The Snorting Bull - U-47

U-47 (Kptlt. Günther Prien) sported one of the most famous emblems in the war.

Oblt. Engelbert Endrass, the IWO, painted the emblem on the way back from Scapa Flow in October, 1939. The image chosen was based on one seen in a comic book the crew had on board the U-boat.

The emblem was adopted by the 7th Flotilla in St. Nazaire and was seen on many boats. It was complicated enough that a template was used to apply it to the boats.

Keywords: snorting bull

19 U-boats displayed this emblem
U-46, U-47, U-75, U-98, U-103, U-135, U-213, U-358, U-359, U-382, U-390, U-442, U-567, U-578, U-590, U-607, U-618, U-714 and U-976.

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Schütze's S - U-103

This was the personal insignia of KrvKpt. Victor Schütze who became famous on his very successful type IXB boat U-103.

This is the Runic letter S and was meant to indicate its successful commander's initial.

Another commander, Herbert Viktor-Schütze, also displayed the same emblem on his U-605.

There was another variant of the Runic S seen on the U-65.

Keywords: rune, runic

2 U-boats displayed this emblem
U-103 and U-605.

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