Eberhard Wolfram

Eberhard Wolfram
Born(1882-07-24)24 July 1882
Gerbstedt
Died6 January 1947(1947-01-06) (aged 64)
Hamburg
Allegiance Nazi Germany
Service/branch Kriegsmarine
RankVizeadmiral
Battles/warsWorld War I
World War II
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Eberhard Wolfram (24 July 1882 – 6 January 1947) was a Vizeadmiral with the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Awards

  • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (21 September 1914) & 1st Class (18 September 1915)[1]
  • Knight's Cross of the House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords (14 February 1919)[1]
  • Hanseatic Cross of Hamburg (1 August 1916)[1]
  • Service award (Prussia) (5 March 1922)[1]
  • Friedrich August Cross 1st Class (5 March 1922)[1]
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (8 December 1939) & 1st Class (30 May 1940)[1]
  • 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. ^ a b c d e f 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.
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