Karl Jäckel

Karl Jäckel (20 December 1913, Gladbeck, Westphalia – 7 December 1984, Neubrandenburg) was a German U-boat coxswain in World War II and 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

 * Rettungsmedaille (5 June 1935)
 * Iron Cross (1939)
 * 2nd Class (17 September 1939)
 * 1st Class (18 December 1940)
 * Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1 October 1938 (9 October 1939)
 * U-boat War Badge (1939) (16 December 1939)
 * U-boat Front Clasp in Bronze (1944)
 * German Cross in Gold on 28 October 1944 as Obersteuermann on U-907 in the 31. Unterseebootflottille
 * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 May 1945 as Obersteuermann and helmsman on U-907