Awards
- Iron Cross (1914)
- 2nd Class (8 January 1916)
- 1st Class (29 June 1919)
- Hanseatic Cross of Hamburg (30 May 1918)
- Cross of Honor
- Wehrmacht Long Service Award 1st Class (5 March 1937)
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (14 April 1940)
- 1st Class (15 April 1940)
- High Seas Fleet Badge (1940)
- Naval Front Clasp in Bronze (12 April 1945)
- German Cross in Gold on 9 March 1945 as Vizeadmiral in Kampfgruppe "Thiele"
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 18 January 1941 as Kapitän zur See and commander of heavy cruiser "Lützow"
- 824th Oak Leaves on 14 April 1945 as Vizeadmiral and commander of Kampfgruppe "Thiele"
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