Hans Stohwasser

Hans Stohwasser
Hans Stohwasser
Born	4 May 1884
Died	30 May 1967 (aged 83)
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service / branch	Kriegsmarine
Rank	Vizeadmiral
Battles / wars	World War I ; World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Hans Stohwasser (4 May 1884 – 30 May 1967) was a Vizeadmiral in the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Awards

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (27 January 1915) & 1st Class (31 May 1916)^[1]
Hanseatic Cross of Hamburg^[1]
Military Merit Cross of Mecklenburg 2nd Class^[1]
Knight's Cross of the Albert Order of Saxony 1st Class with Swords^[1]
Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th to 1st Class (2 October 1936)^[1]
Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (11 January 1935)^[1]
Sudetenland Medal (20 December 1939)^[1]
Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (26 November 1939) & 1st Class (22 April 1940)^[1]
Minesweepers, Sub-Chasers and Escort-Vessel War Badge (1 September 1940)^[1]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 30 November 1940 as Konteradmiral and Befehlshaber der Sicherung der Ostsee (Commander of the security of the Baltic Sea)^[2]

Dörr, Manfred (1996). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 2:L–Z (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 3-7648-2497-2.
Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.

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