Friedrich Ruge

Infobox Military Person
name=Friedrich Ruge
born=birth date|1894|12|24|df=y
died=death date and age|1985|7|3|1894|12|24|df=y
placeofbirth=Leipzig
placeofdeath=Tübingen
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allegiance=flagicon|German Empire German Empire (to 1918) flagicon|Germany Weimar Republic (to 1933) flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (to 1945) flagicon|West Germany West Germany
branch=navy|German Empire navy|Weimar Republic navy|Nazi Germany navy|West Germany
serviceyears=1914 – 1945, 1955 – 1961
rank=Vizeadmiral
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battles=World War I World War II
awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Great Cross of Merit
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Friedrich Oskar Ruge (24 December 1894 - 3 July 1985) was an officer in the German Navy and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Auszeichnungen

*Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st Class
*Cross of Honor
* "Dienstauszeichnung II. bis IV. Klasse am 2. Oktober 1936"
* "Deutsches Olympia-Ehrenzeichen 2. Klasse am 30. November 1936"
* "Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938"
*Clasp to the Iron Cross 2nd and 1st Class
*Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (21 October 1940)
* "Kriegsabzeichen für Minensuch-, U-Boot-Jagd- und Sicherungsverbände"
*Legion of Merit
*Großes Verdienstkreuz des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

References

* 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.