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Hi All,
And hi, Don. Thanks for your kind words and the further information. The story of the Deutschland's crossing and return is as much an American saga as it is German. With the numbers of German-American citizens nearing ten percent, the largest imigrant group in the country at the time, the Deutschland and her crew were quite the stars in Baltimore and around the country. The visit by the cargo submarine did much to boost morale among the German-Americans who had been having a hard time of it here in this country even before our entry into the war in April, 1917. It was said that by the time Captain Paul Koenig left for Germany, his coat no longer had any buttons left, as the public had demanded them as souvenirs of the daring voyage.
The Deutschland's crossing is one of the great sea-tales of the era, and it's peaceful nature in the middle of the Great War makes it even more so.
I'm attaching an image of the house flag of the Deutsche-Ozean-Reederei, or the German Ocean Shipping Company, the private consortium that sponsored the great adventure.
Score and fold,
Thumb Dog
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