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Gustav Forstmann

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Years of service
  
1930–45 1957–66

Commands held
  
1. Raumbootflottille

Battles and wars
  
World War II

Rank
  
Fregattenkapitan

Name
  
Gustav Forstmann

Gustav Forstmann
Born
  
10 June 1908 Kiel (
1908-06-10
)

Allegiance
  
Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany

Service/branch
  
Reichsmarine  Kriegsmarine  German Navy

Unit
  
SSS Niobe cruiser Emden Schleswig-Holstein

Died
  
February 2, 1985, Wedel, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Gustav Forstmann (10 June 1908 – 2 February 1985) 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. After World War II he served in the Bundesmarine attaining the rank of Kapitan zur See.

Awards

  • Wehrmacht Long Service Award
  • 4th Class (2 October 1936)
  • 3rd Class (1 April 1938)
  • Sudetenland Medal (3 October 1939)
  • Memel Medal (26 October 1939)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (22 November 1939)
  • 1st Class (25 April 1940)
  • Minesweeper War Badge (5 November 1940)
  • Naval Front Clasp (1 May 1945)
  • Cuffband "Courland" (5 May 1945)
  • Finnish Order of the Cross of Liberty 2nd Class (3 June 1944)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 28 July 1941 as Korvettenkapitan and chief of the 1. Raumbootflottille
  • German Cross in Gold on 9 December 1944 as Fregattenkapitan and leader of the Minensuchverbande Ost

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