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Karl Friedrich Kunzel

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Years of service
  
1937–1945, 1957–1977

Name
  
Karl-Friedrich Kunzel

Born
  
11 September 1918 Magdeburg (
1918-09-11
)

Died
  
25 December 1998(1998-12-25) (aged 80) Kiel

Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany

Service/branch
  
Kriegsmarine  German Navy

Rank
  
Kapitanleutnant (Wehrmacht) Kapitan zur See (Bundeswehr)

Unit
  
1. Schnellbootflottille

Karl-Friedrich Robert Kunzel (11 September 1918 – 25 December 1998) was a German naval officer and a Schnellboot commander and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes)in World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (1 May 1940)
  • 1st Class (13 August 1940)
  • Fast Attack Craft War Badge (15 December 1940)
  • Finnish Order of the Cross of Liberty 4th Class (4 November 1941)
  • High Seas Fleet Badge (5 January 1943)
  • Crimea Shield (5 January 1943)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 12 December 1943 as Oberleutnant zur See and group leader and commander of Schnellboot S-28 in the 1. Schnellbootflottille
  • Kuban Shield (8 December 1944)

    • References

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