : £145.00VIEW EDITION...
ARTIST
PROOF
Knights Cross Presentation Edition of 5 artist proofs. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm) Topp, Erich (clipped)
Cremer, Peter (clipped)
Emmermann, Carl (clipped)
Lange, Hans-Gunther (clipped)
+ Artist : Anthony Saunders


Signature(s) value alone : £305
£575.00VIEW EDITION...
PRINT Jurgen Oesten U-Boat Knights Cross signature edition of 10 prints, from the signed limited edition of 1150 prints.

SOLD OUT
Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm) Oesten, Jurgen
+ Artist : Anthony Saunders


Signature(s) value alone : £75
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Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm)Artist : Anthony Saunders
on separate certificate
£100 Off!Add any two items on this offer to your basket, and the lower priced item will be half price in the checkout!Now : £400.00VIEW EDITION...
POSTCARDPostcard Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)none£2.20VIEW EDITION...
EX-DISPLAY
PRINT
**Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. (1 copy reduced to clear)

Ex-display print with slight damage to border and surface scratch on image - not noticeble once framed.
Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm)Artist : Anthony SaundersHalf
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Now : £70.00VIEW EDITION...
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The signature of Karl-Friedrich Merten (deceased)

Karl-Friedrich Merten (deceased)
*Signature Value : £70 (matted)

Karl-Friedrich Merten was born in 1905, joining the navy in 1928. After a ten year stint on warships and serving on the WW1 battleship Schleswig-Holstein during the attack on the Polish Westerplatte in Septmeber 1939, Merten joined the U-boat arm on 1st May 1940. He operated all over the world, patrolling in the Atlantic, the Caribbean and the Indian Oceans. U-68 was in the U-boat wolfpack Eisbar (Polar Bear) which in the course of a few weeks during September - October 1942 sank more than 100,000 tons of shipping off South Africa. In January 1943 Merten became the commander of the 26th U-boat Flotilla in Pillau. There the new U-boat crews received their final training before going to the front. In March 1943 Merten moved to the 24th U-Boat Flotilla in Memel where he also was the flotilla commander. This was the training flotilla for future Commanders. After Merten gave up command of U-68, the boat had 4 commanders during the next 15 months. On April 10th 1944 U-68 was sunk off Madeira, Portugal by aircraft from the carrier USS Guadalcanal. A lookout survived. The remaining 56 crew members went down with the boat. After the war Merten salvaged sunken ships in the Rhine river along with another famous former U-boat commander, Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock. Later he wroked in the shipbuilding industry. In his time commanding U-68 he sank 27 ships - over 170 thousand tons of shipping, making him the 7th most successful u-boat Ace. He was awarded the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves. Karl-Friedrich Merten died 2nd May 1993.


The signature of Otto Kretschmer (deceased)

Otto Kretschmer (deceased)
*Signature Value : £70 (matted)

Otto Kretschmer was born in May 1912, joining the navy in 1930, and transferring to u-boats in 1936. He was the Watch Officer aboard U-35 from 3rd November 1936 to 30th July 1937. He briefly took command of U-35 after the death of the Captain, Hermann Michahelles, assuming command until 15th August 1937, after which he was Watch Officer once again until 30th September 1937. During this time, U-35 was involved in the Spanish Civil WarHe was in command of U-23 at the outbreak of war in 1939, and had successful patrols with U-23 which included the sinking of HMS Daring, before taking command of U-99 in April 1940. In March 1941, Kretschmer was captured after scuttling U-99 due to damage suffered from depth charges from British destroyer HMS Walker. After his capture, Kretschmer was imprisoned until December 1947. Despite his capture early in the war, Kretschmers total tonnage sunk of over 273 thousand tons was enough to make him the top scoring u-boat Ace of the war. Kretschmer was awarded the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. Otto Kretschmer died 5th August 1998.

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