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Fast Attack Craft War Badge

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Type
  
Badge

Campaign(s)
  
World War II

Established
  
30 May 1941

Eligibility
  
Military personnel

Status
  
Obsolete

Fast Attack Craft War Badge

Awarded for
  
service on fast attack craft or torpedo boats

The Fast Attack Craft War Badge or S-Boat War Badge (German: Das Schnellbootkriegsabzeichen) was a World War II German military decoration awarded to members of the Kriegsmarine for service on fast attack craft or torpedo boats. It was worn on the lower part of the left breast pocket of the naval service tunic, underneath the 1st class Iron Cross if awarded, or equivalent grade award. Requirements included an outstandingly successful sortie, wounds in action, 12 sorties against enemy vessels or installations, or outstanding leadership.

Recipients of Fast Attack Craft war Badge with Diamonds

  • Kapitänleutnant Werner Töniges on 16 December 1942
  • Kapitänleutnant Siegfried Wuppermann on 14 April 1943
  • Korvettenkapitän Friedrich Kemnade on 27 May 1943
  • Korvettenkapitän Georg Christiansen on 13 November 1943
  • Korvettenkapitän Bernd-Georg Klug on 1 January 1944
  • Korvettenkapitän Klaus Feldt on 1 January 1944
  • Kapitän zur See Rudolf Petersen on 13 June 1944
  • Kapitänleutnant Götz Freiherr von Mirbach on 14 June 1944

    • References

    Fast Attack Craft War Badge Wikipedia
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