people from Courland and East Prussia. He died in Gluecksburg. Awards Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (24 January 1915) & 1st Class (27 September 1919) Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th to 1st Class (2 October 1936) Sudetenland Medal (20 December 1939) Memel Medal (3 June 1940) Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (10 October 1939) & 1st Class (18 January 1940) Order of the Cross of Liberty 1st Class with Swords (7 June 1943) German Cross in Gold (31 March 1944) Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross on 29 September 1944 as Vizeadmiral and commanding admiral Ostland 823rd Oak Leaves on 8 April 1945 as Admiral and commanding admiral eastern Baltic Sea References Citations Bibliography Admirals of the Kriegsmarine Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class Recipients of the Gold German Cross Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Liberty, 1st Class Imperial German Navy personnel of World War I German prisoners of war in World War II held by the United Kingdom Reichsmarine personnel 1892 births 1983 deaths People from Homberg (Efze) People from Hesse-Nassau Military personnel from Hesse