Karl-Conrad Mecke
{{Short description|Recipient of the Knight's Cross (1894–1982)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1894|12|30|df=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1982|5|26|1894|12|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bremen, German Empire
| death_place = Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany
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| allegiance = {{flag|Nazi Germany}}
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| rank = Kapitän zur See
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Karl-Conrad Mecke (30 December 1894 – 26 May 1982) was a Kapitän zur See with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross ({{langx|de|Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes}}). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Until 1955, Mecke was held as a prisoner of war by Finland, then the Soviet Union.
Awards
- Iron Cross (1914)
- 2nd class
- 1st Class
- Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
- Naval Artillery War Badge
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 11 April 1943 as Kapitän zur See and commander of 22. Marine-Flak-RegimentFellgiebel 2000, p. 305.Scherzer 2007, p. 532.
References
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- {{Cite book
|last=Fellgiebel
|first=Walther-Peer
|authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel
|year=2000
|origyear=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
}}
- {{Cite book
|last=Range
|first=Clemens
|year=1974
|title=Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine
|trans-title=The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Navy
|location=Stuttgart, Germany
|publisher=Motorbuch Verlag
|isbn=978-3-87943-355-1
}}
- {{Cite book
|last=Scherzer
|first=Veit
|year=2007
|title=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
|trans-title=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
|language=German
|location=Jena, Germany
|publisher=Scherzers Militaer-Verlag
|isbn=978-3-938845-17-2
}}
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External links
- [https://archive.today/20140320135658/http://www.geocities.com/~orion47/WEHRMACHT/KRIEGSMARINE/Kapitaen_zur_See_M.html Karl-Conrad Mecke @ Geocities]
- [http://www.deutsches-marinearchiv.de/Archiv/1935-1945/Personen/Ritterkreuz/m-p/mecke.htm Karl-Conrad Mecke @ Deutsches Marinearchiv]
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Category:Kriegsmarine personnel of World War II
Category:People from Bremen (city)
Category:Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Category:German prisoners of war in World War II held by the Soviet Union
Category:World War II prisoners of war held by Finland
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