Eberhard Wolfram

Eberhard Wolfram
Born	24 July 1882 Gerbstedt
Died	6 January 1947 (aged 64) Hamburg
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Kaiserliche Marine  Reichsmarine  Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1900–43
Rank	Vizeadmiral
Unit	SMS Charlotte SMS Kaiser Karl der Große SMS Tiger SMS Westfalen
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Eberhard Wolfram (24 July 1882 – 6 January 1947) was a Vizeadmiral with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and 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.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class (21 September 1914)^[1]
  • 1st Class (18 September 1915)^[1]
• Hanseatic Cross of Hamburg (1 August 1916)^[1]
• Knight's Cross of the House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords (14 February 1919)^[1]
• Service award (Prussia) (5 March 1922)^[1]
• Friedrich August Cross 1st Class (5 March 1922)^[1]
• Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (8 December 1939)^[1]
  • 1st Class (30 May 1940)^[1]
• Minesweepers, Sub-Chasers and Escort-Vessel War Badge
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 25 May 1941 as Konteradmiral and Befehshaber der Sicherung der Nordsee (Commander-in-Chief of the security North Sea)^[2]

References

Citations

1. Dörr 1996, p. 361.
2. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 452.

Bibliography

• Dörr, Manfred (1996) (in German). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 2: L–Z. Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 3-7648-2497-2.
• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
• Range, Clemens (1974). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Navy]. Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 978-3-87943-355-1.
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

External links

• Eberhard Wolfram @ Geocities at the Wayback Machine (archived October 29, 2009)
• Eberhard Wolfram @ Deutsche Marinesoldaten