Zabel, Walter ('U-9')
- Date of birth:
- January 25th, 1921 (Neu Kaliss - Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Bootsmannsmaat Walter Zabel Served aboard U-9; U-108 and U-300.
Matrose I
Matrosengefreiter
Matrosenobergefreiter
Bootsmannsmaat
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 8th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 3rd, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Matrosenobergefreiter (Able-bodied Seaman)
- Unit:
- U-108
- Awarded on:
- May 30th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Bootsmannsmaat
- Unit:
- seemännischer Unteroffizier U 9 / 30.Unterseebootsflottille
- Awarded on:
- May 23rd, 1944
Award document dated 23rd May 1944.
Sources
- Photo: German Crosses today - Page 49 - Wehrmacht-Awards.com Militaria Forums
- - 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
- Verleihungsurkunde DKiG via Wehrmacht Awards.com
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