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Ernst Lucht

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Years of service
  
1914–45

Unit
  
SMS Freya, SMS Schlesien

Name
  
Ernst Lucht

Rank
  
Konteradmiral


Born
  
27 February 1896 Suderende on Fohr (
1896-02-27
)

Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany

Service/branch
  
Kaiserliche Marine  Reichsmarine  Kriegsmarine

Commands held
  
Befehlshaber der Sicherung der Nordsee

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II

Died
  
November 2, 1975, Neumunster, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, World War II

Ernst Lucht (27 February 1896 – 2 November 1975) was a German admiral during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Awards

  • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (1915)
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (17 December 1941)
  • Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class (5 September 1943)
  • Silesian Eagle 2nd Class (10 October 1919)
  • Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (30 January 1935)
  • Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th to 1st Class (15 September 1939)
  • War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords (30 January 1941) & 1st Class (20 April 1942)
  • Minesweeper War Badge (6 December 1941)
  • German Cross in Gold on 9 November 1944 as Konteradmiral and Befehlshaber der Sicherung der Nordsee (Commander-in-Chief of the security of the North Sea)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 17 January 1945 as Konteradmiral and Befehlshaber der Sicherung der Nordsee
  • Merit Cross 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany (April 1967)

    • References

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