Kriegsmarine Admiral

Studio portrait of Konteradmiral Ludwig Stummel. He served as the Chief of the Department for Naval Intelligence, Naval Warfare Command, OKM (28 December 1939-15 June 1941), Chief of the Central-Department of the Office-Group for Naval Intelligence, Naval Warfare Command, OKM (16 June 1941-30 April 1943), Chief of the Office-Group for Naval Intelligence, Naval Warfare Command, OKM (01 May 1943-16 August 1944) and then Higher Commander of Naval Signals and Detection Schools (14 November 1944-15 March 1945). Stummel was most notable for being the person responsible for the cryptographical security of the Enigma cipher machine and Key M infrastructure security, during World War II. Some interesting facts about him. He had a glass eye and a limp. He was a fervent Catholic. His faith gave him a moral compass during the latter years of the war. Initially a supporter of the Nazis, he became doubtful as the war progressed.

Konteradmiral Helmuth Kienast, Military-Replacement-Inspector in Bremen (30 September 1942-05 December 1944), inspecting troops in front of the Cathedral of St. Peter in Bremen, 1943.

Pre-war gathering of naval officers and civilians. It could be some Naval organisation or union (given the photos of old Kaiserliche Marine admirals visible on the wall). 1: Char. Konteradmiral Hasso von Bredow 2: Char. Vizeadmiral Eduard Eichel (sadly not in uniform) 3: Kapitän zur See Otto Backenköhler 4: Vizeadmiral Friedrich Götting

Konteradmiral Joachim Lietzmann, Commander of Training Formations of the Fleet (08 April 1942-02 March 1943), during an inspection of the Battleship "Schlesien", 1942/1943.

Admiral Otto von Schrader, Admiral/Commanding Admiral of the Norwegian West-Coast (09 April 1940-19 July 1945), at the Åstveitvågen Naval base in Bergen, 1942/1943.

Konteradmiral Hans Stohwasser, Commander of Security of the Baltic Sea (14 October 1940-07 June 1944) and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 30 November 1940.

Großadmiral Erich Raeder (2nd from the left), Konteradmiral z.V. Wilhelm Rhein (2nd from the right), Chief of the Office-Group for Research, Invention and Patenting, Naval-Weapons-Head-Office, OKM (01 September 1942-08 May 1945), and Admiral Günther Guse (1st from the right), Commanding Admiral of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (21 September 1940-08 March 1943), late 1942, place unkown.

Admiral Wilhelm Canaris (far left), Chief of the Foreign/Abwehr Office, OKW (08 November 1939-12 February 1944) on an airport, with presumably other Abwehr officers.

Ceremony for the transfer of Italian MAS boats to the Finnish Navy in Reval (today Tallinn), Estonia in 1943. In the front row are Vizeadmiral Theodor Burchardi, Admiral Eastern Territories (01 February 1943-16 June 1944), and the Finnish Commodore Eero Rahola, Commander of the Finnish Navy. Visible in the second row (first from the left with the white beard) is Vizeadmiral (Ing.) z.V. Werner Bettenhäuser, Chief of the Senior-Shipyard-Staff Eastern Territories (01 March 1943-31 August 1943).

Großadmiral Erich Raeder, Admiral Karl Dönitz and Konteradmiral Walter Matthiae at the U-boat base in Lorient, France, 21 May 1942. Matthiae was the Senior-Shipyard-Director of the Kriegsmarine-Shipyard Lorient, at the same time also Delegated with the Construction of the Shipyard Bordeaux and Chief of the Operations-Staff U-boat-Repair (15 September 1940-10 May 1945).

Admiral Hubert Schmundt (in the middle), Commanding Admiral of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (09 March 1943-21 June 1943) and then Commander-in-Chief of the Naval-High-Command Baltic Sea (22 June 1943-29 February 1944), visiting the area under the command of Vizeadmiral Theodor Burchardi (left on the first and right on the second photo), Admiral Eastern Territories (01 February 1943-16 June 1944), 1943/1944.

Portrait of Generaladmiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, the last Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (01 May 1945-23 May 1945).

Kriegsmarine officers in front of the French Naval Academy (École navale) in Brest, September 1940. From left to right: - Char. Vizeadmiral Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, Naval-Commander of Brittany (22 June 1940-03 December 1940) - Char. Admiral Adolf von Trotha, Retired; Chairman of the Reichs Union of German Seamen (23 March 1934-11 October 1940) - Char. Konteradmiral Carl Tägert, Retired - Kapitän zur See Gustav Kieseritzky, Port then Sea Commandant of Brest (21 June 1940-02 December 1940) - Char. Admiral Wilhelm Prentzel, Placed at the Disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (10 September 1939-30 November 1944)

Admiralarzt Dr. med. Johannes Sontag, Chief of the Medical-Office and Station-Medic of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (29 March 1933-20 December 1940).

Vizeadmiral (Ing.) Hans Fechter (left) and Kapitän zur See (Ing.) Alfred Schirmer (right) at the Naval-School in Wesermünde, 1938. Fechter was at the time the Ship-Machine-Inspector (01 October 1935-31 December 1939) and Schirmer the Commander of the Naval-School Wesermünde (07 October 1936-24 November 1939).

Konteradmiral Walther Oehler, date and place unknown. The photo was taken after 01 October 1942 (when he was promoted to Konteradmiral) and when he was either the Commander of the II. Naval-Flak-Brigade (01 May 1942-13 December 1943) or Commandant of the Sea-Fortifications of Bergen (14 December 1943-20 April 1944).

This is a press photo that has the following description: "At the invitation of the Commander in Chief of the Kriegsmarine [Erich Raeder], admirals of the old Navy [Kaiserliche Marine and Reichsmarine] visited French canal ports. Here in front of the capsized and burned-out ocean liner "Paris" in the port of Le Havre, 4 December 1940." 1: Char. Admiral Gottfried Hansen, during WW2 served as Leader of the Luftwaffe-Instruction-Staff (17 November 1941-30 June 1943). 2: Char. Konteradmiral Hans Seebohm, was during WW2 Placed at the Disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (01 September 1941-31 March 1943). 3: Char. Konteradmiral z.V. Hans Erler, during WW2 was Detached to the Naval-Personnel-Office, OKM and also Temporary-Deputy-Prize-Judge with the Prize-Court Berlin (21 August 1940-31 March 1943). 4: Char. Admiral Ludwig von Reuter, was the Commander of the German High Seas Fleet when it was scuttled in Scapa Flow in 1919. 5: Char. Admiral Wilhelm von Lans, recipient of the Pour le Mérite, retired since 1915. 6: Admiral Wilhelm Souchon, recipient of the Pour le Mérite, during WW1 was most notably the Chief of the Mediterranean Division (23 October 1913-03 September 1917). 7: Char. Admiral Oskar Heinecke, recipient of the Pour le Mérite, retired since 1927. 8: Kapitän zur See Wolfgang Loeper, at the time Chief of Staff of the Naval Commander of Northern France.

Konteradmiral Leo Kreisch, Leader of U-boats Italy (27 January 1942-12 August 1943) and then Leader of U-boats Mediterranean (13 August 1943-25 January 1944).

Vizeadmiral (Ing.) Alfred Schirmer during an inspection, date and place unknown.

The Admiral of the Norwegian Polar-Coast (31 August 1940-13 August 1942), Vizeadmiral Otto Schenk, during a parade, most likely in Tromsø, Norway.

Konteradmiral z.V. Wilhelm Rümann, Commandant in Section Helgoland (04 September 1939-09 February 1941), on the island of Helgoland in 1940. It's interesting that Rümann was also a member of the SS. He held the rank of SS-Oberführer and served in the staff of the Reichsfhürer-SS before the outbreak of WW2.

Generaladmiral Oskar Kummetz during an inspection, date and place unknown.

Possibly Konteradmiral Werner Schönermark at an unknown barracks, date and place unknown. He was the Chief of the Naval-Defence-Office, OKM (15 February 1943-30 April 1944) and then Chief of the Naval-Troop-Office, OKM (01 May 1944-22 July 1945). If anyone has any additional information about the location please comment. I am not 100% sure the admiral is indeed Werner Schönermark because the quality of the photo is bad. Below the photo is a comparison of photos of Konteradmiral Werner Schönermark (top row) with the close-ups of the admiral on my photo (bottom row). Please comment if you think it's the same admiral.

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