"German oars 1941" Topic
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| Gazzola | 04 Aug 2023 5:01 p.m. PST |
Not sure if this is the right place to ask but I been asked if I could find out anything relating to some German World War 2 oars (or paddles). Does anyone know anything about them or might know someone who does? They have engraved into the wooden oars the letters dku. Below this is what I think is three I's (III) but so close together they look like a letter M. Below this a swastika in a circle and below that the date 1941.
Bit of a long shot I know. |
BillyNM  | 04 Aug 2023 10:14 p.m. PST |
Are they oars or paddles?
If oars dku could refer to the Deutsche Karls-Universität in Prague? Rowing seemed popular in Germany during the early war years, see link:
link And the Charles University still seems keen on rowing, see link:
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| Gazzola | 05 Aug 2023 4:04 a.m. PST |
Yes, as part as my search I came across a possible connection to the University during the war and I believe Prague was under German control in 1941. From what I've been told they look more like oars but not sure of the length. They may not be as long as shown in some of the images in the links. I'll pass the info on anyway. Many thanks for your help. Much appreciated. |
| 79thPA | 05 Aug 2023 6:38 a.m. PST |
The university angle is all I came up with as well. |
| Lieutenant Lockwood | 05 Aug 2023 2:31 p.m. PST |
Sweep oars will be about twelve feet long, while sculling oars are about nine feet long. Paddles are … well … short and awkward. All this talk of rowing reminds me of the US troops crossing the Elba in an Eight to chat with the Soviets who had arrived on the far shore. Their technique was not stellar, but our guys got across, no one drowned, and the Soviets shared their vodka. Happy endings all around. Be well, guys. |
| Lieutenant Lockwood | 05 Aug 2023 2:36 p.m. PST |
Oh, by the way, the 'III' on the oar (assuming it's a sweep oar) would mark that oar for the three seat, which is the third seat from the bow. Three is typically a starboard oar, and we all know that people who row starboard are morally and physically superior to anyone so abandoned by God as to row port. Here endeth the lesson. |
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