Zieger, Erich (Admiral)
- Date of birth:
- July 12th, 1889 (Tiegendorf bei Leipzig)
- Date of death:
- March 21st, 1945 (Berlin)
- Buried on:
- Lilienthalstraße German War Cemetery
Plot: M. Row: 5. Grave: 18. - Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Promotions:
Leutnant zur See
October 18th, 1919: Oberleutnant zur See
May 01st, 1921: Kapitänleutnant
April 01st, 1927: Korvettenkapitän
June 01st, 1931: Fregattenkapitän
September 01st, 1933: Kapitän zur See
October 01st, 1937: Konteradmiral
January 01st, 1940: Vizeadmiral
September 01st, 1942: Admiral
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Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Ritterkreuz II. Klasse des Königlich Sächsischer Albrechtsordens
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- mit Schwertern
Friedrich-August Kreuz 2.Klasse
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1934
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Admiral (Vice-admiral)
- Unit:
- Inspekteur, Schiffsmaschinen-Inspektion
- Awarded on:
- April 29th, 1943
Sources
- Photo 1:
- - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht
- Zieger
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