Paul Lehmann

Paul Lehmann
Born	11 October 1886 Stendal
Died	8 April 1972 (aged 85) Lemwerder
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Kriegsmarine
Rank	Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves
Commands held	42. Minensuchflottille
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Dr. Paul Lehmann (11 October 1886 – 8 April 1972) was a Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves 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.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class (29 July 1916)^[1]
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (7 December 1940)^[1]
• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 1st Class (7 December 1941)^[1]
• Minesweeper War Badge (1 February 1941)^[1]
• German Cross in Gold (26 October 1942)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 24 September 1944 as Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves and chief of the 42. Minensuchflottille^[2]

References

Citations

1. Dörr 1996, p. 8.
2. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 287.

Bibliography

• Dörr, Manfred (1996). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 2: L–Z [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Surface Forces of the Navy—Volume 2: L–Z] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2497-6.
• 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.