Hans Stohwasser

Hans Stohwasser
Born	(1884-05-04)4 May 1884 Dresden
Died	30 May 1967(1967-05-30) (aged 83) Neumünster
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Imperial German Navy Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1901–44
Rank	Vizeadmiral
Unit	SMS Moltke SMS Mars SMS Blücher SMS Zähringen
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Hans August Stohwasser (4 May 1884 – 30 May 1967) was a Vizeadmiral with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class (27 January 1915)
  • 1st Class (31 May 1916)
• Hanseatic Cross of Hamburg
• Military Merit Cross of Mecklenburg 2nd Class
• Knight's Cross of the Albert Order of Saxony 1st Class with Swords
• Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th to 1st Class (2 October 1936)
• Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (11 January 1935)
• Sudetenland Medal (20 December 1939)
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (26 November 1939)
  • 1st Class (22 April 1940)
• Minesweepers, Sub-Chasers and Escort-Vessel War Badge (1 September 1940)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 30 November 1940 as Konteradmiral and Befehlshaber der Sicherung der Ostsee (Commander of the security of the Baltic Sea)

References

Bibliography

• Dörr, Manfred (1996). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 2:L–Z (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 3-7648-2497-2.
• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• Range, Clemens (1974). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine. Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 978-3-87943-355-1. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

External links

• Hans Stohwasser @ Ritterkreuzträger 1939-45
• Hans Stohwasser @ Deutsche Marinesoldaten