Robert Eyssen

Robert Eyssen
Born	(1892-04-02)2 April 1892 Frankfurt
Died	31 March 1960(1960-03-31) (aged 67) Baden-Baden
Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1911–45
Rank	Konteradmiral
Commands held	Auxiliary cruiser Komet (HSK-7)
Battles/wars	World War II
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. He joined the Imperial German Navy in 1911.

Awards

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (4 January 1914) & 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]

↑ Giese, O., 1994, Shooting the War, Annapolis: United States Naval Institute, ISBN 1557503079
1 2 3 4 5 6 Dörr 1995, p. 153.
↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 176.

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.

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