Walther Fischer

Dr. phil. Walther Fischer
Born	25 September 1893(1893-09-25) Kiel
Died	26 June 1988(1988-06-26) (aged 94) Großhansdorf
Allegiance	German Empire (1o 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Kaiserliche Marine Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1912 – 1945
Rank	Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves
Commands held	13. Vorpostenflottille
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Dr. phil. Walther Fischer (25 September 1893 – 26 June 1988) was a Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Awards

Iron Cross (1914)
- 2nd Class (3 August 1915)
- 1st Class (11 November 1916)
Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (7 December 1939)
- 1st Class (14 May 1940)
German Cross in Gold (1 May 1942)
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (8 May 1943)

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
Huß, Jürgen & Viohl, Armin (2003). Die Ritterkreuzträger des Eisernen Kreuzes der preußischen Provinz Schleswig-Holstein und der Freien und Hansestadt Lübeck 1939-1945 (in German). VDM Heinz Nickel. ISBN 3-925480-79-X.
Range, Clemens (1974). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine. Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 3-87943-355-0.