Emil Kieffer

''' Dr. phil. Emil Otto Hellmuth Kieffer''' (9 April 1899 – 13 March 1985) was a Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards

 * Honour Cross for Combatants (31 July 1935)
 * Sudetenland Medal (1 October 1939)
 * Iron Cross (1939)
 * 2nd Class (8 June 1940)
 * 1st Class (21 November 1940)
 * Minesweeper War Badge (18 November 1940)
 * German Cross in Gold on 30 June 1943 as Kapitänleutnant of the Reserves on minesweeper M-37 in the 1. Minensuchflottille
 * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 3 December 1944 as Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves and flotilla chief of the 3. Minensuchflottille
 * Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 25 November 1944