Kurt Weyher
Kurt August Viktor Weyher was a German rear admiral of the navy of Nazi Germany. During World War II, he commanded a merchant raider.
Although it was not mentioned in his book "The Black Raider", it seems that Weyher was a non-trivial painter; in a feature article author Keith Gordon 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
- Iron Cross 2nd Class & 1st Class Kriegsabzeichen für Hilfskreuzer
- Knight's [Cross of the Iron Cross] on 21 August 1941 as Fregattenkapitän and commander of auxiliary cruiser Orion
- German Cross in Gold on 18 May 1944 as Kapitän zur See and chief of the Deutsches Marinekommando Konstanza
- Cross of Merit on ribbon