Awards and Honours
- Iron Cross (1914)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class (27 September 1919)
- Gallipoli Star (Türkischer Eiserner Halbmond)
- Honour Cross for Combatants (6 December 1934)
- Service Award (Dienstauszeichnung) 2nd to 4th Class (2 October 1936)
- Service Award (Dienstauszeichnung) 1st Class (16 March 1938)
- Spanish Naval Merit Cross (Cruz del Mérito Naval) 3rd Class (6 June 1939)
- Spanish Naval Merit Cross in White (Cruz Naval con distintivo Blanco) (21 August 1939)
- Spanish Naval Merit Cross in Gold (Cruz Naval con distintivo Amarillo) 3rd Class (21 August 1939)
- Swedish Royal Order of the Sword (Kungliga Svärdsorden) (11 January 1941)
- War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords (20 January 1941)
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd and 1st Class (May 1941)
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 27 December 1941 (posthumously) as captain and commander of battleship Bismarck
- Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on Wednesday, 28 May 1941
- High Seas Fleet Badge (posthumously 1 April 1942)
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