Eberhard Wolfram

Eberhard Wolfram
Born	(1882-07-24)24 July 1882 Gerbstedt
Died	6 January 1947(1947-01-06) (aged 64) Hamburg
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Kaiserliche Marine Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1900–43
Rank	Vizeadmiral
Unit	SMS Charlotte SMS Kaiser Karl der Große SMS Tiger SMS Westfalen
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Eberhard Wolfram (24 July 1882 – 6 January 1947) was a Vizeadmiral with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards

Iron Cross (1914)
- 2nd Class (21 September 1914)^[1]
- 1st Class (18 September 1915)^[1]
Hanseatic Cross of Hamburg (1 August 1916)^[1]
Knight's Cross of the House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords (14 February 1919)^[1]
Service award (Prussia) (5 March 1922)^[1]
Friedrich August Cross 1st Class (5 March 1922)^[1]
Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (8 December 1939)^[1]
- 1st Class (30 May 1940)^[1]
Minesweepers, Sub-Chasers and Escort-Vessel War Badge
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 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Dörr 1996, p. 361.
↑ 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.
Range, Clemens (1974). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Navy]. Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 978-3-87943-355-1.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

External links

Eberhard Wolfram @ Geocities at the Wayback Machine (archived October 29, 2009)
Eberhard Wolfram @ Deutsche Marinesoldaten

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the Kriegsmarine High Command

Commander-in-Chief	Erich Raeder Karl Dönitz¹ (Oak Leaves)

Chief of Staff of the Naval Operations	Otto Schniewind Kurt Fricke

Marinegruppenbefehlshaber Ost	Rolf Carls

Marinegruppenbefehlshaber West	Alfred Saalwächter Theodor Krancke² (Oak Leaves)

Commander of the security of the North Sea	Kurt Böhmer Eberhard Wolfram Ernst Lucht

Commander of the security of the Baltic Sea	Hans Stohwasser

Commanding Admiral Aegean Sea	Werner Lange

Commanding Admiral Ostland	Theodor Burchardi³ (Oak Leaves)

Commanding Admiral Norwegian West Coast	Otto von Schrader

Commanding Admiral Eastern Baltic Sea	Theodor Burchardi³ (Oak Leaves)

Commanding Admiral Black Sea	Gustav Kieseritzky Helmuth Brinkmann

Commander-in-chief of the German Naval Commando in Italy	Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken

Commander-in-Chief of the battleships	Otto Ciliax

Commander-in-Chief of the reconnaissance forces	Günther Lütjens Hubert Schmundt

Leader of the E-boats	Rudolf Petersen⁴ (Oak Leaves)

Leader of the mine sweepers	Friedrich Ruge

Leader of the torpedo boats	Hans Bütow

Befehlshaber der U-Boote	Karl Dönitz¹ (Oak Leaves)

Leader of the destroyers	Friedrich Bonte

Leader of the Kampfgruppe Oslo	Oskar Kummetz

Commander-in-Chief of the Kampfgruppe Thiele	August Thiele⁵ (Oak Leaves)

¹ Knight's Cross as Befehlshaber der U-Boote ² Knight's Cross as commander of heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer ³ Knight's Cross as Commanding Admiral Ostland, Oak Leaves as Commanding Admiral Eastern Baltic Sea. ⁴ Knight's Cross as chief of the 2. Schnellbootflottille. ⁵ Knight's Cross as commander of heavy cruiser Lützow

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