Kurt Weyher

Kurt Weyher
Born	(1901-08-30)30 August 1901
Died	17 December 1991(1991-12-17) (aged 90)
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service / branch	Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1918–45
Rank	Konteradmiral
Commands	Training ship Horst Wessel Auxiliary cruiser Orion
Battles / wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Great Cross of Merit

Kurt August Viktor Weyher (30 August 1901 – 17 December 1991) was a German rear admiral of the navy (Kriegsmarine) of Nazi Germany. During World War II, he commanded a merchant raider.

Although it was not mentioned in his book "The Black Raider",^[1] it seems that Weyher was a non-trivial painter; in a feature article^[2] author Keith Gordon^[3] tells that on the voyage of the Orion Weyher did about 30 paintings on subjects connected with the ship's activities. The one painting illustrated seems to have had narrative merit and to have represented the topographic background recognisably.

Awards

• Silesian Eagle 2nd and 1st Grade^[4]
• Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (9 July 1940) & 1st Class (30 August 1940)^[4]
• Kriegsabzeichen für Hilfskreuzer (23 August 1941)^[4]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 21 August 1941 as Fregattenkapitän and commander of auxiliary cruiser Orion (HSK-1)^[5]
• German Cross in Gold on 18 May 1944 as Kapitän zur See and chief of the Deutsches Marinekommando Konstanza (German naval command Constanța)^[6]
• Cross of Merit on ribbon (29 April 1977)^[4]

References

Citations

1. Weyher, Kurt; Ehrlich, Hans Jürgen; "The Black Raider". Pub: ELEK Books London (1955) hardback. Also: Panther Books; Panther edition (1958) paperback
2. Dinsdale, Mike; "Book dives deep for sunken treasure"; The Northern Advocate, Saturday, January 7, 2006 page 13
3. Gordon, Keith (2005). Deep Water Gold. Searov Technologies Limited. ISBN 0-473-10056-8.
4. Dörr 1996, p. 350.
5. Scherzer 2007, p. 783.
6. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 510.

Bibliography

• Dörr, Manfred (1996). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 2: L–Z [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Surface Forces of the Navy—Volume 2: L–Z] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2497-6.
• Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
• Weyher, Kurt; "The German navy in the south-eastern area of Europe from the summer of 1941 to the autumn of 1944 ; under the orders of the Southern Naval Command". Publisher: U.S. Navy (1947).
• Weyher, Kurt; Ehrlich, Hans Jürgen; "The Black Raider". Pub: ELEK Books London (1955) hardback. Also: Panther Books; Panther edition (1958) paperback.