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    1. Großadmiral Erich Raeder (left), Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (01 June 1935-30 January 1943), visiting a Naval Munitions Factory, 1942. He is accompanied by Vizeadmiral Günther Krause (right), Inspector of Naval Artillery Equipment Offices (07 May 1937-15 April 1943).
    2. Admiralarzt Dr. med. Werner d'Hargues, Chief Medical Officer with the Staff of the Commanding Admiral France (13 February 1941-31 August 1942), during a visit to a Naval Medical Unit in Bordeaux, France, January 1942.
    3. Staff members of the Fleet Command pose for a group photo in front of the Command Ship „Hela“, most likely in Gotenhafen, January/February 1943. 1: Admiralarzt Dr. med. Gerhard Müller, Medic with Fleet Command (13 June 1941-31 March 1943) 2: Admiral Otto Schniewind, Fleet Chief (12 June 1941-30 July 1944) 3: Konteradmiral August Thiele, Chief of Staff of the Fleet Command (30 June 1941-15 February 1943) 4: Fregattenkapitän Hans-Jürgen Reinicke, 1st Admiral Staff Officer of the Fleet Command (18 October 1942-17 February 1943)
    4. Admiralarzt Dr. med. Karl Eyerich enjoying a sunny day at the beach in Bergen op Zoom, the Netherlands, date unknown. He was the Chief-Medic of the Naval-Hospital Eindhoven (26 May 1941-28 February 1944) and at the same time the Chief-Medic of the Naval-Hospital Bergen op Zoom (26 May 1941-28 February 1944).
    5. Vizeadmiral Raul Mewis (right), Commander of the Fortifications of the Western Baltic Sea (01 October 1937-31 May 1940) and at the same time the Coastal-Commander Denmark (08 April 1940-31 May 1940), talking with Generalmajor Otto Roettig (left), Commander of the 198th Infantry Division (10 January 1940-10 April 1942). The photo was most likely taken on 9 April 1940 in Copenhagen, shortly after the German invasion of Denmark.
    6. All I could find is that he was "à la suite der Kaiserlichen Marine gestellt" on 10 September 1916. More information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/À_la_suite
    7. Kriegsmarine admirals inspecting the crew of the Battleship „Tirpitz“, 1942. At this time the „Tirpitz“ was moored in the Fættenfjord near Trondheim. 1: Generaladmiral Rolf Carls, Commander-in-Chief of the Naval-Group-Command North (21 September 1940-01 March 1943) 2: Admiral Otto Schniewind, Fleet Chief (12 June 1941-30 July 1944) 3: Vizeadmiral z.V. Eduard Eichel, Senior-Shipyard-Director of the Kriegsmarine-Shipyard Trondheim (06 August 1940-30 April 1943)
    8. Admiral Wilhelm Marschall (left), Commanding Admiral France (12 August 1942-30 November 1942) and at the same time Commander-in-Chief of the Naval-Group-Command West (21 September 1942-19 April 1943), visiting the headquarters of Admiral Hermann von Fischel (in the middle, with the white visor cap), Naval Commander Channel Coast (20 February 1941-31 January 1943), at Chateau Mont-Saint-Aignan near Rouen, France, July 1942.
    9. Admiral Hermann von Fischel (middle), Naval Commander Channel Coast (20 February 1941-31 January 1943), with his adjutant (right) and a Korvettenkapitän from his Staff (left) in front of Chateau Mont-Saint-Aignan near Rouen, France, July 1942. At this time, Chateau Mont-Saint-Aignan served as the headquarters of the Naval Commander Channel Coast and his Staff.
    10. Konteradmiral Hermann Boehm, Commander of Reconnaissance Forces (25 September 1934-27 September 1937), inspecting the crew of the Light Cruiser „Nürnberg“, 1936.
    11. Konteradmiral Hermann Boehm (left), Commander of Reconnaissance Forces (25 September 1934-27 September 1937), and Kapitän zur See Hubert Schmundt (right), Commandant of the Light Cruiser „Nürnberg“ (01 November 1935-13 October 1936), on board the „Nürnberg“, 1936.
    12. The Commanding Admiral on the Channel Coast, November 1942. Admiral [Wilhelm] Marschall [Commanding Admiral France (12 August 1942-30 November 1942) and at the same time Commander-in-Chief of the Naval-Group-Command West (21 September 1942-19 April 1943)] repeatedly checks the individual sections of the Coastal Battery of the Naval Artillery and convinces himself that any invasion attempt by the British, however large-scale, will come to an end here.
    13. Sorry, but there is no caption, or any other information about the photo for that matter. All I can tell you is that he is wearing the Ottoman Navy uniform with the rank of Ferik Amiral (Vice Admiral). However, I don't know when he was promoted to this rank.
    14. The photo comes from the book "Deutschlands Admirale 1849-1945" by Hans H. Hildebrand and Ernest Henriot, Volume 2, page 199.
    15. Inspection of the crew of the Destroyer „ZG 3 Hermes“, Greece, 1942. 1: Fregattenkapitän Rolf Johannesson, Commandant of the Destroyer „ZG 3 Hermes“ (08 February 1942-02 April 1943) 2: Vizeadmiral Erich Förste, Admiral Aegean (27 September 1941-31 January 1943) 3: Contrammiraglio Gaetano Catalano Gonzaga, Commander of the Northern Aegean High Naval Command, at the same time Chief Liaison between the Regia Marina and the Kriegsmarine in the Aegean Sea (2 December 1942-26 July 1943)
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