Decorations
Merchant Raider Badge
Hilfskreuzer Kriegsabzeichen 1941 - 1945
Given for acts of valur in the face of the enemy. Some 1500 of those were awarded. A version with diamonds existed but it was only given once, to Bernhard Rogge for his work on the raider Atlantis. |
Decorations ordered by date
See this list sorted by last name
Commander and rank | Age | Crew | Date | U-boat Command(s) held * | |||
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1. | Boos, Hans-Heinz | 27 | 37 | 1941 | |||
2. | Dobbert, Max | 30 | X/38 | 1941 | |||
3. | Oblt. | Ellmenreich, Helmut + | 27 | 35 | 1941 | ||
4. | Ltn. | Riekeberg, Wolfgang + | 22 | 37a | |||
5. | Zapf, Werner + | 26 | 23 Aug 1941 | ||||
6. | Ltn. | Bach, Helmut | 34 | 39 | 21 Nov 1941 | ||
7. | Oblt. | Fehler, Johann-Heinrich | 31 | 35 | 21 Dec 1941 |
7 U-boat Commanders decorated with Merchant Raider Badge (Hilfskreuzer Kriegsabzeichen 1941 - 1945) 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.