Gustav Kieseritzky

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Gustav Kieseritzky (22 September 1893 – 19 November 1943) was a German admiral in World War II. He served in the Kriegsmarine and reached the rank of vice admiral, commanding the battleship Schleswig-Holstein. Kieseritzky was killed during the Kerch–Eltigen Operation on 19 November 1943, on the Kerch peninsula in the Soviet Union. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, which was given posthumously on 20 November 1943.