Adalbert von Blanc

Infobox Military Person
name=Adalbert von Blanc
born=birth date|1907|7|11|df=y
died=dda|1976|11|7|1907|7|11|df=y
placeofbirth=Wilhelmshaven
placeofdeath=Flensburg-Mürwik


caption=
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=1926 – 1945, 1956 – 1964
rank=Fregattenkapitän (Kriegsmarine)
Flottillenadmiral (Bundesmarine)
commands=9. Sicherungsdivision
unit=German auxiliary cruiser Orion
battles= World War II
awards=Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
laterwork=

Adalbert von Blanc (11 July 1907 – 7 November 1976) was a "Fregattenkapitän" with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and later a "Flottillenadmiral " in the Bundesmarine. During World War II he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and served as 1st Officer on the German auxiliary cruiser "Orion".

Awards

* Iron Cross (1939)
** 2nd Class (15 September 1940)
** 1st Class (17 October 1940)
* German Cross in Gold (11 September 1942)
* Cuffband "Courland"
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
** Knight's Cross (27 November 1944)
** 866. Oak Leaves (10 May 1945)

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.