Otto vonBulow signed photo. U-Boat Cpt U-3. U-404. Oakleaves winner.

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Signed 3-3/8 X 5-7/8 photo of Otto vonBulow. Signed nicely. From Wikipedia...Bülow joined the Kriegsmarine on April 1, 1930, and completed his basic training in Stralsund. His first assignment was on the Niobe, a German training ship, from July until October 1930. He then served on the Light Cruiser Emden until the start of 1932. He then went back to Stralsund for more training, and between 1932 and 1933 he trained at the Naval Academy Mürwik.
In 1933 he was stationed on the battleship Deutschland, where he was Battery commander. He later served on the Emden, the Schleswig-Holstein, and later on a landbased assignment in Pillau until 1940.
In April 1940 Bülow transferred to the U-boat service, and completed his training on November 11, 1940. He was posted as commander of the U-3 in the 21st U-boat flotilla. On August 6, 1941 he took command of U-404 in the 6. Unterseebootsflottille. He sank 15 ships whilst in U-404, including a Royal Navy destroyer (HMS Veteran), and damaged 2 other ships. He received the Knight's Cross on October 20, 1942, and in April, 1943, the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves for the assumed sinking of USS Ranger.
On September 1, 1943 he was reassigned as commander of the 23rd U-boat flotilla based in Danzig.
In May 1945 Bülow was taken prisoner by the British, and was released in August of that year. In 1956 he joined the Bundeswehr and was the garrison chief of Bremerhaven. He received command of the destroyer Z-6 in 1962. In 1963 he became commander of the 3rd Destroyer squadron. Before he retired in 1970 he was the garrison chief of Hamburg for 5 years. He died in Wohltorf.
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