Karl Dönitz Autograph

Karl Dönitz (sometimes spelled Doenitz; German: ⓘ; 16 September 1891 – 24 December 1980) was a German admiral who briefly succeeded Adolf Hitler as head of state in May 1945, holding the position until the dissolution of the Flensburg Government following Germany's unconditional surrender to the Allies days later. As Supreme Commander of the Navy beginning in 1943, he played a major role in the naval history of World War II. More about Karl Dönitz

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He began his career in the Imperial German Navy before World War I. In 1918, he was commanding UB-68, and was taken prisoner of war by British forces. While in a POW camp, he formulated what he later called Rudeltaktik ("pack tactic", commonly called "wolfpack").

By the start of the Second World War, Dönitz was supreme commander of the Kriegsmarine's U-boat arm (Befehlshaber der Unterseeboote (BdU)). In January 1943, Dönitz achieved the rank of Großadmiral (grand admiral) and replaced Grand Admiral Erich Raeder as Commander-in-Chief of the Navy. Dönitz was the main enemy of Allied naval forces in the Battle of the Atlantic. From 1939 to 1943 the U-boats fought effectively but lost the initiative from May 1943. Dönitz ordered his submarines into battle until 1945 to relieve the pressure on other branches of the Wehrmacht (armed forces). 648 U-boats were lost—429 with no survivors. Furthermore, of these, 215 were lost on their first patrol. Around 30,000 of the 40,000 men who served in U-boats perished. Read even more about Karl Dönitz at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Karl Dönitz

In total, we tracked 132 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.

The most expensive item with a signature of Karl Dönitz (KARL DONITZ HAND SIGNED TYPESCRIPT ANNOUNCING HE IS SUCCEEDING HITLER MAY 1 1945) was sold in November 2018 for $1495.00 while the cheapest item (WWII Adm. E.T. WOOLDRIDGE Signed Authorization KARL DONITZ by H. Keith Thompson) found a new owner for $3.78 in January 2016. The month with the most items sold (7) was January 2016 with an average selling price of $4.89 for an autographed item of Karl Dönitz. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in November 2018 with $816.25 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $4.89 was January 2016. In average, an autographed item from Karl Dönitz is worth $150.00.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Karl Dönitz were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

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thumbnailGERMAN WWII GRAND ADMIRAL KARL DONITZ SIGNED NOTE ON HIS PERSONAL STATIONARY$68.50logo
thumbnailKARL DONITZ FUNERAL BOOKLET SIGNED BY HANS ULRICH RUDEL GERMAN WW2$250.00logo
thumbnailKarl Donitz German Grand Admiral, Naval Commander WW II Autograph Signed Photo.$425.00logo
thumbnailKarl Donitz German Grand Admiral, Naval Commander WW II Autograph Signed Photo.$295.00logo
thumbnailKarl Donitz German Naval Commander WW II Autograph Signed Photo ''Nice Example'$395.00logo
thumbnailKarl Donitz German Naval Commander WW II Autograph Signed Photo ''Nice Example'$350.00logo
thumbnailKarl Donitz German Naval Commander WW II Autograph Signed Photo ''Nice Example''$350.00logo
thumbnailKarl Donitz German Naval Commander WW II Signed Admiral Doenitz Memoirs Book$395.00logo
thumbnailKarl Donitz plus two WWII U-Boat Commanders - Signed U-boat cover$165.00logo
thumbnailKarl Donitz signed copy of WWII surrender.$199.00logo
thumbnailKarl Donitz signed copy of WWII surrender.$295.00logo
thumbnailKarl Donitz signed photo - Chief of U-Boats, German Chancellor$185.50logo
thumbnailKarl Donitz Signed Typescript / Nazi Germany WWII / Autographed 1978 / RR COA$139.00logo
thumbnailKarl Donitz Signed Typescript / Nazi Germany WWII Autographed / RR COA$119.00logo
thumbnailWW2 GERMAN NAVY GROSSADMIRAL KARL DONITZ AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO & SIGNED LETTER$250.75logo