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| PERSONALIA |
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Jacob, Claus Gustav Friedrich Louis |
| Date of birth: | June 30th, 1895 (Hamburg, Germany)
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BIOGRAPHY:
Claus Jacob served on board the battleship "Schleswig-Holstein" during the First World War and took with that ship part in the Battle of Jutland in December 1916.
Besides the Iron Cross 2nd Class, Claus Jacob received the Hamburger Hanseatenkreuz on 28th June 1917 for merit during the First World War.
From 1939 until June 1940 he served as Kommandeur of Minensucher "M 1802" within the 1.S-Minensucherflottile then serving in the West. The ship, a former fishing trawler, was destroyed when it struck a mine on 19th June 1940. After he recovered from his injuries he served with several Navy Staffs. Between February 1941 and September 1944 he served as Stabchef 4.Sicherungs-Division in the French coastal waters (Lorient and La Rochelle). The unit was disbanded in September 1944. Jacob then served with Stab Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine in die Niederlande until March 1945. Then he became the Kommandeur "Texel" in the Netherlands. Here he was involved in supressing the 5th April 1945 uprising of the Georgian Legion on Texel.
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1939 SPANGE ZUM EISERNEN KREUZES 2ER KLASSE 1914
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Rank:
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Kapitänleutnant der Reserve
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Awarded on:
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February 19th, 1940
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Details:
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Had already received the Iron Cross 2nd Class on 23rd December 1916 fo action on board the battleship "Schleswig-Holstein" during the Battle of Jutland.
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VERWUNDETENABZEICHEN 1939 IN SCHWARZ
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Rank:
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Kapitänleutnant der Reserve
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Unit:
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Kommandeur "M 1802" / 18.Minensuchflottille
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Awarded on:
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July 20th, 1940
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Action:
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For a single wound inflicted on 19th June 1940.
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CROCE AL VALORE DI GUERRA
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Rank:
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Korvettenkapitän der Reserve
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Unit:
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4.Sicherungs-Division
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Awarded on:
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September 10th, 1942
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Details:
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Nr. 1808.
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DEUTSCHES KREUZ IN GOLD
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Rank:
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Korvettenkapitän der Reserve
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Unit:
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Erster Admiralstabsoffizier 4.Sicherungsdivision
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Awarded on:
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July 3rd, 1944
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| Information source(s): |
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
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