Decorations

Fleet War Badge

Flottenkriegsabzeichen



Fleet War Badge

First awarded on 30. April, 1941 this medal was given to men serving on the German surface warships (battleships, cruisers etc.) Some 2400 of those were given.

Decorations ordered by date

See this list sorted by last name


Commander and rankAgeCrewDate  U-boat Command(s) held *
1.Ltn. Petersen, Kurt2336   
2.Niethmann, Otto2038   
3.Brünig, Matthias20381941  
4.Hilbig, Kurt2138   
5.Oblt. Karpf, Hans +2435   
6.Oblt. Bahr, Rudolf +25351941  
7.Ltn. Balduhn, Ernst-Ludwig21381941  
8.Ltn. Barsch, Franz +291941  
9.Oblt. Achilles, Albrecht +273415 Jul 1941  
10.Kptlt. Bernardelli, Richard323315 Jul 1941  
11.Oblt. Bertelsmann, Hans-Joachim +253615 Jul 1941  
12.KrvKpt. Brachmann, Hans-Günther372215 Jul 1941  
13.Oblt. Creutz, Horst +263515 Jul 1941  
14.KrvKpt. Czygan, Werner +362515 Jul 1941  
15.Oblt. Diggins, Kurt283415 Jul 1941  
16.Kptlt. Dommes, Wilhelm343115 Jul 1941  U-431
17.Ltn. Ehrhardt, Walther213815 Jul 1941  
18.KrvKpt. Engelmann, Kurt-Eduard +382315 Jul 1941  
19.Oblt. Freyberg-Eisenberg-Allmendingen, Walter Freiherr von +253515 Jul 1941  U-52
20.Oblt. Matuschka, Freiherr von Toppolczan und Spaetgen, Hartmut Graf von +26341941  
21.Oblt. Schrewe, Peter +27341941  
22.Oblt. Siemon, Hilmar +26341941  
23.Ltn. Albrecht, Rolf Heinrich Fritz2137b28 Oct 1941  
24.Oblt. Bahn, Rolf2337a28 Oct 1941  
25.KrvKpt. Baumann, Arend382228 Oct 1941  U-131
26.Oblt. Bender, Werner +253628 Oct 1941  U-152
27.Kptlt. Borchers, Rolf283328 Oct 1941  
28.Kptlt. Breithaupt, Wolfgang +283328 Oct 1941  
29.Oblt. Brünning, Herbert263528 Oct 1941  
30.Ltn. Claussen, August-Wilhelm +2237b28 Oct 1941  
31.Oblt. Davidson, Heinz von2237a28 Oct 1941  
32.Oblt. Döhler, Hans-Heinrich +2337a28 Oct 1941  
33.Ltn. Euler, Klaus2237b28 Oct 1941  
34.KrvKpt. Fechner, Otto +352428 Oct 1941  
35.Ltn. Fenski, Horst-Arno2337b28 Oct 1941  
36.Oblt. Fiedler, Hans +273628 Oct 1941  
37.Oblt. Raabe, Ernst +341 Nov 1941  
38.Kptlt. Zurmühlen, Bernhard +3233Nov, 1941  
39.Ltn. Bach, Joachim-Werner2337b1942  
40.Kptlt. Beck, Dieter26341942  
41.Oblt. Becker, Klaus-Helmuth +233620 Jan 1942  
42.Oblt. Mumm, Friedrich +2736   U-52
43.Oblt. Zorn, Rudolf +2437b13 Jul 1942  
44.Ltn. Altmeier, Friedrich223831 Aug 1942  
45.Ltn. Christiansen, Uwe223821 Sep 1942  
46.KrvKpt. Poske, Hans-Georg Friedrich3723   U-504
47.Ltn. Fiebig, Günther223812 Oct 1942  
48.Ltn. Schüler, Wolf-Harald21X/3926 Oct 1942  
49.Kptlt. Struckmeier, Rolf26351 Feb 1943  U-608
50.KrvKpt. Fahr, Theodor +343016 May 1944  U-567

50 U-boat Commanders decorated with Fleet War Badge (Flottenkriegsabzeichen) located.

Legend:
+ Indicates the Officer died in the war.
* Commands held indicates the U-boat commands held by this officer before award date. In some cases the officer had not taken command his first boat yet or was not even in the U-boat force yet.


Note: This listing is still being compiled and some recipients might be missing.

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