November 1942: Generaladmiral Rolf Carls (left, Oberbefehlshaber Marinegruppenkommando Nord) congratulates Kapitänleutnant Siegfried Strelow (right) for his award of the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, which he received on 27 October 1942 as Kommandant of U-435. Visible second from left is Eichenlaubträger (recipient of the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub), Kapitänleutnant Herbert Emil Schultze (Kommandant 3. U-Bootsflottille).
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