Karl Palmgreen

Infobox Military Person
name=Karl Palmgreen
born=birth date|1891|9|2|df=y
died=dda|1970|9|16|1891|9|2|df=y
placeofbirth=Stralsund
placeofdeath=Göttingen


caption=
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|German Empire German Empire ()
flagicon|Germany Weimar Republic (to 1933)
flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany |branch=navy|German Empire
navy|Weimar Republic
navy|Nazi Germany
serviceyears=1909–1945
rank=Fregattenkapitän of the Reserves
commands=Sperrbrecher IX and I
4. Sperrbrecherflottille
36. Minensuchflottille
38. Minensuchflottille
unit=
battles=World War I
World War II
awards= Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Cross of Merit 1st Class
laterwork=

Karl Palmgreen (2 September 1891 – 16 September 1970) was a Fregattenkapitän of the Reserves with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

Awards

* Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
** Knight's Cross (3 August 1941)
** 523. Oak Leaves (11 July 1944)

References

* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
* Range, Clemens (1974). "Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine". Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 3-87943-355-0.