Paul Fenn

Dr. rer. pol. Paul Fenn
Born	26 October 1891 Zeven
Died	10 November 1976 (aged 85) Kiel
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918)  Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Imperial German Army  Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1914–18 1936–45
Rank	Kapitän zur See (MA)
Commands held	Marine-Flak-Regiment 9 1. Marine-Flak-Brigade
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Dr. rer. pol. Paul Fenn^{[Notes 1]} (26 October 1891 – 10 November 1976) was a highly decorated Kapitän zur See (MA) in the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class (28 July 1918)^[1]
• Hanseatic Cross of Hamburg^[1]
• Austrian Military Merit Medal with Swords^[1]
• Bulgarian War Commemorative Medal with Swords^[1]
• The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (9 January 1935)^[1]
• Wehrmacht Long Service Award (10 October 1937)^[1]
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (27 April 1940)^[1]
• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 1st Class
• West Wall Medal (22 January 1941)^[1]
• Naval Artillery War Badge (26 September 1943)^[1]
• Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black (1944)^[1]
• War Merit Cross with Swords
  • 2nd Class (20 April 1943)^[1]
  • 1st Class (30 January 1944)^[1]
• Naval Front Clasp
  • in Bronze (1945)^[1]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 25 March 1945 as Kapitän zur See (MA) and commander of the Marine-Flak-Regiment 9^[2]
• Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1st Class (15 October 1956)^[1]

Notes

1. In German a Doctorate of political economy is abbreviated as Dr. rer. pol. (Doctor rerum politicarum).

References

Citations

1. Dörr 1996, p. 410.
2. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 150.

Bibliography

• Dörr, Manfred (1996). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 2: L–Z [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Surface Forces of the Navy—Volume 2: L–Z] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2497-6.
• 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.
• 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.

External links

• World War 2 Awards
• Deustsches Marinearchiv