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Wagner, Gerhard

    Date of birth:
    November 23rd, 1898 (Schwerin, Germany)
    Date of death:
    June 26th, 1987 (Altenkirchen, Germany)
    Nationality:
    German

    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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    Period:
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Awarded on:
    1934
    Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
    Period:
    Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
    Awarded on:
    1939
    Medalla de la Campaña de España 1936-1939
    Period:
    Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
    Awarded on:
    June 1939
    Spanienkreuz, Silber mit Schwertern
    Period:
    Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
    Awarded on:
    June 1939
    Cruz de Guerra Cross
    Awarded on:
    1939
    Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Konteradmiral
    Unit:
    Abteilungschef, Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine, 1.Seekriegsleitung
    Awarded on:
    June 15th, 1944
    Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
    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