Erich Brauneis

Erich Brauneis
Born	16 March 1894 Vienna
Died	20 August 1954 (aged 60) Bremen
Allegiance	Austria-Hungary (1913–18)  Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Austro-Hungarian Navy  Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1913–19, 1938–45
Rank	Fregattenkapitän
Unit	SMS Erzherzog Karl SMS Erzherzog Friedrich German battleship Schleswig-Holstein
Commands held	17. Landungsflottille 21. Landungsflottille 24. Landungsflottille
Battles/wars	World War I Bombardment of Ancona World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Erich Franz Brauneis (16 March 1894 – 20 August 1954) was a Fregattenkapitän with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a 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

• Karl Troop Cross (1917)^[1]
• Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (1939)^[1]
• Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th Class (1 September 1939)^[2]
• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (18 December 1941)^[1]
  • 1st Class (1 September 1942)^[1]
• Minesweeper War Badge (14 October 1942)^[2]
• German Cross in Gold on 27 May 1944 as Fregattenkapitän in the 24. Landungsflottille^[3]
• Finnish Order of the Cross of Liberty 3rd Class (28 June 1944)^[2]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 28 December 1944 as Fregattenkapitän and chief of the 24. Landungsflottille
• Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 25 November 1944

References

Citations

1. Dörr 1995, p. 80.
2. Dörr 1995, p. 81.
3. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 59.

Bibliography

• Dörr, Manfred (1995). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 1: A–K [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Surface Forces of the Navy—Volume 1: A–K] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2453-2.
• 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.
• Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
• 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.
• Die Wehrmachtberichte 1939–1945 Band 3, 1. Januar 1944 bis 9. Mai 1945 [The Wehrmacht Reports 1939–1945 Volume 3, 1 January 1944 to 9 May 1945] (in German). München, Germany: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH & Co. KG. 1985. ISBN 978-3-423-05944-2.