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    1. Thank you! And what about the first photo I posted? Is the breast star on the left the breast star of the 1st Class (with War Decoration) and the breast star on the right the Grand Cross class (with War Decoration)?
    2. Hello, I have some questions about the Royal Bulgarian Order of Military Merit. I would be really grateful if anyone could answer them. 1) Is the information regarding the Royal Bulgarian Order of Military Merit (especially the classes) that can be found on this website correct? https://bulgariandecorations.com/orders/order_of_military_merit 2) Is it correct, that in the period between 1933 and 1945 there were seven classes of this order (Grand Cross and six classes)? 3) In the photo below, is the breast star on the left the breast star of the 1st Class and the breast star on the right the Grand Cross class? And were these two classes awarded at the same time during WW2? 4) In 1937 a change was made to the order. The website above states the following: "A notable and very rare issue was minted in 1937, labelled ‘flat reverse issue’. It features a flat (single) reverse central medallion bearing an amended design of the Bulgarian lion and the inscription has been amended to include the name of the ex-king Ferdinand I – “ФЕРДИНАНДЪ I 2.VIII.1891” separated via two six-pointed stars." Were there any changes to the classes or the names of the classes of the order in 1937? Or was the only change this other type of the order that was being made? Because Borna Barac (see the 2nd photo below) doesn't list a Grand Cross class in 1937, just the 1st Class. Thanks
    3. Vizeadmiral Johannes Bachmann, Coastal-Commander German Bight (14 February 1941-22 June 1942), visiting the Vredenhof Cemetery on the island of Schiermonnikoog, Dutch Frisian Islands, 11 September 1941.
    4. Konteradmiral Joachim Lietzmann, Commander of Training Formations of the Fleet (08 April 1942-02 March 1943), inspecting the crew of the Battleship „Schlesien“, 1942.
    5. Char. Vizeadmiral Ernst Wolf, Admiral of the Kriegsmarine-Service-Office Hamburg (05 October 1936-30 September 1942), on board the Battleship "Scharnhorst" in Wilhelmshaven, 01 April 1939.
    6. Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria (number 1) greeting Admiral Kurt Fricke (number 2), Commander-in-Chief of the Naval-Group-Command South (21 March 1943-11 December 1944), and Konteradmiral Helmuth Brinkmann (number 3), Chief of Staff of the Naval-Group-Command South (05 August 1942-21 November 1943), in Sofia, Bulgaria, summer 1943.
    7. Admiral Erich Förste (middle), Commanding Admiral of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (01 March 1943-21 June 1943) and then Commander-in-Chief of the Naval-High-Command North Sea (22 June 1943-10 July 1945), during a visit to the Netherlands, 1943. On the left is Konteradmiral Gustav Kleikamp, the Commanding Admiral in the Netherlands (04 March 1943-31 December 1944).
    8. Großadmiral Erich Raeder (number 1) visiting the Naval Fire Protection Brigade Kiel (Marine-Feuerschutz-Abteilung Kiel) at the Kaserne 10 in Kiel-Wik, date unknown. He is accompanied by Admiral Günther Guse (number 2), the Commanding Admiral of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (21 September 1940-08 March 1943).
    9. Thank you Johan! So, Paul von Hase got it on 30 March 1942? The date I mentioned should be the German approval date then.
    10. Hello, According to his Personalakte, Generalleutnant Paul von Hase was awarded the Commander's Cross 1st Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland on 08 May 1942. 1) Is the award date (08 May 1942) correct? 2) Was he awarded it "with Swords" or "without Swords"? Thanks
    11. Inspection in Bremerhaven, date unknown. The officer in the middle is Char. Konteradmiral Friedrich Hermann, Reichs-Commissioner with the Sea-Office Bremerhaven (01 July 1930-24 December 1937).
    12. „Admiral Albrecht promoted to Generaladmiral.“ On 01 April 1939 the Führer has promoted Admiral Conrad Albrecht, Naval-Group-Commander East (01 November 1938-30 October 1939), to Generaladmiral. Also, on 10 April 1939 the Führer sent him a telegram to congratulate him on his 40th anniversary of military service.
    13. 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)
    14. 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.
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