Karl-Friedrich Merten - Awards

Awards

• Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th Class (2 October 1936)
• Olympic Games Decoration 2nd Class (21 December 1936)
• Wehrmacht Long Service Award 3rd Class (2 October 1936)
• Spanish Cross in Bronze (20 April 1938)
• Sudetenland Medal (20 December 1939)
• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (2 October 1939)
  • 1st Class (31 December 1941)
• U-boat War Badge (1939) (2 August 1941)
  • with Diamonds (30 January 1943)
• High Seas Fleet Badge (9 October 1942)
• Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 13 June 1942 as Korvettenkapitän and commander of U-68
  • 147th Oak Leaves on 16 November 1942 as Korvettenkapitän and commander of U-68
• War Merit Cross 1st Class with Swords
  • 2nd Class (30 January 1944)
  • 1st Class (29 October 1944)
• Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 8 April 1942