Jacob, Claus Gustav Friedrich Louis (Kriegsmarine)
- Date of birth:
- June 30th, 1895 (Hamburg, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Claus Jacob served on board the battleship "Schleswig-Holstein" during the First World War and took with that ship part in the Battle of Jutland in December 1916.
Besides the Iron Cross 2nd Class, Claus Jacob received the Hamburger Hanseatenkreuz on 28th June 1917 for merit during the First World War.
From 1939 until June 1940 he served as Kommandeur of Minensucher "M 1802" within the 1.S-Minensucherflottile then serving in the West. The ship, a former fishing trawler, was destroyed when it struck a mine on 19th June 1940. After he recovered from his injuries he served with several Navy Staffs. Between February 1941 and September 1944 he served as Stabchef 4.Sicherungs-Division in the French coastal waters (Lorient and La Rochelle). The unit was disbanded in September 1944. Jacob then served with Stab Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine in die Niederlande until March 1945. Then he became the Kommandeur "Texel" in the Netherlands. Here he was involved in supressing the 5th April 1945 uprising of the Georgian Legion on Texel.
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Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Unit:
- "Schleswig-Holstein"
- Awarded on:
- December 23rd, 1916
Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- June 28th, 1917
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Unit:
- Prokurist in Ruhla
- Awarded on:
- February 8th, 1935
Nr. 112/62 A/35.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Kapitänleutnant der Reserve (Lieutenant)
- Awarded on:
- February 19th, 1940
Had already received the Iron Cross 2nd Class on 23rd December 1916 fo action on board the battleship "Schleswig-Holstein" during the Battle of Jutland.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Kapitänleutnant der Reserve (Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, "M 1802", 18. Minensuchflottille
- Awarded on:
- July 20th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Kapitänleutnant der Reserve (Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- 18. Minensuchflottille
- Awarded on:
- September 19th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Kapitänleutnant der Reserve (Lieutenant)
- Awarded on:
- December 15th, 1940
Besides the awarding document dated 15th December 1940 from Nord, Claus Jacob also received a document dated November 1940 from West.
Croce Al Valore di Guerra
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Korvettenkapitän der Reserve (Lieutenant-Commander of Reserves)
- Unit:
- 4. Sicherungs-Division
- Awarded on:
- September 10th, 1942
Nr. 1808.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Korvettenkapitän der Reserve (Lieutenant-Commander of Reserves)
- Unit:
- Erster Admiralstabsoffizier, 4. Sicherungs-Division
- Awarded on:
- July 3rd, 1944
Sources
- Photo 1: Dobri Dobrev
- - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Vorläufiges Besitzzeugnis EK2
- Verleihungsurkunde Frontkampfer Ehrenkreuz, Spange EK2, EK1, croce Al Valore di guerra, Minensucherabzeichen, Verwundeten Schwarz
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