Kriegsmarine Recipients

[Edward L. Hsiao]

Hello Fellows!


Were there any Kriegsmarine Officers that were recipients of the Commander grade of the Order of the Crown of Romania? Same goes for the Commander grade of the Order of Star of Romania? I'm a navy fan who can't seem to get enough of knowing about the Kriegsmarine at war!

Thanks,

Edward

[Stauffenberg II]

What about Adm. Fleischer?

[USAF1986]

Admiral Friedrich-Wilhelm Fleischer's known decorations & awards:

• German Cross in Silver: 29 September 1944, Admiral, Senior Shipyard Director of the Wilhelmshaven Kriegsmarine Shipyard.
• Prussian Iron Cross, 1st Class (1914) with 1939 Bar
• Prussian Iron Cross, 2nd Class (1914) with 1939 Bar
• War Merit Cross, 1st Class with Swords
• War Merit Cross, 2nd Class with Swords
• Hamburg Hanseatic Cross
• Cross of Honor for Combatants 1914-1918
• Armed Forces Long Service Award, 1st Class (25-year Service Cross)
• Armed Forces Long Service Award, 3rd Class (12-year Service Medal)
• Commemorative Medal for the Return of the Memel District
• Navy Wound Badge in Black – World War I award
• Romanian Order of Michael the Brave, 3rd Class: 15 January 1943 (Royal Decree No. 77).
• Order of the Crown of Romania, Grand Cross with Swords

Regards,
Shawn

[USAF1986]

Of interest, Admiral z.V. Wilhelm Prentzel held a pre-WWI award of the Officer’s Cross of the Order of the Star of Romania.

Regards,
Shawn

Decorations & Awards:
• Prussian Red Eagle Order, 4th Class with Crown *
• Prussian Royal Hohenzollern House Order, Knight’s Cross with Swords
• Prussian Iron Cross, 1st Class (1914)
• Prussian Iron Cross, 2nd Class (1914)
• Bavarian Military Merit Order, 4th Class with Swords and Crown
• Oldenburg Friedrich August Cross, 1st Class
• Oldenburg Friedrich August Cross, 2nd Class with “Vor dem Feinde” (In the Face of the Enemy) Clasp
• Prussian Officers’ Long Service Cross (Not authorized for wear after the establishment of the Third Reich-era Armed Forces Long Service Awards on 16 March 1936.)
• Southwest Africa Memorial Medal in Steel
• Cross of Honor for Combatants 1914-1918
• Armed Forces Long Service Award, 1st Class (25-year Service Cross)
• Armed Forces Long Service Award, 3rd Class (12-year Service Medal)
• Prussian Kaiser Wilhelm Centenary Medal, 1797-1897
• Order of the Star of Romania, Officer’s Cross *
• Royal Swedish Sword Order, Knight’s Cross 2nd Class *
• Turkish Medschidie Order, 4th Class *

* Pre-World War I awards from the Rangliste der Kaiserlich Marine, 12 May 1914. With the exception of the Prussian Red Eagle Order, these decorations do not appear in the post-World War I Rangliste der Deutschen Reichsmarine.

[USAF1986]

For gee whiz, here are the known decorations of Admiral Wilhelm Franz Canaris. I would imagine he received at least a few non-German decorations in WWII, but I haven't run across any of them.

Regards,
Shawn

Decorations & Awards:
• German Cross in Silver: 11 November 1943, Chief of the Foreign Office/Abwehr in the Armed Forces High Command.
• Prussian Crown Order, 4th Class
• Prussian Iron Cross, 1st Class (1914) with 1939 Bar
• Prussian Iron Cross, 2nd Class (1914) with 1939 Bar
• War Merit Cross, 1st Class with Swords
• War Merit Cross, 2nd Class with Swords
• Cross of Honor for Combatants 1914-1918
• Armed Forces Long Service Award, 1st Class (25-year Service Cross)
• Armed Forces Long Service Award, 3rd Class (12-year Service Medal)
• Austrian Military Merit Cross, 3rd Class with War Decoration
• Austrian War Commemorative Medal with Swords
• Turkish War Medal (“Iron Crescent”)
• Venezuelan Order of the Liberator (also known as the Order of the Bust of Simon Bolivar), 5th Class – In Canaris: Hitler's Master Spy, author Heinz Höhne states Venezuelan President Juan Vicente Gómez, who deposed former President Cipriano Castro, personally presented Fähnrich zur See Canaris this decoration on 13 May 1909. This decoration appears in the Rangliste der Kaiserlich Marine, 12 May 1914; however it is not in the post-World War I Rangliste der Deutschen Reichsmarine.
• Imperial German Navy U-Boat Badge – World War I award