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The recipient had to already have won the <a href="/men/decorations/ek.htm">Iron Cross 1st class</a> (and 2nd class before that). A cloth version existed for easier use in combat. The medal was worn on the right hand pocket of the tunic.</p> <p>The German Cross was awarded in two classes since 28th September 1941:</p> <p><strong>Deutsches Kreuz in Gold</strong> (German Cross in Gold)</p> <p><strong>Deutsches Kreuz in Silber</strong> (<a href="/men/decorations/german_cross_silver.htm">German Cross in Silver</a>)</p> <p>The German Cross in Silver was awarded only for non combatants. In the U-boat-force for example Kapit盲n zur See Hans-Georg von Friedburg (BdU org.) got this decoration on 6 June 1942.</p> <p>The German Cross is rather unique in that the Gold and Silver versions were considered seperate awards, and only about 11 instances are recorded of a man winning both. Around 26,000 Gold medals and 2,500 silver medals were issued.</p> <br /> <h3>Das Deutsche Kreuz in Gold</h3> <p>The German Cross stands from rank between the Iron Cross and the Knights Cross. It shows an iron cross (swastika) in a golden star. In the U-boat force were awarded 530 German Crosses. Kptlt. Otto Salman, the commander of <a href="/boats/u52.htm">U-52</a>, received the first German Cross on 9th December 1941.</p> <p>The following table shows how the decorations were divided on the individual positions. Please note that the number is the approximate figure for the rank at the time of award. In our list below some were awarded before taking command and others after their last U-boat command.</p> <table width="400" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td valign="top">Kommandant<br />Leitender Ingenieur<br />Wachoffizier<br />Obersteuermann <br />Obermaschinist<br />seemänischer Maat<br />technischer Maat<br />Funkmaat <br />Torpedomaat<br />Seemann/Heizer<br />sonstige</td> <td valign=top>(Commander)<br />(Chief engineer)<br />(Watch officer) <br />(Quartermaster)<br />(Machinist) <br />(seaman mate)<br />(technical mate)<br />(radio mate)<br />(torpedo mate)<br />(seaman/mechanic)<br />(other)</td> <td valign=top >112<br />66<br />9<br />50<br />88<br />81<br />71<br />27<br />16<br />5<br />5</td> </tr></table> <br /> <p><strong>The following 5 enlisted men got the German Cross in Gold</strong></p> <table width="450" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td>Matrosenobergefreiter<br />Maschinenobergefreiter<br />Matrosengefreiter<br />Matrosenobergefreiter <br />Matrosenobergefreiter</td> <td>Waskow, Arnold<br />Steinbock, Günter<br />Buscher, Siegfried<br />Drewello, Herbert<br />Boeder, Heinz</td><td> <br /> <br /><a href="/boats/u277.htm">U-277</a><br /><a href="/boats/u129.htm">U-129</a><br /><a href="/boats/u190.htm">U-190</a></td><td align="right">22 Oct 1941<br />22 Oct 1941<br />4 May 1944<br />26 July 1944<br />3 Nov 1944</td> </tr> </table> <p align="center" class="caption"><br /> <img src="/media/men/decorations/gercross2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /><br /> Kptlt. Werner Hartenstein commander of <a href="/boats/u156.htm">U-156</a><br /> wearing the German Cross contrary to instructions. </p> </td></tr></table><h3>Decorations ordered by last name</h3><p>See this list sorted by <a href="?dID=5&sort_by=date">date</a></p><br><table class="table_subtle"><tr><th class="width15"></th><th class="width250" colspan="2">Commander and rank</th><th>Age</th><th>Crew</th><th class="width90 right">Date  </th><th class="width200">U-boat Command(s) held *</th></tr><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Oblt. (R) </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/1.html">Abel, Dr. Ulrich</a> <strong>+</strong></td><td>30</td><td>X/39</td><td class="Right">28 Jun 1942  </td><td class="seperator"></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>FrgKpt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/12.html">Ambrosius, Wilhelm</a></td><td>41</td><td>26</td><td class="Right">8 Sep 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u28.htm">U-28</a>, <a href="/boats/u21.htm">U-21</a>, <a href="/boats/u43.htm">U-43</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/20.html">Auffermann, Hans-J眉rgen</a> <strong>+</strong> (posthumous)</td><td>29</td><td>34</td><td class="Right">7 Jan 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u69.htm">U-69</a>, <a href="/boats/u514.htm">U-514</a></td><tr><td colspan="7"><br></td></tr><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/24.html">Baberg, Kurt</a></td><td>26</td><td>36</td><td class="Right">14 Jan 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u30.htm">U-30</a>, <a href="/boats/u618.htm">U-618</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/30.html">Bahr, Rudolf</a> <strong>+</strong></td><td>27</td><td>35</td><td class="Right">15 Jan 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u305.htm">U-305</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Oblt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/33.html">Balke, Diethelm</a></td><td>25</td><td>37b</td><td class="Right">29 Dec 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u991.htm">U-991</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/43.html">Bartels, Robert</a> <strong>+</strong></td><td>31</td><td>34</td><td class="Right">28 Aug 1942  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u139.htm">U-139</a>, <a href="/boats/u561.htm">U-561</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/61.html">Becker, Richard</a></td><td>33</td><td>34</td><td class="Right">14 Feb 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u218.htm">U-218</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/68.html">Benker, Hans</a> <strong>+</strong></td><td>26</td><td>36</td><td class="Right">31 Dec 1943  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u80.htm">U-80</a>, <a href="/boats/u625.htm">U-625</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/81.html">Bielfeld, Heinz</a> <strong>+</strong></td><td>27</td><td>34</td><td class="Right">31 Dec 1943  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u703.htm">U-703</a>, <a href="/boats/u1222.htm">U-1222</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Oblt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/93.html">Boddenberg, Karl</a></td><td>29</td><td></td><td class="Right">26 Jan 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u963.htm">U-963</a></td><tr><td></td><td>Oblt. (R) </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/110.html">Bork, Helmut</a></td><td>33</td><td>39</td><td class="Right">21 Jan 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u275.htm">U-275</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Oblt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/125.html">Brauel, Wilhelm</a></td><td>29</td><td>37b</td><td class="Right">28 Mar 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u256.htm">U-256</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>KrvKpt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/144.html">Bruns, Heinrich</a> <strong>+</strong> (posthumous)</td><td>31</td><td>31</td><td class="Right">7 Jan 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u175.htm">U-175</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td></td><td><a href="/men/commanders/146.html">Budzyn, Sigmund</a></td><td>27</td><td></td><td class="Right">19 Jul 1943  </td><td class="seperator"></td><tr><td colspan="7"><br></td></tr><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/166.html">Christophersen, Erwin</a> <strong>+</strong></td><td>29</td><td>35</td><td class="Right">11 Jul 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u228.htm">U-228</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/176.html">Cordes, Ernst</a> <strong>+</strong></td><td>31</td><td>36</td><td class="Right">19 Jul 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u560.htm">U-560</a>, <a href="/boats/u763.htm">U-763</a></td><tr><td colspan="7"><br></td></tr><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Oblt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/191.html">Dauter, Helmut</a></td><td>24</td><td>37b</td><td class="Right">13 Nov 1943  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u448.htm">U-448</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Oblt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/193.html">Deckert, Horst</a></td><td>25</td><td>37a</td><td class="Right">19 Nov 1943  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u8.htm">U-8</a>, <a href="/boats/u73.htm">U-73</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/194.html">Deecke, Joachim</a> <strong>+</strong> (posthumous)</td><td>31</td><td>33</td><td class="Right">5 Jan 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u9.htm">U-9</a>, <a href="/boats/u584.htm">U-584</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>KrvKpt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/201.html">Dierksen, Reiner</a> <strong>+</strong> (posthumous)</td><td>35</td><td>31</td><td class="Right">7 Jan 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u176.htm">U-176</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/217.html">Drewitz, Hans-Joachim</a> <strong>+</strong></td><td>34</td><td>32</td><td class="Right">18 Jun 1942  </td><td class="seperator"></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/219.html">Driver, Heinrich</a></td><td>30</td><td>33</td><td class="Right">6 Aug 1942  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u20.htm">U-20</a>, <a href="/boats/u23.htm">U-23</a>, <a href="/boats/u145.htm">U-145</a>, <a href="/boats/u371.htm">U-371</a></td><tr><td colspan="7"><br></td></tr><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Oblt. </td><td><a href="/men/eick.htm">Eick, Alfred</a></td><td>28</td><td>37a</td><td class="Right">16 Mar 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u510.htm">U-510</a></td><tr><td></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/254.html">Engel, Herbert</a></td><td>31</td><td>39</td><td class="Right">9 Nov 1943  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u666.htm">U-666</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/260.html">Esch, Dietrich von der</a> <strong>+</strong></td><td>28</td><td>34</td><td class="Right">15 Dec 1943  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u586.htm">U-586</a>, <a href="/boats/u606.htm">U-606</a>, <a href="/boats/u863.htm">U-863</a></td><tr><td colspan="7"><br></td></tr><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Oblt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/268.html">Falke, Hans</a></td><td>24</td><td>X/39</td><td class="Right">19 Feb 1945  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u992.htm">U-992</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Oblt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/272.html">Fehler, Johann-Heinrich</a></td><td>31</td><td>35</td><td class="Right">23 Apr 1942  </td><td class="seperator"></td><tr><td></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/273.html">Feiler, Gerhard</a></td><td>34</td><td>33</td><td class="Right">14 Feb 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u653.htm">U-653</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Oblt. </td><td><a href="/men/fleige.htm">Fleige, Karl</a></td><td>38</td><td></td><td class="Right">8 Oct 1943  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u18.htm">U-18</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>KrvKpt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/302.html">Fraatz, Georg-Werner</a> <strong>+</strong> (posthumous)</td><td>27</td><td>35</td><td class="Right">24 Jul 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u652.htm">U-652</a>, <a href="/boats/u529.htm">U-529</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/312.html">Franze, Joachim</a></td><td>27</td><td>37a</td><td class="Right">6 Feb 1945  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u278.htm">U-278</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/319.html">Freyberg-Eisenberg-Allmendingen, Walter Freiherr von</a> <strong>+</strong> (posthumous)</td><td>28</td><td>35</td><td class="Right">14 Feb 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u52.htm">U-52</a>, <a href="/boats/u610.htm">U-610</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Oblt. </td><td><a href="/men/foerster.htm">F枚rster, Hans-Joachim</a> <strong>+</strong></td><td>24</td><td>38</td><td class="Right">12 Sep 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u348.htm">U-348</a>, <a href="/boats/u479.htm">U-479</a>, <a href="/boats/u480.htm">U-480</a></td><tr><td colspan="7"><br></td></tr><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>FrgKpt. </td><td><a href="/men/godt.htm">Godt, Eberhard Friedrich Clemens</a></td><td>41</td><td>VII/18</td><td class="Right">10 Feb 1942  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u25.htm">U-25</a>, <a href="/boats/u23.htm">U-23</a></td><tr><td></td><td>Oblt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/375.html">Grafen, Karl</a></td><td>29</td><td></td><td class="Right">14 Jul 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u20.htm">U-20</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/380.html">Grau, Peter-Ottmar</a></td><td>28</td><td>34</td><td class="Right">14 Feb 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u46.htm">U-46</a>, <a href="/boats/u601.htm">U-601</a>, <a href="/boats/u872.htm">U-872</a></td><tr><td colspan="7"><br></td></tr><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Oblt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/418.html">Harpe, Richard von</a> <strong>+</strong></td><td>26</td><td>37b</td><td class="Right">11 Jul 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u129.htm">U-129</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/hartenstein.htm">Hartenstein, Werner</a> <strong>+</strong></td><td>33</td><td>28</td><td class="Right">2 Feb 1942  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u156.htm">U-156</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/426.html">Hartmann, G枚tz von</a></td><td>30</td><td>34</td><td class="Right">14 Feb 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u555.htm">U-555</a>, <a href="/boats/u563.htm">U-563</a>, <a href="/boats/u441.htm">U-441</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/428.html">Hasenschar, Heinrich</a> <strong>+</strong> (posthumous)</td><td>26</td><td>36</td><td class="Right">7 Jul 1943  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u29.htm">U-29</a>, <a href="/boats/u628.htm">U-628</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/441.html">Heilmann, Udo</a></td><td>29</td><td>33</td><td class="Right">6 Aug 1942  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u24.htm">U-24</a>, <a href="/boats/u97.htm">U-97</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/461.html">Henning, Fritz</a></td><td>27</td><td>37a</td><td class="Right">22 Sep 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u561.htm">U-561</a>, <a href="/boats/u565.htm">U-565</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/462.html">Hepp, Horst</a> <strong>+</strong></td><td>26</td><td>36</td><td class="Right">9 Feb 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u272.htm">U-272</a>, <a href="/boats/u238.htm">U-238</a></td><tr><td></td><td>Oblt. (R) </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/466.html">Herrle, Friedrich-Georg</a> <strong>+</strong></td><td>33</td><td>XII/39</td><td class="Right">11 May 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u307.htm">U-307</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>KrvKpt. </td><td><a href="/men/hessler.htm">Hessler, G眉nter</a></td><td>35</td><td>27</td><td class="Right">9 Nov 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u107.htm">U-107</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Oblt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/493.html">Hinz, Rudolf</a></td><td>25</td><td>X/39</td><td class="Right">26 Mar 1945  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u1004.htm">U-1004</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>FrgKpt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/511.html">Hopman, Rolf-Heinrich</a> <strong>+</strong> (posthumous)</td><td>37</td><td>26</td><td class="Right">5 Jan 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u405.htm">U-405</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/498.html">H枚ltring, Horst</a> <strong>+</strong> (posthumous)</td><td>30</td><td>33</td><td class="Right">6 Nov 1943  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u149.htm">U-149</a>, <a href="/boats/u604.htm">U-604</a></td><tr><td colspan="7"><br></td></tr><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/546.html">Janssen, Gustav-Adolf</a></td><td>28</td><td>36</td><td class="Right">21 Jan 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u151.htm">U-151</a>, <a href="/boats/u37.htm">U-37</a>, <a href="/boats/u103.htm">U-103</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/548.html">Jebsen, Johann</a> <strong>+</strong></td><td>28</td><td>35</td><td class="Right">19 Sep 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u565.htm">U-565</a>, <a href="/boats/u859.htm">U-859</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>FrgKpt. </td><td><a href="/men/junker.htm">Junker, Ottoheinrich</a></td><td>38</td><td>24</td><td class="Right">19 Apr 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u33.htm">U-33</a>, <a href="/boats/u532.htm">U-532</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/569.html">Just, Paul</a></td><td>28</td><td>36</td><td class="Right">3 May 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u6.htm">U-6</a>, <a href="/boats/u151.htm">U-151</a>, <a href="/boats/u546.htm">U-546</a></td><tr><td colspan="7"><br></td></tr><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td></td><td><a href="/men/kaeding.htm">Kaeding, Walter</a></td><td>27</td><td></td><td class="Right">6 Sep 1943  </td><td class="seperator"></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Oblt. </td><td><a href="/men/koitschka.htm">Koitschka, Siegfried</a></td><td>26</td><td>37a</td><td class="Right">19 Nov 1943  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u7.htm">U-7</a>, <a href="/boats/u616.htm">U-616</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Oblt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/664.html">Krieg, Johann-Otto</a></td><td>24</td><td>37b</td><td class="Right">19 Nov 1943  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u142.htm">U-142</a>, <a href="/boats/u81.htm">U-81</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Oblt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/671.html">Kruschka, Max</a></td><td>24</td><td>37b</td><td class="Right">26 Apr 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u621.htm">U-621</a></td><tr><td colspan="7"><br></td></tr><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/690.html">Lamby, Hermann</a></td><td>30</td><td>36</td><td class="Right">19 Apr 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u437.htm">U-437</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Oblt. </td><td><a href="/men/lange.htm">Lange, Hans-G眉nther</a></td><td>27</td><td>37a</td><td class="Right">11 May 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u711.htm">U-711</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/698.html">Lange, Karl-Heinz</a> <strong>+</strong></td><td>26</td><td>37a</td><td class="Right">25 Aug 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u667.htm">U-667</a></td><tr><td></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/699.html">Lange, Kurt</a></td><td>41</td><td></td><td class="Right">11 Oct 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u530.htm">U-530</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/707.html">Lauterbach-Emden, Hans-J眉rgen</a></td><td>25</td><td>37a</td><td class="Right">20 Sep 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u539.htm">U-539</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Oblt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/709.html">Lauzemis, Albert</a> <strong>+</strong></td><td>25</td><td>37a</td><td class="Right">21 Jan 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u139.htm">U-139</a>, <a href="/boats/u37.htm">U-37</a>, <a href="/boats/u68.htm">U-68</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Oblt. (R) </td><td><a href="/men/lehmann_hans.htm">Lehmann, Hans</a></td><td>29</td><td>38</td><td class="Right">28 Dec 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u997.htm">U-997</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/751.html">Looks, Hartwig</a></td><td>26</td><td>36</td><td class="Right">29 Mar 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u264.htm">U-264</a></td><tr><td colspan="7"><br></td></tr><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Oblt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/775.html">Mahrholz, Hans-Gert</a></td><td>25</td><td>38</td><td class="Right">4 Aug 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u309.htm">U-309</a></td><tr><td></td><td>Oblt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/779.html">Mangold, Ernst</a></td><td>26</td><td>XII/39</td><td class="Right">10 Oct 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u739.htm">U-739</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/781.html">Manke, Rolf</a> <strong>+</strong></td><td>28</td><td>35</td><td class="Right">14 Feb 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u358.htm">U-358</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td></td><td><a href="/men/commanders/782.html">Mannesmann, Gert</a> <strong>+</strong></td><td>33</td><td>33</td><td class="Right">7 Mar 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u545.htm">U-545</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/783.html">Manseck, Helmut</a></td><td>29</td><td>34</td><td class="Right">14 Feb 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u143.htm">U-143</a>, <a href="/boats/u758.htm">U-758</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/796.html">Matuschka, Freiherr von Toppolczan und Spaetgen, Hartmut Graf von</a> <strong>+</strong></td><td>29</td><td>34</td><td class="Right">12 Sep 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u482.htm">U-482</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/mehl.htm">Mehl, Waldemar</a></td><td>29</td><td>33</td><td class="Right">19 Nov 1943  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u62.htm">U-62</a>, <a href="/boats/u72.htm">U-72</a>, <a href="/boats/u371.htm">U-371</a></td><tr><td></td><td>Oblt. (R) </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/818.html">Meyer, Gerhard</a> <strong>+</strong></td><td>29</td><td></td><td class="Right">7 Feb 1945  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u486.htm">U-486</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Oblt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/822.html">Meyer, Rudolf</a> <strong>+</strong></td><td>25</td><td>38</td><td class="Right">7 Feb 1945  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u1055.htm">U-1055</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/837.html">Mohs, Hans-Dieter</a></td><td>25</td><td>37b</td><td class="Right">6 Feb 1945  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u5.htm">U-5</a>, <a href="/boats/u60.htm">U-60</a>, <a href="/boats/u956.htm">U-956</a></td><tr><td></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/838.html">Morstein, Hans-Joachim von</a></td><td>35</td><td>28</td><td class="Right">15 Dec 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u483.htm">U-483</a></td><tr><td colspan="7"><br></td></tr><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/867.html">Neide, Kurt</a></td><td>27</td><td>36</td><td class="Right">4 Apr 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u415.htm">U-415</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Oblt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/880.html">Niemeyer, Heinrich</a></td><td>34</td><td>X/39</td><td class="Right">20 Aug 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u547.htm">U-547</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Oblt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/889.html">Nonn, Victor-Wilhelm</a></td><td>27</td><td>37a</td><td class="Right">24 May 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u152.htm">U-152</a>, <a href="/boats/u596.htm">U-596</a></td><tr><td colspan="7"><br></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/892.html">Oelrich, Adolf</a></td><td>27</td><td>35</td><td class="Right">14 Feb 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u92.htm">U-92</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Oblt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/895.html">Offermann, Hans-Werner</a> <strong>+</strong></td><td>22</td><td>X/39</td><td class="Right">6 Nov 1943  </td><td class="seperator"></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Oblt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/902.html">Otto, Paul-Friedrich</a></td><td>27</td><td>37a</td><td class="Right">19 Apr 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u270.htm">U-270</a></td><tr><td colspan="7"><br></td></tr><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/919.html">Petersen, Klaus</a></td><td>27</td><td>36</td><td class="Right">14 Jul 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u14.htm">U-14</a>, <a href="/boats/u24.htm">U-24</a>, <a href="/boats/u9.htm">U-9</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/920.html">Petersen, Kurt</a></td><td>27</td><td>36</td><td class="Right">14 Jan 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u541.htm">U-541</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Oblt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/921.html">Petersen, Theodor</a></td><td>29</td><td></td><td class="Right">12 Mar 1943  </td><td class="seperator"></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/928.html">Pietsch, Ulrich</a> <strong>+</strong> (posthumous)</td><td>28</td><td>36</td><td class="Right">31 Aug 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u344.htm">U-344</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/poel.htm">Poel, Gustav</a></td><td>27</td><td>36</td><td class="Right">22 Dec 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u413.htm">U-413</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/951.html">Purkhold, Hubertus</a></td><td>27</td><td>35</td><td class="Right">11 Mar 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u30.htm">U-30</a>, <a href="/boats/u14.htm">U-14</a>, <a href="/boats/u260.htm">U-260</a></td><tr><td colspan="7"><br></td></tr><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/955.html">Queck, Horst-Thilo</a></td><td>29</td><td>35</td><td class="Right">22 Jul 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u622.htm">U-622</a>, <a href="/boats/u92.htm">U-92</a></td><tr><td colspan="7"><br></td></tr><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Oblt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/963.html">Radermacher, Alfred</a></td><td>30</td><td>VII/33</td><td class="Right">11 Apr 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u120.htm">U-120</a>, <a href="/boats/u5.htm">U-5</a>, <a href="/boats/u393.htm">U-393</a></td><tr><td></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/980.html">Reeder, G眉nther</a></td><td>27</td><td>35</td><td class="Right">29 Jun 1943  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u7.htm">U-7</a>, <a href="/boats/u214.htm">U-214</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/996.html">Reschke, Franz-Georg</a></td><td>34</td><td>29</td><td class="Right">17 Nov 1942  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u205.htm">U-205</a></td><tr><td></td><td>Oblt. (R) </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/1002.html">Riecken, Werner</a> <strong>+</strong></td><td>32</td><td></td><td class="Right">22 Mar 1945  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u1017.htm">U-1017</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/1015.html">Roithberg, Hardo Rodler von</a> <strong>+</strong></td><td>26</td><td>37a</td><td class="Right">6 Sep 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u24.htm">U-24</a>, <a href="/boats/u71.htm">U-71</a>, <a href="/boats/u989.htm">U-989</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/1019.html">R枚ther, Josef</a></td><td>36</td><td>36</td><td class="Right">19 Nov 1943  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u380.htm">U-380</a></td><tr><td colspan="7"><br></td></tr><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/salman.htm">Salman, Otto</a></td><td>33</td><td>32</td><td class="Right">9 Dec 1941  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u7.htm">U-7</a>, <a href="/boats/u52.htm">U-52</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Oblt. </td><td><a href="/men/schaar.htm">Schaar, Gerd</a></td><td>24</td><td>37b</td><td class="Right">14 Feb 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u957.htm">U-957</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/1103.html">Schneewind, Fritz</a> <strong>+</strong></td><td>27</td><td>36</td><td class="Right">11 Jan 1945  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u511.htm">U-511</a>, <a href="/boats/u183.htm">U-183</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>KrvKpt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/1106.html">Schneidewind, Karl-Hermann</a></td><td>38</td><td></td><td class="Right">19 Apr 1945  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u1064.htm">U-1064</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/1107.html">Schnoor, Ebe</a> <strong>+</strong></td><td>48</td><td>XII/15</td><td class="Right">19 Jul 1943  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/foreign_ua.htm">UA</a>, <a href="/boats/u460.htm">U-460</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/1121.html">Schreiber, Gerd</a></td><td>30</td><td>31</td><td class="Right">22 May 1942  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u3.htm">U-3</a>, <a href="/boats/u95.htm">U-95</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/schroeteler.htm">Schroeteler, Heinrich-Andreas</a></td><td>28</td><td>36</td><td class="Right">10 Nov 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u667.htm">U-667</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Oblt. </td><td><a href="/men/schroeter.htm">Schroeter, Horst von</a></td><td>24</td><td>37b</td><td class="Right">12 Dec 1943  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u123.htm">U-123</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>KrvKpt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/1164.html">Schumann-Hindenberg, Friedrich</a></td><td>31</td><td>32</td><td class="Right">18 Feb 1945  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u245.htm">U-245</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Oblt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/1183.html">Seehausen, Gerhard</a> <strong>+</strong> (posthumous)</td><td>26</td><td>37a</td><td class="Right">20 May 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u68.htm">U-68</a>, <a href="/boats/u66.htm">U-66</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/1194.html">Siegmann, Paul</a></td><td>31</td><td>35</td><td class="Right">4 Oct 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u612.htm">U-612</a>, <a href="/boats/u230.htm">U-230</a>, <a href="/boats/u2507.htm">U-2507</a></td><tr><td></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/1203.html">Sommer, Helmut</a></td><td>29</td><td>35</td><td class="Right">3 Aug 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u139.htm">U-139</a>, <a href="/boats/u78.htm">U-78</a>, <a href="/boats/u853.htm">U-853</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/1205.html">Spahr, Wilhelm</a></td><td>39</td><td></td><td class="Right">7 Jan 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u178.htm">U-178</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Oblt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/1233.html">Sthamer, Hans-J眉rgen</a> <strong>+</strong> (posthumous)</td><td>25</td><td>37b</td><td class="Right">31 Aug 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u354.htm">U-354</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/1237.html">Stock, Rupprecht</a></td><td>28</td><td>37a</td><td class="Right">18 Aug 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u214.htm">U-214</a>, <a href="/boats/u218.htm">U-218</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/1251.html">Struckmeier, Rolf</a></td><td>27</td><td>35</td><td class="Right">17 Dec 1943  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u608.htm">U-608</a></td><tr><td colspan="7"><br></td></tr><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/1275.html">Tillessen, Hans-Rutger</a></td><td>30</td><td>34</td><td class="Right">14 Feb 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u516.htm">U-516</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/timm.htm">Timm, Heinrich</a></td><td>31</td><td>32</td><td class="Right">12 Feb 1942  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u251.htm">U-251</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/1282.html">Trotha, Claus von</a> <strong>+</strong> (posthumous)</td><td>29</td><td>36</td><td class="Right">5 Jan 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u554.htm">U-554</a>, <a href="/boats/u306.htm">U-306</a></td><tr><td colspan="7"><br></td></tr><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/1295.html">Uphoff, Horst</a> <strong>+</strong> (posthumous)</td><td>27</td><td>35</td><td class="Right">5 Jan 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u84.htm">U-84</a></td><tr><td colspan="7"><br></td></tr><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/1313.html">Wahlen, Rolf-Birger</a></td><td>28</td><td>36</td><td class="Right">14 Jul 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u23.htm">U-23</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Oblt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/1319.html">Weber, Karl-Otto</a></td><td>29</td><td></td><td class="Right">7 Jan 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u371.htm">U-371</a>, <a href="/boats/u709.htm">U-709</a></td><tr><td></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/1323.html">Wedemeyer, Heimar</a></td><td>38</td><td></td><td class="Right">5 Nov 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u365.htm">U-365</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Oblt. </td><td><a href="/men/westphalen.htm">Westphalen, Otto</a></td><td>24</td><td>38</td><td class="Right">18 Feb 1945  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u121.htm">U-121</a>, <a href="/boats/u968.htm">U-968</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>KrvKpt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/1351.html">Wilamowitz-M枚llendorf, Georg von</a> <strong>+</strong></td><td>49</td><td>4/12</td><td class="Right">20 Jul 1943  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u2.htm">U-2</a>, <a href="/boats/u459.htm">U-459</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>KrvKpt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/1365.html">Witte, Werner</a> <strong>+</strong> (posthumous)</td><td>29</td><td>35</td><td class="Right">7 Jan 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u509.htm">U-509</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/1311.html">W盲chter, Karl-J眉rg</a> <strong>+</strong></td><td>27</td><td>36</td><td class="Right">28 Dec 1943  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u223.htm">U-223</a></td><tr><td colspan="7"><br></td></tr><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/1398.html">Zetzsche, Hans-J眉rgen</a></td><td>28</td><td>34</td><td class="Right">14 Feb 1944  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u20.htm">U-20</a>, <a href="/boats/u8.htm">U-8</a>, <a href="/boats/u4.htm">U-4</a>, <a href="/boats/u560.htm">U-560</a>, <a href="/boats/u591.htm">U-591</a>, <a href="/boats/u378.htm">U-378</a>, <a href="/boats/u591.htm">U-591</a></td><tr><td><img src="/media/layout/images/icon_picture.gif" class="width11" height="8" alt="" /></td><td>Kptlt. </td><td><a href="/men/commanders/1410.html">Zurm眉hlen, Bernhard</a> <strong>+</strong></td><td>34</td><td>33</td><td class="Right">27 Mar 1943  </td><td class="seperator"><a href="/boats/u600.htm">U-600</a></td></table><div class="left"><p>124 U-boat Commanders decorated with <strong>German Cross in Gold</strong> (Deutsches Kreuz in Gold) located.</p><p><strong>Legend:</strong><br>+ Indicates the Officer died in the war.<br>* Commands held indicates the U-boat commands held by this officer before award date. 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