Talk:Felix von Luckner
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A friend told me Felix was also awarded the Victoria cross, thus making him unique by having receieved medals from both sides for the same war.
Can anyone corroborate this?
I have seen him in a robe that looked like a Templars, A big Templar-like cross on the side. I can attest that he was incredibly strong. He cave me a bent coin, and it was years later that I understood the "magic" : He had bent it with his fingers when handing it to me in Malmö.
DanielDemaret 13:47, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- Felix certainly doesn't appear on the list of Victoria Cross winners, and I can think of no reason why he should have been awarded one. It is, however, by no means unusual for someone to be decorated by both sides in a war, particularly if they were spies or double agents, Juan Pujol Garcia ("Garbo") for example, got both the Iron Cross and an MBE. -- Arwel 02:06, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- Thank you very much. Just another family fable then. We have too many of those :) DanielDemaret 11:05, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
Apparently, there's some disagreement if he ever received the Blue Max as well.Opusaug 18:03, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
- Hmm, yes, it looks fairly convincing that someone misinterpreted the other cross he wore at his neck for the Max. I'll just take that sentence out - we can always put it back if it turns out he did have the Max after all! -- Arwel (talk) 19:01, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
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- The Robe with the cross mentioned above may have something to do with the fact that Felix von Luckner was a member of the freemasonry-lodge "Zur goldenen Kugel".83.71.26.153 07:07, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Statistics
A statistic about all the ships Felix von Luckner actually sank wouldn't be bad...
--Malbi 13:16, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
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- Something like this can be found here: SMS_Seeadler_(Windjammer) User:DanielDemaret June 10th 2006
[edit] Seeadler
His ship was a beauty. I bought it as a kit when I was a kid, and built it. If one can not find a fair image picture for the ship, perhaps one could build the kit again, and take a snapshot of it :) DanielDemaret 22:30, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
