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Albert Oesterlin

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Name
  
Albert Oesterlin

Service/branch
  
Kriegsmarine

Battles/wars
  
World War II

Battles and wars
  
World War II

Born
  
14 January 1903 Fahrnau (
1903-01-14
)

Rank
  
Korvettenkapitan of the Reserves (posthumous)

Commands held
  
Kustenschutzflottille "Attika"

Died
  
January 23, 1944, Piraeus, Greece

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Albert Oesterlin (14 January 1903 – 23 January 1944) was a Korvettenkapitan of the Reserves with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Awards

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (18 June 1940)
  • 1st Class (22 May 1941)
  • Minesweeper War Badge
  • German Cross in Gold (18 August 1942)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 June 1944 (posthumously) as Kapitanleutnant of the Reserves and group leader in the Kustenschutz-Flottille Attika

    • References

    Albert Oesterlin Wikipedia
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