Carl-Heinz Birnbacher

Carl-Heinz Birnbacher (26 May 1910 in Villach – 5 December 1991) was a German officer in the Kriegsmarine during World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. After World War II he served in the Bundesmarine attaining the rank of Konteradmiral.

• Sudetenland Medal (20 September 1940)
• Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th Class (20 December 1939)
• Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (9 April 1940) & 1st Class (20 April 1940)
• Wound Badge in Black (15 May 1940)
• Fast Attack Craft War Badge (16 December 1940)
• German Cross in Gold on 10 November 1942 as Kapitänleutnant in the 1. Schnellbootsflottille
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 17 June 1940 as Kapitänleutnant and chief of the 1. Schnellbootsflottille
• Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 9 March 1941
• Finnish Order of the Cross of Liberty 3rd Class (4 November 1941)
• Destroyer War Badge (27 April 1943)
• Großes Bundesverdienstkreuz (September 1970)

• ^ Dörr 1995, p. 47.
• Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 43.
• Fellgiebel 2000, p. 133.