Karl Palmgreen Military person

Karl Palmgreen (2 September 1891 – 16 September 1970) was a Fregattenkapitän of the Reserves with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Personal facts

Birth dateSeptember 02, 1891
Birth place
Stralsund
Date of deathSeptember 16, 1970
Place of death
Göttingen

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Military person

allegiance
Nazi Germany
German Empire (to 1918)
Weimar Republic (to 1933)
award
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
military command
36. Minensuchflottille
38. Minensuchflottille
4. Sperrbrecherflottille
Sperrbrecher IX and I
service start1909
service end1945

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External resources

  1. http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/P/PalmgreenK.htm
  2. http://www.wehrmachts-lexikon.de/kriegsmarine/personenregister/P/palmgren.php