Hans Stohwasser Explained

Hans Stohwasser
Birth Date:	4 May 1884
Death Place:	Neumünster --->
Battles:	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]

References

Bibliography

• Dörr, Manfred (1996). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 2:L–Z (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. .
• Book: Fellgiebel , Walther-Peer . Walther-Peer Fellgiebel

. Walther-Peer Fellgiebel . 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 . German . Friedberg, Germany . Podzun-Pallas . 978-3-7909-0284-6.

Notes and References

1. Dörr 1996, p. 273.
2. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 412.