Otto Schulz (admiral)

For other people named Otto Schulz, see Otto Schulz (disambiguation).

Otto Schulz
Born	12 March 1900(1900-03-12) Darmstadt
Died	28 March 1974(1974-03-28) (aged 74) Bad Wildungen
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Kaiserliche Marine  Reichsmarine  Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1916 – 1945
Rank	Konteradmiral
Unit	SMS Freya SMS Thüringen SMS Oldenburg light cruiser Leipzig
Commands held	Seekommandant Krim
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Otto Schulz (12 March 1900 – 28 March 1974) was a Konteradmiral with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
• Honour Cross for Combatants
• Anschluss Medal
• Sudetenland Medal with Prague Castle Bar
• Spanish Cross in Bronze
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (15 April 1940)^[1]
  • 1st Class
• War Merit Cross 1st Class with Swords (30 January 1942)^[2]
• Naval Artillery War Badge (1944)^[2]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (17 May 1944)

References

Citations

1. ^ Dörr 1996, p. 248.
2. ^ ^{a b} Dörr 1996, p. 249.

Bibliography

• Dörr, Manfred (1996) (in German). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 2:L–Z. Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 3-7648-2497-2.
• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
• Range, Clemens (1974). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine. Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 3-87943-355-0.
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). 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 (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2..

External links

• Otto Schulz @ Deutsche Marinesoldaten
• Otto Schulz @ Axis Biographical Research

Persondata
Name	Schulz, Otto
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	12 March 1900
Place of birth	Darmstadt
Date of death	28 March 1974
Place of death	Bad Wildungen