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Hans Howaldt
Hans
Howaldt
was a successful and highly decorated
German U-boat
commander
in the
Kaiserliche Marine
during
World War I
and also active in
World War II
. By the
end of World
War I he was promoted
Kapitänleutnant
.
As a
sportsman
, Hans Howaldt won Bronze in
the international
8 Metre class
sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics
on the
Bay of Kiel
as skipper of
Germania III
, a
keelboat
designed and built by
Abeking & Rasmussen
and owned by crew-member
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
.
Awards and
decorations
Iron Cross
of 1914, 1st and
2nd class
Hamburg and Lübeck Hanseatic Crosses
Knight's Cross
of the
Royal House Order of Hohenzollern
with Swords
Order of the Crown
, 4th class
Pour le Mérite