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On board the "Gneisenau" after Operation "Cerberus", 13 February 1942. From left to right: - Vizeadmiral Otto Ciliax, Commander of Battleships (16 June 1941-02 June 1942) - Kapitän zur See Rudolf Peters, First Officer of the Battleship „Gneisenau“ (27 December 1940-17 April 1942) - Admiral Otto Schniewind, Fleet Chief, Fleet Command (12 June 1941-30 July 1944)

50th anniversary of military service "On 9 April 1942, Admiral Hermann Bauer, Commander of U-boats during the Great War [21 August 1914-04 June 1917], celebrates his 50th anniversary of military service. Our picture is the latest photograph of the admiral." Bauer was placed at the disposal of the Kriegsmarine on 25 July 1939, but he was not mobilised for active service.

„Admiral Horthy honoured the German naval heroes, 23 August 1938“ At the Laboe Naval Memorial, the Hungarian Imperial Regent Admiral Miklós Horthy laid a bronze wreath in memory of the German naval heroes. After honouring the dead, Admiral Horthy, accompanied by Generaladmiral Dr. phil. h. c. Erich Raeder, leaves the memorial. 1: k.u.k. Char. Vizeadmiral Miklós Horthy, Regent of Hungary (01 March 1920-16 October 1944) 2: Generaladmiral Erich Raeder, Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (01 June 1935-30 January 1943) 3: Char. Konteradmiral Karl Klüpfel, Member of the NS German Naval Union

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Laying of a wreath at the Reich Memorial on Unter den Linden in Berlin to commemorate the 19th anniversary of the Battle of the Skagerrak (Jutland), 31 May 1935. 1: Vizeadmiral Emil Heusinger von Waldegg, Chief of the General Naval Office, Naval Command (15 November 1930-26 September 1935) 2: Konteradmiral Kurt Aßmann, Director of the Naval-Archives, Naval Command then OKM (01 April 1933-21 January 1936) 3: Oberst Wilhelm Reinhard, Federal Leader of the German Reich Veterans' League "Kyffhäuser" (27 January 1934-March 1943) 4: Konteradmiral a.D. Magnus von Levetzow, Chief of the Berlin Police (February 1933-July 1935) 5: Charakterisierter Konteradmiral a.D. Hermann Lorey, Civilian-Employee of the Navy as Director of the Reichsmarine-Collection at the Museum for Seamen at the Friedrich-Wilhelm-University in Berlin (01 August 1924-June 1940) and at the same time Director of the Armoury (01 August 1934-May 1945) 6: Charakterisierter Fregattenkapitän a.D. Ernst Hintzmann, Chairman of the NS German Naval Union (1933-1941) 7: Charakterisierter Konteradmiral a.D. Friedrich Lützow, retired 8: Vizeadmiral a.D. Walter Engelhardt, retired 9: Charakterisierter Admiral a.D. Wilhelm Prentzel, retired

Delegation of the Imperial Japanese Navy during a visit to Copenhagen harbour, 1944. 1: Vizeadmiral Hans-Heinrich Wurmbach, Commanding Admiral Denmark/Skagerrak (19 March 1943-08 May 1945) 2: Vice Admiral Katsuo Abe, Tripartite Pact Military Specialist (13 November 1940-20 September 1944) 3: Commander Yoshikazu Fujimura, Assistant Naval Attaché to Germany (15 November 1940-05 June 1944)

Thank you Glenn. I asked this question back in 2017 when I was still new to all this. Today I understand it perfectly clear. But it's good that you explained it for anyone else who might find this thread. Just one quick clarification, his final rank was Char. Konteradmiral z.V. He never received the patent as Konteradmiral z.V. Karlo

Sightseeing tour of the Copenhagen harbour, 1944. 1: Vizeadmiral Hans-Heinrich Wurmbach, Commanding Admiral Denmark/Skagerrak (19 March 1943-08 May 1945) 2: Admiral Oskar Kummetz, Commander-in-Chief of the Naval High Command Baltic Sea (01 March 1944-23 July 1945)

Hello, If anyone here on the forum has access to the Mecklenburg-Schwerin award rolls, I would appreciate if they could help me with the award dates of the Mecklenburg-Schwerinsches Militärverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse and 1. Klasse for some Marine officers. Here is the list of officers I need help with: 1) Hans Kolbe - Großherzoglich Mecklenburg-Schwerinsches Militärverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse 2) Hermann Bauer - Großherzoglich Mecklenburg-Schwerinsches Militärverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse 3) Heinz-Eduard Menche - Großherzoglich Mecklenburg-Schwerinsches Militärverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse 4) Ernst Hintzmann - Großherzoglich Mecklenburg-Schwerinsches Militärverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse 5) Hans Peters (Ing. Offizier) -Großherzoglich Mecklenburg-Schwerinsches Militärverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse 6) Hans-Erich Voß -Großherzoglich Mecklenburg-Schwerinsches Militärverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse 7) Hans Stohwasser - Großherzoglich Mecklenburg-Schwerinsches Militärverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse 8 ) Johann Albrecht von Stein (Marineintendanturrat) - Großherzoglich Mecklenburg-Schwerinsches Militärverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse 9) Friedrich Traugott Schmidt - Großherzoglich Mecklenburg-Schwerinsches Militärverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse 10) Walther Kinzel - Großherzoglich Mecklenburg-Schwerinsches Militärverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse The Mecklenburg-Schwerinsches Militärverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse is listed for Kinzel in the 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925 and 1926 Reichsmarine Rangliste. It is not listed in the 1928, 1929, 1930 and 1931 Rangliste. Can anyone perhaps find him in the award rolls? 11) Wilhelm Betche - Großherzoglich Mecklenburg-Schwerinsches Militärverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse Many thanks

„In commemoration of Skagerrak Day, 31 May 1941“ The NS German Naval Union laid a wreath at the Memorial on Unter den Linden to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Battle of the Skagerrak (Jutland). 1: Char. Konteradmiral Karl Klüpfel, Chairman of the NS German Naval Union (1941-1945) 2: Vizeadmiral Paul Fanger, Chief of the Artillery Weapons Office, Naval-Weapons-Head-Office, OKM (17 January 1940-03 March 1943) 3: Konteradmiral z.V. Paul Hönicke, Group-Leader and Naval-Representative of the Naval-Weapons-Office to the Army-Weapons-Office, OKM (01 September 1939-01 May 1943)

Konteradmiral Karl Topp (left) on board the Battleship „Tirpitz“, date unknown. Topp served as the Commandant of the Battleship „Tirpitz“ from 25 February 1941 until 24 February 1943. He was promoted to the rank of Konteradmiral on 01 February 1943.

„European Student Front Meeting in Berlin, 14 April 1942“ The European student front meeting began in Berlin. The meeting was attended by members of the Spanish, Croatian, French and Walloon legions of the Army as well as the Danish, Finnish, Flemish, Dutch and Norwegian units of the Waffen-SS. On Tuesday afternoon, the participants travelled to the Unter den Linden memorial to lay a wreath in memory of the fallen. This was followed by a tour of the Armoury (Zeughaus) led by the Director of the Army Museums, Konteradmiral z.V. Hermann Lorey. Here, Konteradmiral Lorey explains a rapid-fire gun with 20 barrels, a so-called mortuary organ, from the 17th century.

Admiralarzt Dr. med. Willy Mücke, Senior Shipyard Medic of the Kriegsmarine Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (12 October 1934-04 January 1942).

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).

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.