Gustav Forstmann
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Gustav Forstmann
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Gustav Forstmann (right), Erich Grundmann (centre), war correspondent Augst (left)
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Born | Kiel |
10 June 1908
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Wedel |
Allegiance | Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany |
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Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine German Navy |
Years of service | 1930–45 1957–66 |
Rank | Fregattenkapitän |
Unit | SSS Niobe cruiser Emden Schleswig-Holstein |
Commands held | 1. Räumbootflottille |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Gustav Forstmann (10 June 1908 – 2 February 1985) was a Fregattenkapitän 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 Kapitän zur See.
Awards
- Wehrmacht Long Service Award
- Sudetenland Medal (3 October 1939)[1]
- Memel Medal (26 October 1939)[1]
- Iron Cross (1939)
- Minesweeper War Badge (5 November 1940)[1]
- Naval Front Clasp (1 May 1945)[1]
- Cuffband "Courland" (5 May 1945)[1]
- Finnish Order of the Cross of Liberty 2nd Class (3 June 1944)[1]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 28 July 1941 as Korvettenkapitän and chief of the 1. Räumbootflottille[2]
- German Cross in Gold on 9 December 1944 as Fregattenkapitän and leader of the Minensuchverbände Ost[3]
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- 1908 births
- 1985 deaths
- People from Kiel
- People from the Province of Schleswig-Holstein
- German Navy personnel
- Reichsmarine personnel
- Kriegsmarine personnel
- Recipients of the Gold German Cross
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross