Robert Eyssen Explained

Robert Eyssen
Birth Date:	2 April 1892
Death Place:	Baden-Baden---->
Branch:	Kriegsmarine
Rank:	Konteradmiral
Commands:	Auxiliary cruiser Komet
Battles:	World War II
Awards:	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Robert Eyssen (2 April 1892 – 31 March 1960) was a German admiral during World War II^[1] and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. He joined the Imperial German Navy in 1911. He was the commander of German auxiliary cruiser Komet during her first raiding cruise from 4 July 1940 to 30 November 1941.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (4 January 1914) & 1st Class (12 July 1920)^[2]
• Knight's Cross Second Class of the Order of the Zähringer Lion with Swords (19 September 1918)^[2]
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class & 1st Class (25 December 1940)^[2]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 29 November 1941 as Konteradmiral and commander of auxiliary cruiser "Komet" (HSK-7)^[3]

References

• Book: Dörr , Manfred . 1995 . Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 1: A–K . The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Surface Forces of the Navy—Volume 1: A–K . German . Osnabrück, Germany . Biblio Verlag . 978-3-7648-2453-2.
• 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. Giese, O., 1994, Shooting the War, Annapolis: United States Naval Institute,
2. Dörr 1995, p. 153.
3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 176.