It did turn into a political discussion didn't it. That was not my intention, however, Poznan's coat of arms would not make it on a german boat, the same as the swastika would not make it on a British or whatever allied boat.
You simply do not put a national symbol of your bitter enemy on an instrument of war no matter what you think of that enemy. Just doesn't make sense.
If you can show me a picture of a German u-boat conning tower with this emblem I'll eat my words