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Erich Brauneis

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Years of service
  
1913–19, 1938–45

Name
  
Erich Brauneis

Rank
  
Fregattenkapitan

Born
  
16 March 1894 Vienna (
1894-03-16
)

Allegiance
  
Austria-Hungary (1913–18)  Nazi Germany

Service/branch
  
Austro-Hungarian Navy  Kriegsmarine

Unit
  
SMS Erzherzog Karl SMS Erzherzog Friedrich German battleship Schleswig-Holstein

Commands held
  
17. Landungsflottille 21. Landungsflottille 24. Landungsflottille

Died
  
August 20, 1954, Bremen, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Bombardment of Ancona, World War II

Erich Franz Brauneis (16 March 1894 – 20 August 1954) was a Fregattenkapitan with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards

  • Karl Troop Cross (1917)
  • Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (1939)
  • Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th Class (1 September 1939)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (18 December 1941)
  • 1st Class (1 September 1942)
  • Minesweeper War Badge (14 October 1942)
  • German Cross in Gold on 27 May 1944 as Fregattenkapitan in the 24. Landungsflottille
  • Finnish Order of the Cross of Liberty 3rd Class (28 June 1944)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 28 December 1944 as Fregattenkapitan and chief of the 24. Landungsflottille
  • Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 25 November 1944

    • References

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