serviceyears branch commands death_place death_date birth_place allegiance unit awards birth_date rank image article_title name
1923 -- 45 1951 -- 63 weimar republic nazi germany bundesgrenzschutz ger tender aviso '' grille '' u-504 2 '' nordsee '' torpedo boat '' t-155 '' wachtberg 1 october 1984 berlin-schöneberg weimar to 1945 -rrb- west germany republic -lrb- to 1933 -rrb- nazi germany -lrb- battleship cruiser '' hamburg '' sss '' niobe '' cruiser '' '' berlin '' tender '' nordsee '' survey vessel '' panther braunschweig '' battleship '' schleswig-holstein '' tender '' m-134 '' torpedo '' boat '' albatross '' battleship '' schlesien '' cruiser '' torpedo nürnberg '' cruiser '' königsberg '' boat '' t-151 '' knight 's cross of the iron cross 23 october 1904 '' kapitän zur see '' file : fritz poske.jpg fritz poske
 fritz poske
fritz poske

hans-georg friedrich `` fritz '' poske -lrb- 23 october 1904 in berlin-schöneberg -- 1 october 1984 in wachtberg -rrb- was a german u-boat commander in world war ii and recipient of the knight 's cross of the iron cross -lrb- -rrb- .
the knight 's cross of the iron cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership .
he also commanded the aviso `` grille '' , adolf hitler 's state yacht .
