Erich Brauneis
Erich Brauneis | |
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Born | Vienna | 16 March 1894
Died | 20 August 1954 Bremen | (aged 60)
Allegiance | Austria-Hungary (1913–18) Nazi Germany |
Service/ | Austro-Hungarian Navy Kriegsmarine |
Years of service | 1913–19, 1938–45 |
Rank | Fregattenkapitän |
Unit | SMS Erzherzog Karl SMS Erzherzog Friedrich German battleship Schleswig-Holstein |
Commands held | 17. Landungsflottille 21. Landungsflottille 24. Landungsflottille |
Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Erich Franz Brauneis (16 March 1894 – 20 August 1954) was a Fregattenkapitän with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a 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
- Karl Troop Cross (1917)[1]
- Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (1939)[1]
- Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th Class (1 September 1939)[2]
- Iron Cross (1939)
- Minesweeper War Badge (14 October 1942)[2]
- German Cross in Gold on 27 May 1944 as Fregattenkapitän in the 24. Landungsflottille[3]
- Finnish Order of the Cross of Liberty 3rd Class (28 June 1944)[2]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 28 December 1944 as Fregattenkapitän and chief of the 24. Landungsflottille
- Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 25 November 1944
References
Citations
Bibliography
- Dörr, Manfred (1995). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 1: A–K (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2453-2.
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Categories:
- 1894 births
- 1954 deaths
- People from Vienna
- Kriegsmarine personnel
- Recipients of the Gold German Cross
- Austrian military personnel of World War II
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- Military personnel referenced in the Wehrmachtbericht
- Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Liberty, 3rd Class
- Austro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I
- Austro-Hungarian Navy officers