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This is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! Actually, I always suspected this. There simply MUST have been some sort of list, somewhere on this planet, for G?ring and his chaps to keep an overview of the organisation they were running. Historians probably were - up to now - too incompetent to find it. But our very own Glenn has done it!!! (And I want one, too!!)
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Here's the bio information for Prof. Fikentscher, who was Medical-Chief of the Kriegsmarine from 1940 to 1943. The DRK commander is missing in the awards sections, but it's clearly there on his bar. Admiraloberstabsarzt Prof. Dr. med. Alfred Fikentscher Born: 30 Apr 1888 in Augsburg Died: 10 Jan 1979 in Kiel Promotions: Marineunterarzt (11 May 1914); Marineassistenzarzt (14 Jul 1914); Marineoberassistenzarzt (16 Jul 1915); Marinestabsarzt (19 Apr 1918); Marineoberstabsarzt (01 Jan 1928); Marinegeneraloberarzt (01 Oct 1932); Geschwaderarzt (01 Apr 1934); Flottenarzt (01 Oct 1935); Admiralarzt (01 Nov 1938); Admiralstabsarzt (01 Nov 1939); Admiraloberstabsarzt (01 Sep 1942) Career: Entered the Army as a One-Year-Volunteer with the Infantry-Leib-Regiment of the Royal Bavarian Army (01 Apr 1910) Entered the Navy as a One-Year-Volunteer (01 Apr 1914) Transferred to the Active-Officer-Corps and with the I. Sailor-Division (11 May 1914-01 Aug 1914); Half-Flotilla-Medic with the 2nd Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (02 Aug 1914-00 Apr 1916) Auxiliary-Medic on the Heavy Cruiser 'Seydlitz' (00 Apr 1916-21 Jun 1919) At the same time, Detached as Auxiliary-Medic on the Mine-Cruiser 'Brummer' (00 May 1917-00 May 1917) POW, then Returned Home and Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Admiralty (21 Jun 1919-20 Apr 1920) Placed to the Disposal of the Station-Medic of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (21 Sep 1920-05 Oct 1920) With the Naval-Hospital Kiel-Wik then with the Personnel-Office Baltic Sea and District-Medic Hulk 'Kronprinz' (06 Oct 1920-29 Nov 1921) At the same time, Acting-Garrison-Medic Friedrichsort (15 Dec 1920-13 Jan 1921) At the same time, Acting-Ships-Medic on the Cruiser 'Medusa' (17 Dec 1920-05 Jan 1921) At the same time, Acting-Naval-Family-Medic Kiel (20 Jan 1921-18 Feb 1921) At the same time, Acting-Chief-Medic of the Naval-Hospital Mürwik (23 May 1921-21 Jun 1921) At the same time, Acting-Chief-Medic of the Naval-Convalescent-Home Holsteinische Schweiz (14 Jul 1921-12 Aug 1921) At the same time, Acting-Battalion-Medic of the Infantry-Battalion, Stralsund (06 Sep 1921-29 Nov 1921) Battalion-Medic of the Infantry-Battalion (30 Nov 1921-31 Mar 1922) Battalion-Medic of the 2nd Battalion of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (01 Apr 1922-24 Apr 1923) At the same time, Chief Medical Officer at the Naval-Hospital-Battalion Stralsund (01 Oct 1922-24 Apr 1923) Medical Service in Berlin (01 May 1925-30 Sep 1925) Placed to the Disposal of the Station-Medic of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea, Detached to the University Ophthalmic Clinic Berlin (01 Oct 1925--5 Oct 1928) Senior-Medic of the Naval-Hospital Kiel-Wik and also Acting-Ships-Medic on the Liner 'Hessen' (06 Oct 1928-26 Sep 1929) At the same time, Senior-Medic at the Naval-School Kiel-Wik (06 Oct 1928-02 Jan 1930) At the same time, Senior-Medic at the Ship-Artillery-School (01 Nov 1928-29 Mar 1932) At the same time, Acting-Division-Medic of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (01 Jul 1930-10 Jul 1930) Chief-Medic of the Naval-Hospital Kiel-Wik (30 Mar 1932-18 Jun 1936) At the same time, Chief Medic at the Naval-Hospital Kiel-Wik (30 Mar 1932-30 Sep 1932) Medic with Fleet-Command (19 Jun 1936-28 Oct 1938) Station-Medic and Chief of the Medical-Office of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (31 Oct 1938-26 Nov 1939) Chief of the Naval-Medical-Office (27 Nov 1939-31 Dec 1939) Chief of the Naval-Medical-Office and Medical-Chief of the Kriegsmarine, OKM (01 Jan 1940-30 Nov 1943) Retired (30 Nov 1943) Placed to the Disposal of the Kriegsmarine without being Mobilised (01 Dec 1943) Decorations & Awards: - Deutsches Kreuz in Silber: am 21.09.1943 als Admiraloberstabsarzt und Chef des Marinemedizinalamtes und Sanitätschef der Kriegsmarine - 1914 EK I - 1914 EK II - Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer - Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse - Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern - Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern
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webr55 replied to a topic in Germany: Imperial: The Orders, Decorations and Medals of The Imperial German States
Congratulations to Dave and Rick! Great new additions!