Gustav Kieseritzky

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|name=Gustav Kieseritzky

|birth_date={{birth date|1893|9|22|df=y}}

|death_date={{death date and age|1943|11|19|1893|9|22|df=y}}

|birth_place=Rendsburg, German Empire

|death_place=Kerch peninsula, Soviet Union

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|allegiance={{flag|Nazi Germany}}

|branch={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

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|rank=Vizeadmiral

|commands=Battleship Schleswig-Holstein

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Kerch–Eltigen Operation{{KIA}}

|awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

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Gustav Kieseritzky (22 September 1893 – 19 November 1943) was a German admiral during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Kieseritzky was killed on 19 November 1943 during the Kerch–Eltigen Operation and was posthumously awarded the Knight's Cross, on 20 November 1943.

Awards

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 17 September 1944 as Vizeadmiral and commanding Admiral of Schwarzes MeerFellgiebel 2000, p. 210.

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References

{{Cite book

|last=Fellgiebel

|first=Walther-Peer

|authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel

|year=2000

|orig-date=1986

|title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile

|trans-title=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

|language=German

|location=Friedberg, Germany

|publisher=Podzun-Pallas

|isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6

}}

{{s-ttl | title = Commanding officer, German battleship {{SMS|Schleswig-Holstein||2}} | years = 8 June 1938 – 25 April 1939}}

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Category:1893 births

Category:1943 deaths

Category:People from Rendsburg