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Hans Stohwasser
Born	(1884-05-04)4 May 1884
Died	30 May 1967(1967-05-30) (aged 83)
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service / branch	Kriegsmarine
Rank	Vizeadmiral
Battles / wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Hans Stohwasser (4 May 1884 – 30 May 1967) was a Vizeadmiral in the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Awards

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (27 January 1915) & 1st Class (31 May 1916)
Hanseatic Cross of Hamburg
Military Merit Cross of Mecklenburg 2nd Class
Knight's Cross of the Albert Order of Saxony 1st Class with Swords
Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th to 1st Class (2 October 1936)
Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (11 January 1935)
Sudetenland Medal (20 December 1939)
Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (26 November 1939) & 1st Class (22 April 1940)
Minesweepers, Sub-Chasers and Escort-Vessel War Badge (1 September 1940)
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 30 November 1940 as Konteradmiral and Befehlshaber der Sicherung der Ostsee (Commander of the security of the Baltic Sea)

Dörr, Manfred (1996). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 2:L–Z (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 3-7648-2497-2.
Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) . Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.

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