Captains awards and badges

[Deputy]

Okay, before a bunch of people jump on me, I am playing a "what if" campaign. The what if being a Type XX1 U-boat at the beginning of the war and advanced homing torpedoes. HEre are the stats on me so far:

Promotions
23JAN35 SEEKADETT
01APR36 FÄHNRICH Z. S.
01JUL37 OBERFÄHNRICH Z. S.
01OCT37 LEUTNANT Z. S.
28AUG39 OBERLEUTNANT Z. S.
23SEP39 KAPITÄNLEUTNANT

Medals
28AUG39 IRON CROSS, SECOND CLASS
28AUG39 IRON CROSS, FIRST CLASS
23SEP39 KNIGHT'S CROSS
23SEP39 KNIGHT'S CROSS WITH OAK LEAVES

Badges
NIL

U-Bootwaffe Postings
26SEP38 U-Boat Flotilla Weddigen (Commander training)
01AUG39 U-Flotilla Saltzwedel (7 patrols)

U-Boat Commands
01AUG39 U-46, Type VIIB (3 patrols)
13OCT39 U-2513, Type XXI (4 patrols)

PatrolDatesShips Sunk
(Merchant/Warship)Tonnage
(Merchant/Warship)Comments101AUG39 - 05AUG39 (5 days)7 (7/0)14738 (14738/0)225AUG39 - 28AUG39 (4 days)2 (2/0)6322 (6322/0)317SEP39 - 23SEP39 (7 days)5 (4/1)18273 (16583/1690)413OCT39 - 15OCT39 (3 days)2 (2/0)10047 (10047/0)504NOV39 - 11NOV39 (8 days)7 (6/1)24756 (23656/1100)601DEC39 - 06DEC39 (6 days)7 (3/4)29145 (14732/14413)726DEC39 - 01JAN40 (7 days)3 (3/0)8176 (8176/0)TOTALS:7 patrols (40 days)33 (27/6)111457 (94254/17203)0 enemy planes downed
0 crew lost

[KL-alfman]

many got the badge after the first patrol and some even the "Germand Cross" after the second or third .....

dunno how to help you in this case.

[Deputy]

Originally Posted by KL-alfman

many got the badge after the first patrol and some even the "Germand Cross" after the second or third .....

dunno how to help you in this case.

Can the German Cross be awarded to the Captain? I know the crew can get it. But I didn't see a spot in the little wooden case for it.

[KL-alfman]

Originally Posted by Deputy

Can the German Cross be awarded to the Captain? I know the crew can get it. But I didn't see a spot in the little wooden case for it.

it's the round one in the upper row

[Kimmers]

that's all good, but i never EVER get my u-boat war badge or my u-boat front clasp, how strange eh, and its been three careers.

oh i think i got it once, but it was after i cam in empty handed like twice in a row. Perhaps thats the ticket?

[Sgtmonkeynads]

Sounds silly, but in five years of playing, i have only gotten my front clasp ONCE!!!! and that was after starting a mission, then accidently ramming a destroyer in port. Damage was bad enough I just ended the patrol in harbor, about 300 Yrds from where it began. Once the awards screen came up, it said I got it. So, i have no idea how you realy go about getting one. Oh, and wound badges are impossible.

[Deputy]

Originally Posted by Sgtmonkeynads

Sounds silly, but in five years of playing, i have only gotten my front clasp ONCE!!!! and that was after starting a mission, then accidently ramming a destroyer in port. Damage was bad enough I just ended the patrol in harbor, about 300 Yrds from where it began. Once the awards screen came up, it said I got it. So, i have no idea how you realy go about getting one. Oh, and wound badges are impossible.

Well I just got the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Crossed Swords....for sinking the Admiral Hipper in the harbor. I'm beginning to think that at least some, if not ALL, awards aren't based on tonnage but on TYPE OF SHIP sunk.