Friedrich Kemnade

Infobox Military Person
name=Friedrich Kemnade
born=birth date|1911|12|12|df=y
died=dda|2008|1|29|1911|12|12|df=y
placeofbirth=Schwarmstedt, district of Fallingbostel
placeofdeath=Hamburg


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nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|Germany Weimar Republic (to 1933)
flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (to 1945)
flagicon|West Germany West Germany
branch=navy|Weimar Republic
navy|Nazi Germany
navy|West Germany
serviceyears=1931–1945, 1956–1970
rank=Korvettenkapitän (Kriegsmarine)
Konteradmiral (Bundesmarine)
commands=3.Schnellbootflottille
unit=
battles=World War II
awards=Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Great Cross of Merit

laterwork=

Friedrich Kemnade (born 12 December 1911 in Schwarmstedt, district of Fallingbostel) was a "Korvettenkapitän" with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and later served with the Bundesmarine. He is also a recipient of the coveted Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

Awards

* Iron Cross
** 2nd Class (30 April 1940)
** 1st Class (24 December 1940)
* Wound Badge in Black (20 September 1940)
* Fast Attack Craft War Badge (11 March 1941)
* German Cross in Gold (2 February 1942)
* 3 "Medaglia d'Argento al Valore Militare"
** 1st time on 21 May 1942
** 2nd time on 24 January 1943
* "Flottenkriegsabzeichen" (2 January 1943)
* Cuffband "Afrika" (12 October 1943)
* Croce di Guerra al Valor Militare (17 March 1943)
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
** Knight's Cross (23 July 1942)
** 249. Oak Leaves (27 May 1943)
* Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht
* Great Cross of Merit (September 1970)

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.