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Robert Eyssen

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Robert Eyssen
Born	(1892-04-02)2 April 1892
Died	31 March 1960(1960-03-31) (aged 67)
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Branch	Kriegsmarine
Rank	Konteradmiral
Commands	Auxiliary cruiserKomet
Battles / wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Robert Eyssen (2 April 1892 – 31 March 1960) was a German admiral duringWorld War II^[1]^: 80 and recipient of theKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross ofNazi Germany. He joined theImperial German Navy in 1911. He was the commander ofGerman auxiliary cruiser Komet during its first raiding cruise from 4 July 1940 to 30 November 1941.

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (4 January 1914) & 1st Class (12 July 1920)^[2]
Knight's Cross Second Class of the Order of the Zähringer Lion with Swords (19 September 1918)^[2]
Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class & 1st Class (25 December 1940)^[2]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 29 November 1941 asKonteradmiral and commander of auxiliary cruiser "Komet" (HSK-7)^[3]

^Giese, O., 1994, Shooting the War, Annapolis: United States Naval Institute,ISBN 1557503079
^^a ^b ^cDörr 1995, p. 153.
^Fellgiebel 2000, p. 176.

Dörr, Manfred (1995).Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 1: A–K [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Surface Forces of the Navy—Volume 1: A–K] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag.ISBN 978-3-7648-2453-2.
Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986].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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