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Werner Lange

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Years of service
  
1912–45

Rank
  
Vizeadmiral


Commands held
  
cruiser Emden

Name
  
Werner Lange

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Born
  
18 July 1893 Altenburg (
1893-07-18
)

Died
  
19 November 1965(1965-11-19) (aged 72) Eutin

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

Service/branch
  
Kaiserliche Marine  Reichsmarine  Kriegsmarine

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Werner Lange (18 July 1893 – 19 November 1965) was a Vizeadmiral with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

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Awards

  • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (15 May 1916) & 1st Class (1 February 1918)
  • U-boat War Badge (1918) (14 December 1918)
  • Hanseatic Cross of Hamburg (20 April 1918)
  • The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (2 March 1935)
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (16 October 1939) & 1st Class (27 May 1940)
  • German Cross in Gold on 8 January 1944 as Vizeadmiral and commanding admiral of the Aegean Sea
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 28 October 1944 as Vizeadmiral and commanding admiral of the Aegean Sea

    • References

    Werner Lange Wikipedia
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