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Gunther Gumprich

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Years of service
  
1916–43

Name
  
Gunther Gumprich

Rank
  
Kapitan zur See

Born
  
6 January 1900 Stuttgart (
1900-01-06
)

Died
  
17 October 1943(1943-10-17) (aged 43) 90 nautical miles east of Yokohama in the Yellow Sea

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

Service/branch
  
Kaiserliche Marine  Reichsmarine  Kriegsmarine

Commands held
  
4th Torpedoboat-Flotilla German auxiliary cruiser Thor German auxiliary cruiser Michel

Gunther Gumprich (16 January 1900 – 17 October 1943) was a Kapitan zur See (captain) of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine who, during World War II, commanded a merchant raider. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Gumprich was killed in action when on 17 October 1943, auxiliary cruiser "Michel" (HSK-9) was sunk by USS Tarpon.

Awards

  • Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class (26 August 1918)
  • Chilean Order of Merit 3rd Class (10 December 1925)
  • The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (15 November 1934)
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 1st Class
  • Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th to 2nd Class (2 October 1936)
  • Spanish Cross of Military Merit in White and Silver 3rd Class (21 August 1939)
  • Sudetenland Medal with Bar (23 September 1939)
  • War Merit Cross with Swords 2nd Class (30 January 1941)
  • Italian Commander of the Order of the Crown (11 March 1941)
  • German Cross in Gold on 11 September 1942 as Kapitan zur See on auxiliary cruiser Thor (ship 10)
  • Japanese Order of the Sacred Treasure 3rd Class (19 October 1942)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 31 December 1942 as Kapitan zur See and commander of auxiliary cruiser Thor (HSK 4)
  • Auxiliary Cruiser Badge (6 January 1943)

    • References

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