Gustav Kieseritzky
Gustav Kieseritzky | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 September 1893 Rendsburg, German Empire |
| Died | 19 November 1943 (aged 50) Kerch peninsula, Soviet Union |
| Allegiance |  Nazi Germany |
| Service |  Kriegsmarine |
| Rank | Vizeadmiral |
| Commands | Battleship Schleswig-Holstein |
| Battles / wars | Kerch–Eltigen Operation † |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Gustav Kieseritzky (22 September 1893 – 19 November 1943) was a German admiral during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Kieseritzky was killed on 19 November 1943 during the Kerch–Eltigen Operation and was posthumously awarded the Knight's Cross, on 20 November 1943.
Awards
[edit]- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 17 September 1944 as Vizeadmiral and commanding Admiral of Schwarzes Meer[1]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 210.
References
[edit]- 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.
Categories:
- 1893 births
- 1943 deaths
- People from Rendsburg
- Military personnel from the Province of Schleswig-Holstein
- Imperial German Navy personnel of World War I
- Reichsmarine personnel
- Vice admirals of the Kriegsmarine
- Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class
- Recipients of the Hanseatic Cross (Lübeck)
- Recipients of the Gold German Cross
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- Kriegsmarine personnel killed in World War II
- Military personnel from Schleswig-Holstein