Kurt Loewer

Dipl.-Ing. Kurt Loewer
Dipl.-Ing. Kurt Loewer
Born	27 January 1899; Hamburg
Died	18 October 1985 (aged 86); Münster
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service / branch	Kriegsmarine
Rank	Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves
Commands	11. Vorpostenflottille
Battles / wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Dipl.-Ing. Kurt Loewer^{[Notes 1]} (27 January 1899 – 18 October 1985) was a Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Awards

Iron Cross (1914)
- 2nd Class (31 March 1918)^[1]
Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (4 December 1939)^[1]
Iron Cross (1939)
- 1st Class (19 August 1940)^[1]
German Cross in Gold (1 June 1943)
Minesweeper War Badge^[1]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 24 June 1944 as Korvettenkapitän and chief of the 11. Vorposten-Flottille^[2]

^ In German an engineer's degree is called Diplom-Ingenieur (abbreviated Dipl.-Ing.)

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