Kriegsmarine Admiral

From left to right: 
- Konteradmiral Conrad Patzig, Chief of the Naval-Personnel-Office, OKM (04 October 1937-31 October 1942)
- Großadmiral Erich Raeder, Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (01 June 1935-30 January 1943)
- Konteradmiral Friedrich-Wilhelm Fleischer, Fortress-Commandant of Pillau (04 August 1938-11 April 1939)
- Kapitän zur See Wilhelm Matthies, Commander of the V. Naval-Artillery-Battalion (28 September 1936-03 September 1939); 
The photo was taken in 1939, most likely in Pillau.

Inauguration of the "Raeder-Schleuse" (Raeder sea lock) in Wilhelmshaven, 7 November 1942.

First photo:
1: Admiral Hermann Densch, Commanding Admiral of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (29 November 1939-28 February 1943)
2: Georg Joel, Deputy Gauleiter of Gau Weser-Ems (August 1932 - 5 May 1945)
3: Großadmiral Erich Raeder, Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (01 June 1935-30 January 1943)
4: Marinehafenbaudirektor Karl Tiburtius, from 31 March 1941 retired, lastly Executive of the Port-New-Construction-Direction Wilhelmshaven (01 October 1937-31 March 1941). Tiburtius was a Marinebeamte im Admiralsrang with the rank equivalent to the rank of Konteradmiral.

Second photo:
1: Georg Joel
2: Ministerialdirektor Dipl. Ing. Hermann Lottmann, Chief of the Office-Group for Total-Drafts and Ship-Construction (K I), Head-Office for Warship-Construction, OKM (01 November 1939-08 July 1943). Lottmann was a Marinebeamte im Admiralsrang with the rank equivalent to the rank of Vizeadmiral.
3: Großadmiral Erich Raeder
4: Marinehafenbaudirektor Karl Tiburtius
Visible in the background is the Light Cruiser "Emden".

Admiral Rolf Carls during an inspection, date and place unknown.

Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, Commanding Admiral of U-boats (01 February 1943-30 April 1945), Konteradmiral Martin Baltzer, Chief of the Naval-Personnel-Office, OKM (06 January 1943-14 July 1945), and Großadmiral Karl Dönitz, Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (30 January 1943-30 April 1945), in Gotenhafen, February 1944.

Admiralarzt Dr. med. Hugo Caanitz in conversation with a civilian, 1945.
Caanitz's career during WW2:
-Staff-Officer with the Staff of the Medical-Office of the Baltic Sea (18 October 1937-14 January 1940)
-Chief of the Medical-Science-Department, Naval-Medical-Office, OKM (15 January 1940-08 February 1944)
-Chief-Medic of the Naval-Hospital Stralsund (15 January 1944-02 May 1945)
-In Russian Captivity (02 May 1945-28 September 1953)

Kriegsmarine officers on board a ship in Norway, cca. 1944.

First photo:
1: Kapitän zur See Fritz Berger, Naval Commander Drontheim (07 June 1943-08 May 1945).
2: Vizeadmiral Leopold Siemens, Commanding Admiral of the Norwegian North Coast (01 February 1943-06 November 1944).
3: Vizeadmiral z.V. Thilo von Seebach, Artillery-Inspector and Admiral with Special Duties, Naval-High-Command Norway (01 July 1943-08 May 1945).
4: Admiral Otto Ciliax, Commander-in-Chief of the Naval-High-Command Norway (04 March 1943-25 April 1945).

Second photo: Admiral Otto Ciliax.

Konteradmiral (Ing.) Karl Kaufmann, the Commander of the Naval-School Wesermünde (24 November 1939-26 August 1942), during an inspection.

Commander of Battleships (16 June 1941-02 June 1942), Vizeadmiral Otto Ciliax addresses the crew of the "Scharnhorst" after Operation Cerberus, 12 February 1942.
Visible second from the right is Kapitän zur See Kurt-Caesar Hoffmann, Commandant of the "Scharnhorst".

First photo: Admiral Rolf Carls and Char. Konteradmiral Hasso von Bredow boarding the transport ship "Der Deutsche", possibly July 1940.
Second photo: Commanding Admiral of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (01 November 1938-20 September 1940), Admiral Rolf Carls (in the middle) welcomes the returning Narvik fighters on board the transport ship "Der Deutsche", possibly July 1940. On the right is Char. Konteradmiral Hasso von Bredow, Coastal-Commander of the Pomeranian Coast (26 June 1940-02 March 1943). Next to him (far right) is Fregattenkapitän Fritz Berger. For his service in the Battle of Narvik, Berger was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 4 August 1940.

Vizeadmiral Johannes Bachmann (left) during an inspection on the island of Helgoland, 1942. 
Between 14 February 1941 and 22 June 1942 he served as the Coastal-Commander of the Deutsche Bucht (German Bay).

The Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine Großadmiral Erich Raeder (in the middle) arrives in Greece, date unknown. 
Visible on the right is Admiral Karlgeorg Schuster, Commander-in-Chief of Naval-Group-Command South (30 June 1941-20 March 1943). 
Wearing the full white uniform on the left (facing the camera) is Vizeadmiral z.V. Siegfried Maßmann, Chief of the Senior-Shipyard-Staff Aegean (20 November 1941-15 February 1944).

Thank you Dave.

I see how you might think there are three overlapping medals at the end.

But I actually think the second to last medal could be the Ungarische Weltkriegs-Erinnerungsmedaille and barely visible is the coat of arms of Hungary that appears in the middle of the obverse. It appears the middle of the medal is thicker than the outer part. Just my observation.

On 09/07/2019 at 05:36, Dave Danner said:

I also noticed the lack of the Ottoman order. I have no idea why it's not there.

If the photo / medal bar are post-Anschluß in 1938, an Austrian Kriegs-Erinnerungs-Medaille would be placed ahead of the Wehrmacht Dienstauszeichnungen. I would agree that the Hungarian and Bulgarian medals seem likely, but the picture is not clear enough to tell.

I actually managed to buy this photo of Hintzmann with the medal bar. It was taken on 13 August 1939 in Dresden.

Does this close-up perhaps help you confirm the guesses you made earlier? I don't have the best scanner, and this is the best resolution I can get for now.

#1: Eisernes Kreuz (1914) 2. Klasse

#2: Ritterkreuz des Königlich Preußischen Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern

#3: Großherzoglich Mecklenburg-Schwerinsches Militärverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse

#4: ??? (your guess was Herzoglich Braunschweigisches Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse; another option could be the Großherzoglich Oldenburgisches Friedrich August-Kreuz 2. Klasse)

#5: ??? (your guess was Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz, can you perhaps confirm it?)

#6: Ehrenkreuz des Weltkrieges 1914/1918 mit Schwertern für Frontkämpfer

#7: Königlich Preußischer Roter Adler-Orden 4. Klasse mit der Krone

#8: Wehrmacht Dienstauszeichnung 1. Klasse

#9: Wehrmacht Dienstauszeichnung 3. Klasse

#10: ??? (perhaps Königlich Ungarische Weltkriegs-Erinnerungsmedaille mit Schwertern?)

#11: ??? (perhaps Königlich Bulgarische Kriegserinnerungsmedaille 1915/1918 mit Schwertern?)

Since you said the Österreichische Kriegs-Erinnerungs-Medaille would have been mounted before the WHDA, it's not an option for the last two medals. And I think, when looking at the ribbons of the last two medals, it can't be the Sudetenland or Anschluss Medals either?

Konteradmiral z.V. Herbert Goehle (in the middle, wearing glasses) in Lorient, France. He was the Senior-Shipyard-Director of the Kriegsmarine-Shipyard La Pallice (01 December 1941-22 November 1943).

The Commander of Military-District-Command Vienna (10 January 1940-31 May 1944), Konteradmiral Oswald Paul (left) during a visit of a Minesweeper crew (seen in the background of the photo) to Vienna, year unknown.

The Naval-Commander in the Netherlands (19 June 1940-30 June 1942), Konteradmiral Helmuth Kienast, decorates the Korvettenkapitän on the left with the War Merit Cross 1st Class with Swords. 
Helmuth Kienast had a brother, Harald, who was also a Konteradmiral in the Kriegsmarine.

Generaladmiral Alfred Saalwächter, Commander-in-Chief of the Naval-Group-Command West (23 August 1939-20 September 1942), in Le Havre, France.

Generaladmiral Wilhelm Marschall on board the Auxiliary Cruiser "Stier".

Konteradmiral (Ing.) Alfred Schirmer left (saluting) and Kapitän zur See (Ing.) Max Peters next to him during an inspection at the Marinekaserne in Glückstadt.
Peters would later be promoted to the rank of Konteradmiral (Ing.) and Schirmer to Vizeadmiral (Ing.).

Commanding Admiral of the Atlantic-Coast (01 March 1943-09 May 1945), Vizeadmiral Ernst Schirlitz (left), on board a Harbor protection boat (Hafenschutzboot) somewhere on the Atlantic coast, 6 July 1944.

Konteradmiral Eberhard Wolfram in the middle. He was the Commander of Security of the North Sea (06 April 1940-03 April 1943). On 25 May 1941 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and on 01 April 1942 he was promoted to Vizeadmiral.
On the right is his son Kapitänleutnant Ralf-Reimar Wolfram.

Admiralarzt Dr. med. Eberhard Ahrens with his wife Klara in Malente "Bergenhöh", December 1944.
Ahrens served as the Chief-Medic of the Naval-Hospital in Malente (01 November 1943-02 November 1944). He retired on 31 December 1944. The rank of Admiralarzt was equivalent to the rank of Konteradmiral.
He committed suicide on 29 June 1945.

AG Weser shipyard in Bremen, 7 March 1942. 
Visible on the far left in the background is Kapitän zur See (Ing.) Ernst Dorn, Kommandeur der Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Nord (6. Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung). 
On the left, shaking hands with an officer is Konteradmiral z.V. Heinrich Kehrhahn, Chief of the Kriegsmarine-Service-Office Bremen (24 May 1940-31 January 1944).

Kriegsmarine officers on deck of the "Scharnhorst", 1942.
In the middle with the brown leather coat is Konteradmiral Bruno Machens, Standing Representative of the Admiral-Quartermaster, Naval Warfare Command, OKM (08 June 1942-19 April 1943).

Konteradmiral Erich Alfred Breuning (in the middle), Commander of Security West (01 June 1943-25 September 1944) inspects the sailors of the Kriegsmarine, 1943/44. 
Headquartered in Paris from February 1941, Commander of Security West (Befehlshaber der Sicherung West (B.S.W.) commanded all off shore areas of Holland, Belgium and France. However in October 1941 the area was extended north of the Schelde Estuary to the area under the command of the Commander of Security North (B.S.N.). The Office of the Befehlshaber der Sicherung West was dissolved on 30 September 1944.