Decorations
Fleet War Badge
Flottenkriegsabzeichen
| First awarded on 30. April, 1941 this medal was given to men serving on the German surface warships (battleships, cruisers etc.) Some 2400 of those were given. |
Decorations ordered by last name
See this list sorted by date
| Commander and rank | Age | Crew | Date | U-boat Command(s) held * | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Oblt. | Achilles, Albrecht + | 27 | 34 | 15 Jul 1941 | |
| Ltn. | Albrecht, Rolf Heinrich Fritz | 21 | 37b | 28 Oct 1941 | |
| Ltn. | Altmeier, Friedrich | 22 | 38 | 31 Aug 1942 | |
| Ltn. | Bach, Joachim-Werner | 23 | 37b | 1942 | |
| Oblt. | Bahn, Rolf | 23 | 37a | 28 Oct 1941 | ||
| Oblt. | Bahr, Rudolf + | 25 | 35 | 1941 | |
| Ltn. | Balduhn, Ernst-Ludwig | 21 | 38 | 1941 | |
| Ltn. | Barsch, Franz + | 29 | 1941 | ||
| KrvKpt. | Baumann, Arend | 38 | 22 | 28 Oct 1941 | U-131 | |
| Kptlt. | Beck, Dieter | 26 | 34 | 1942 | |
| Oblt. | Becker, Klaus-Helmuth + | 23 | 36 | 20 Jan 1942 | |
| Oblt. | Bender, Werner + | 25 | 36 | 28 Oct 1941 | U-152 |
| Kptlt. | Bernardelli, Richard | 32 | 33 | 15 Jul 1941 | |
| Oblt. | Bertelsmann, Hans-Joachim + | 25 | 36 | 15 Jul 1941 | |
| Kptlt. | Borchers, Rolf | 28 | 33 | 28 Oct 1941 | ||
| KrvKpt. | Brachmann, Hans-Günther | 37 | 22 | 15 Jul 1941 | ||
| Kptlt. | Breithaupt, Wolfgang + | 28 | 33 | 28 Oct 1941 | ||
| Brünig, Matthias | 20 | 38 | 1941 | ||
| Oblt. | Brünning, Herbert | 26 | 35 | 28 Oct 1941 | |
| Ltn. | Christiansen, Uwe | 22 | 38 | 21 Sep 1942 | |
| Ltn. | Claussen, August-Wilhelm + | 22 | 37b | 28 Oct 1941 | |
| Oblt. | Creutz, Horst + | 26 | 35 | 15 Jul 1941 | ||
| KrvKpt. | Czygan, Werner + | 36 | 25 | 15 Jul 1941 | |
| Oblt. | Davidson, Heinz von | 22 | 37a | 28 Oct 1941 | |
| Oblt. | Diggins, Kurt | 28 | 34 | 15 Jul 1941 | |
| Kptlt. | Dommes, Wilhelm | 34 | 31 | 15 Jul 1941 | U-431 |
| Oblt. | Döhler, Hans-Heinrich + | 23 | 37a | 28 Oct 1941 | ||
| Ltn. | Ehrhardt, Walther | 21 | 38 | 15 Jul 1941 | |
| KrvKpt. | Engelmann, Kurt-Eduard + | 38 | 23 | 15 Jul 1941 | ||
| Ltn. | Euler, Klaus | 22 | 37b | 28 Oct 1941 | |
| KrvKpt. | Fahr, Theodor + | 34 | 30 | 16 May 1944 | U-567 | |
| KrvKpt. | Fechner, Otto + | 35 | 24 | 28 Oct 1941 | ||
| Ltn. | Fenski, Horst-Arno | 23 | 37b | 28 Oct 1941 | |
| Ltn. | Fiebig, Günther | 22 | 38 | 12 Oct 1942 | |
| Oblt. | Fiedler, Hans + | 27 | 36 | 28 Oct 1941 | |
| Oblt. | Freyberg-Eisenberg-Allmendingen, Walter Freiherr von + | 25 | 35 | 15 Jul 1941 | U-52 |
| Hilbig, Kurt | 21 | 38 | |||
| Oblt. | Karpf, Hans + | 24 | 35 | ||
| Oblt. | Matuschka, Freiherr von Toppolczan und Spaetgen, Hartmut Graf von + | 26 | 34 | 1941 | |
| Oblt. | Mumm, Friedrich + | 27 | 36 | U-52 | |
| Niethmann, Otto | 20 | 38 | |||
| Ltn. | Petersen, Kurt | 23 | 36 | ||
| KrvKpt. | Poske, Hans-Georg Friedrich | 37 | 23 | U-504 | |
| Oblt. | Raabe, Ernst + | 34 | 1 Nov 1941 | |||
| Oblt. | Schrewe, Peter + | 27 | 34 | 1941 | |
| Ltn. | Schüler, Wolf-Harald | 21 | X/39 | 26 Oct 1942 | |
| Oblt. | Siemon, Hilmar + | 26 | 34 | 1941 | ||
| Kptlt. | Struckmeier, Rolf | 26 | 35 | 1 Feb 1943 | U-608 |
| Oblt. | Zorn, Rudolf + | 24 | 37b | 13 Jul 1942 | |
| Kptlt. | Zurmühlen, Bernhard + | 32 | 33 | Nov, 1941 | |
50 U-boat Commanders decorated with Fleet War Badge (Flottenkriegsabzeichen) located.
Legend:
+ Indicates the Officer died in the war.
* Commands held indicates the U-boat commands held by this officer before award date. In some cases the officer had not taken command his first boat yet or was not even in the U-boat force yet.
Note: This listing is still being compiled and some recipients might be missing.