Wagner, Gerhard
- Date of birth:
- November 23rd, 1898 (Schwerin, Germany)
- Date of death:
- June 26th, 1987 (Altenkirchen, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Gerhard Wagner served with the German Imperial Navy in World War I. During World War II, he served as the Chief of Staff of the High Command of the Kriegsmarine and was later liaison Admiral of the Kriegsmarine to Adolf Hitler.
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Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1934
Medalla de la Campaña de España 1936-1939
- Period:
- Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
- Awarded on:
- 1939
- Period:
- Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
- Awarded on:
- June 1939
- Period:
- Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
- Awarded on:
- June 1939
- Awarded on:
- 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Konteradmiral
- Unit:
- Abteilungschef, Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine, 1.Seekriegsleitung
- Awarded on:
- June 15th, 1944
Ordem do Infante Dom Henrique
- Rank:
- Gran croce
- Awarded on:
- 1961
Großes Verdienstkreuz des Verdienstordens der BRD
Sources
- Photo 1: Willi Schumacher
- Photo: Willi Schumacher collection
- - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
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