- Wilhelm Anhalt
Infobox Military Person
name=Wilhelm Anhalt
born=birth date|1917|3|28|df=y
died=dda|1979|5|13|1917|3|28|df=y
placeofbirth=Berlin
placeofdeath=Huntsville, Ontario
caption=
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|Nazi GermanyNazi Germany (to 1945)
flagicon|West GermanyWest Germany
branch=navy|Nazi Germany
navy|West Germany
serviceyears=1938–1945, 1956–1973
rank=Kapitänleutnant (Wehrmacht)Fregattenkapitän (Bundeswehr)
commands=Räumboot "R 38"
4. Räumbootflottille
unit=
battles=World War II
*Operation Weserübung
awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Cross of Merit on ribbon
laterwork=Wilhelm Anhalt (
28 March 1917 –13 May 1979 ) was a "Kapitänleutnant " with theKriegsmarine duringWorld War II and recipient of the covetedKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross .Awards
*
German Cross in Gold (12 February 1942)
* "Minensuch Kriegsabzeichen" (12 November 1940)
*Iron Cross
** 2nd Class (20 November 1939)
** 1st Class (2 October 1940)
*Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (6 October 1940)
* Cross of Merit on ribbon (30 October 1972)References
* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
External link
* [http://www.ritterkreuztraeger-1939-45.de/Kriegsmarine/A/Anhalt-Wilhelm.htm Wilhelm Anhalt @ Ritterkreuzträger.de]
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