Ernst Lucht
Appearance
Ernst Lucht | |
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Born | Süderende on Föhr | 27 February 1896
Died | 2 November 1975 Neumünster | (aged 79)
Allegiance | German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany |
Service | Imperial German Navy Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine |
Years of service | 1914–45 |
Rank | Konteradmiral |
Unit | SMS Freya SMS Schlesien |
Commands | Befehlshaber der Sicherung der Nordsee |
Battles / wars | World War I
World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Ernst Lucht (27 February 1896 – 2 November 1975) was a Konteradmiral with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Template:Lang-de). 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 (1915)[1]
- Merit badges of the Second Marine Brigade Ehrhardt (1 March 1920)
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (17 December 1941)[1]
- Iron Cross (1939)
- 1st Class (5 September 1943)[1]
- Silesian Eagle 2nd Class (10 October 1919)[2]
- Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (30 January 1935)[2]
- Wehrmacht Long Service Award
- War Merit Cross
- Minesweeper War Badge (6 December 1941)[2]
- German Cross in Gold on 9 November 1944 as Konteradmiral and Befehlshaber der Sicherung der Nordsee (Commander-in-Chief of the security of the North Sea)[3]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 17 January 1945 as Konteradmiral and Befehlshaber der Sicherung der Nordsee[4][5]
- Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 21 November 1944
- Merit Cross 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany (April 1967)[2]
- Commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy (9 December 1941)
- Commander, First Class of the Order of the White Rose with Swords (11 August 1942)
References
Citations
Bibliography
- Dörr, Manfred (1996). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 2: L–Z (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2497-6.
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External links
Categories:
- 1896 births
- 1975 deaths
- People from Nordfriesland
- People from the Province of Schleswig-Holstein
- German military personnel of World War I
- Counter admirals of the Kriegsmarine
- Recipients of the Gold German Cross
- Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- Military personnel referenced in the Wehrmachtbericht
- Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Recipients of the War Merit Cross, 1st class
- Imperial German Navy personnel
- Reichsmarine personnel