Editing Karl Dönitz (section)

==Decorations and awards==
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** Iron Cross (1914)
*** 2nd class (7 September 1914)<sup>[45]</sup>
*** 1st class (5 May 1916)<sup>[45]</sup>
** General Honor Decoration (''Allgemeines Ehrenzeichen'') (7 June 1913)<sup>[42]</sup>
** Friedrich Cross, 1st class (Duchy of Anhalt, 17 January 1916)<sup>[42]</sup>
** Ottoman War Medal ("Gallipoli Star", "Iron Crescent") (7 November 1916)<sup>[42]</sup>
** Order of the Medjidie, 4th class (13 March 1917)<sup>[43]</sup>
** Knight of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords (10 June 1918)<sup>[43]</sup>
** Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (30 January 1935)<sup>[44]</sup>
** Sudetenland Medal (20 December 1939)<sup>[44]</sup>
** Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
*** 2nd class (18 September 1939)<sup>[45]</sup>
*** 1st class (20 December 1939)<sup>[45]</sup>
** Military Order of Savoy
*** Knight (20 April 1940)<sup>[44]</sup>
*** Commander's Cross (7 November 1941)<sup>[44]</sup>
** Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
*** Knight's Cross on 21 April 1940 as ''Konteradmiral'' and ''Befehlshaber der U-Boote'' (B.d.U.)<sup>[46][47]</sup>
*** 223rd Oak Leaves on 6 April 1943 as ''Großadmiral'' and ''Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine'' and ''Befehlshaber der U-Boote''<sup>[46][48]</sup>
** Golden Party Badge of the National Socialist German Workers Party
** Special U-boat War Badge with Swastika and laurel branches with diamonds
** Order of Michael the Brave, 1st class (Romania)
** Order of Medjidié, 1st class (Ottoman Empire)
** Mentioned in the ''Wehrmachtbericht'', twice (14 March 1942 and 5 May 1945)
** Order of Michael the Brave, 2nd and 3rd class (Romania, 7 April 1943)<sup>[44]</sup>
** Order of the Rising Sun, First Class (Japan, 11 September 1943)<sup>[44]</sup>
** Order of Naval Merit in white (Spain, 10 June 1940)<sup>[44]</sup>
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