Kriegsmarine and Russian front medal

[Terrence]

I have noticed that there were a number of kriegsmarine personel who were awarded the Krim and/or Kuban shields. Many of which were E-boat personel. Does anyone know if either of these campaigns also the earning of the russian front medal for kriegsmarine people?

Huss has a nice set of awards to a kriegsmarine coastal artillery fellow who was awarded the russian front medal.

[Simon O.]

Without double checking, i think so. I think KM personnel up on the coast in Finland\Russia on the murmansk front might also have been elligible.

[McCulloh]

Yes, some navy types were awarded the medal-so long as they met the criteria.
Also, they seem to have got some Rumanian Crusade medals during the Crimean campaign.

[Terrence]

Simon, Jeff,


Thank you both. I am putting together anouther grouping of medals around an S-boat theme and wanted to be historically correct. I was using two books about those in the kriegsmarine who were awarded the Knights Cross. I found several personel who were awarded S-boat badges with Krim, Kuban shields, and the Rumanian Crusade medal. I was using another source which showed a coastal artillery fellow who was awarded the Krim and Russian front medal. I just could not find evidence to support S-boat with the Russian Front medal.

Thanks again,
Terrence