Georg Christiansen

Georg Christiansen
Born	21 October 1914
Died	14 June 1997 (aged 82)
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1934–1945
Rank	Korvettenkapitän
Commands held	1. Schnellbootflottille
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Georg Christiansen (21 October 1914 – 14 June 1997) was a Korvettenkapitän with the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.

Awards

• Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th Class (1 December 1937)^[1]
• Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (20 April 1940) & 1st Class (29 May 1940)^[1]
• Fast Attack Craft War Badge (16 December 1940)^[1]
• Kuban Shield (8 December 1944)^[1]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 8 May 1941 as Oberleutnant zur See and commander of Schnellboot S-101 in the 1. Schnellbootsflottille^[2]
  • 326th Oak Leaves on 13 November 1943 as Korvettenkapitän and chief of the 1. Schnellbootsflottille^[3]

References

Citations

1. Dörr 1995, p. 125.
2. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 153.
3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 74.

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.