Decorations
Minesweeper War Badge
Kriegsabzeichen für Minensuch, Ubootsjagd und Sichrungsverbande
| Given to minesweepers and U-boat hunters. Given for either 3 patrols, outstanding achievements or other acts of valor. |
Decorations ordered by last name
See this list sorted by date
| Commander and rank | Age | Crew | Date | U-boat Command(s) held * | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Ltn. | Abel, Dr. Ulrich + | 29 | X/39 | 15 Nov 1941 | |
| Ahlefeld, Hunold | 18 | 40 | 31 May 1941 | ||
| Ltn. | Albrecht, Fritz | 20 | 37b | 2 Apr 1941 | |
| Aldegarmann, Wolfgang + | 24 | X/39 | 1941 | ||
| Ltn. | Bach, Helmut | 34 | IX/39 | 22 Nov 1941 | ||
| Ltn. | Bade, Hans-Botho + | 32 | X/39 | 10 Jun 1942 | ||
| Ballert, Rene | 20 | XII/39 | 1 Feb 1941 | |||
| Ltn. | Ballert, Sarto + | 23 | 37b | 1941 | |
| Ltn. | Barleben, Curt + | 31 | 35 | 4 Dec 1940 | ||
| Oblt. | Bauer, Hermann + | 23 | 36 | Nov 1940 | |
| Baum, Heinz | 29 | 40 | 1941 | |||
| Baumann, Heinz | 19 | 40 | 12 Nov 1941 | |||
| Ltn. | Becker, Klaus-Helmuth + | 22 | 36 | Oct 1940 | |
| Becker, Philipp | 19 | 40 | 1941 | |||
| Beckmann, Heinz + | 26 | X/39 | 1940 | |||
| Bensel, Rolf Rüdiger | 17 | 40 | 1941 | |||
| Benthin, Karl-Dietrich | 20 | 40 | 18 Oct 1941 | |||
| Berends, Fritz + | 34 | 33 | Jun 1941 | |||
| Oblt. | Bertelsmann, Hans-Joachim + | 24 | 36 | Jan 1941 | |
| Bischoff, Gustav + | 24 | X/39 | 27 Nov 1940 | ||
| Ltn. | Bitter, Otto | 23 | 37b | 1942 | |
| Blaudow, Ernst-Ulrich + | 26 | 35 | 1941 | |||
| Block, Helmut + | 25 | 38 | 24 Mar 1941 | |||
| Boehmer, Wolfgang | 20 | XII/39 | 1 Dec 1940 | |||
| Oblt. | Bohmann, Heino + | 26 | 34 | 1940 | |
| Kptlt. | Borcherdt, Ulrich + | 30 | 31 | 1940 | ||
| Bork, Helmut | 30 | VIII/39 | Nov 1940 | |||
| Oblt. | Borm, Carl | 29 | 33 | ||
| Brand, Wilhelm | 26 | X/39 | 1942 | |||
| Oblt. | Brandi, Albrecht | 25 | 35 | Apr 1940 | |
| Ltn. | Brauel, Wilhelm | 26 | 37b | 1941 | |
| Ltn. | Breckwoldt, Friedrich | 29 | IX/39 | 1942 | ||
| Bremen, Hanskurt von | 21 | 38 | 1940 | ||
| Breun, Gerhard | 20 | IV/40 | 1941 | |||
| Kptlt. | Brodda, Heinrich + | 36 | 21 | 1940 | ||
| Brüllau, Heinz-Ehler | 22 | XII/39 | 19 Nov 1940 | |||
| Buhr, Johann de + | 29 | 34/40 | 19 Jul 1941 | |||
| Buscher, Hans | 21 | 38 | 1940 | ||
| Böhm, Hermann | 29 | X/37 | 28 Nov 1940 | |||
| Ltn. | Börner, Hans-Joachim + | 22 | 37b | 1941 | |
| Cabolet, Servais | 32 | X/37 | 22 Jul 1940 | |||
| Callsen, Peter | 29 | XI/39 | 28 Nov 1940 | |||
| Carlsen, Claus-Peter | 20 | 37b | 1940 | ||
| Christiansen, Helmuth | 21 | 38 | 1940 | |||
| Kptlt. | Clausen, Heinz-Ehlert | 32 | 33 | 23 Oct 1941 | U-403 | |
| Ltn. | Claussen, August-Wilhelm + | 22 | 37b | 1941 | |
| Ltn. | Claussen, Emil + | 23 | 37a | 14 Nov 1940 | |
| Clemens, Johannes + | 30 | 35 | 31 Mar 1942 | |||
| Damerow, Wolf-Dietrich + | 20 | 37b | 1940 | ||
| Oblt. | Dangschat, Günther + | 24 | 35 | 1940 | |
| Dankleff, Walter + | 34 | 35 | 20 Nov 1940 | ||
| Oblt. | Dierksen, Reiner + | 32 | 33 | 1940 | |
| Oblt. | Diggins, Kurt | 27 | 34 | 1940 | |
| Drescher, Günther | 21 | 38 | |||
| Kptlt. | Drewitz, Hans-Joachim + | 32 | 33 | 1940 | ||
| Eberlein, Otto + | 28 | I/38 | 1 Aug 1942 | ||
| Ebert, Eberhard | 33 | IX/39 | Sep 1940 | |||
| Oblt. | Eck, Heinz-Wilhelm | 24 | 34 | 1940 | |
| Ehrich, Heinz + | 20 | 37b | 1940 | ||
| Ellerlage, Hermann | 30 | VIII/40 | 17 Jul 1943 | |||
| Elsinghorst, Josef | 25 | IV/39 | 1942 | |||
| Emde, Bernhard | 22 | 37a | 1940 | |||
| Erdmann, Dieter | 19 | 38 | 1940 | ||
| Falke, Hans + | 21 | 39a | 1941 | |||
| Oblt. | Finke, Otto + | 25 | 36 | 1941 | |
| Ltn. | Frerks, Paul | 32 | XI/39 | 25 Dec 1940 | ||
| Oblt. | Grau, Peter-Ottmar | 25 | 34 | 25 Dec 1940 | |
| Ltn. | Hagenau, Karl-Heinz | 21 | 37b | 15 Nov 1940 | |
| Ltn. | Hensellek, Ortwin | 30 | 39 | |||
| Ltn. | Hohmann, Otto | 31 | 37 | 18 Apr 1941 | ||
| Johannsen, Hans | 30 | 35 | 1941 | |||
| Lührs, Dierk | 19 | 38 | |||
| KrvKpt. | Neitzel, Karl | 39 | 23 | 1940 | |
| Niemeyer, Heinrich | 31 | X/39 | |||
| Rasch, Karl-Heinz + | 26 | X/38 | 11 Aug 1940 | |||
| Oblt. | Sporn, Wolfgang | 28 | 34 | 25 Dec 1940 | |
| Oblt. | Struckmeier, Rolf | 24 | 35 | 1940 | |
| Werner, Herbert A. | 19 | XII/39 | 1940 | ||
78 U-boat Commanders decorated with Minesweeper War Badge (Kriegsabzeichen für Minensuch, Ubootsjagd und Sichrungsverbande) located.
Legend:
+ Indicates the Officer died in the war.
* Commands held indicates the U-boat commands held by this officer before award date. In some cases the officer had not taken command his first boat yet or was not even in the U-boat force yet.
Note: This listing is still being compiled and some recipients might be missing.