Rolf Carls

Rolf Hans Wilhelm Karl Carls (29 May 1885 – 24 April 1945) was a Generaladmiral of the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership and is one of the highest military leadership awards.

Rolf Carls was killed in an air raid on Bad Oldesloe on 24 April 1945. Carls together with 29 other people were killed in the cellar of the Vocational school in the Königstraße.

Awards

 * Iron Cross (1914)
 * 2nd Class
 * 1st Class (19 May 1915)
 * Imtiyaz Medal in Silver with Sabres (Ottoman Empire)
 * Ottoman War Medal (Turkish: Harp Madalyası), better known as the "Gallipoli Star", or the "Iron Crescent" (12 August 1915)
 * Silesian Eagle 2nd and 1st Class (27 January 1920)
 * Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (24 December 1934)
 * Spanish Cross in Gold with Swords (6 June 1939)
 * Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class
 * German Cross in Gold on 28 February 1943 as Generaladmiral in the Marinegruppenkommando Nord
 * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 14 June 1940 as Admiral and Marinegruppenbefehlshaber Ost
 * Finnish Order of the Cross of Liberty 1st Class with Star and Swords (27 April 1942)
 * Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
 * Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Italy
 * Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary, First Class
 * Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 10 April 1940