Robert Eyssen

Robert Eyssen
Born	2 April 1892 Frankfurt am Main
Died	31 March 1960 (aged 67) Baden-Baden
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Kaiserliche Marine  Reichsmarine  Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1911–45
Rank	Konteradmiral
Commands held	auxiliary cruiser Komet (HSK-7)
Battles/wars	World War I World War II German attacks on Nauru
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Robert Eyssen (2 April 1892 – 31 March 1960) was a Konteradmiral with the Kriegsmarine during World War II^[1]:80 and 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 (4 January 1914)^[2]
  • 1st Class (12 July 1920)^[2]
• Knight's Cross Second Class of the Order of the Zähringer Lion with Swords (19 September 1918)^[2]
• Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (29 October 1934)^[2]
• Wehrmacht Long Service Award (Dienstauszeichnung) 4th to 1st Class (2 October 1936)^[2]
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class (25 December 1940)^[2]
• Auxiliary Cruiser Badge (1941)^[2]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 29 November 1941 as Konteradmiral and commander of auxiliary cruiser "Komet" (HSK-7)^[3]

References

Citations

1. Giese, O., 1994, Shooting the War, Annapolis: United States Naval Institute, ISBN 1557503079
2. Dörr 1995, p. 153.
3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 176.

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.
• Range, Clemens (1974). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Navy]. Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 978-3-87943-355-1.
• 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

• Robert Eyssen @ Deutsche Marinesoldaten
• Robert Eyssen @ World War 2 Awards.com
• Robert Eyssen @ Ritterkreuztraeger 1939-1945
• Robert Eyssen @ Axis Biographical Research at the Wayback Machine (archived January 15, 2011)