3 questions about Kapitän z..S. Herbig

[HeikoGrusdat]

Hello all,

I have 3 questions on Kapitän z.S. HERBIG

1. Was he ever promoted to an admirals rank?????

2. Is the top neck order on the photo the Order of King Kalakaua of Hawaii ???

3. Did he get any more awards that are not on my list and what is the medal between Oldenburg and 66 cross (3. from last) - maybe the 1864 medal?

Here is what I have :

- one of the 1866 crosses

- 1870 KDM

- Tunesien Nichan el Iftikhar 2.class

- Türkei Medjidie 3.class

- Oldenburg House order knight 1.class

- Schweden Sword order knight

- Hawaii order king Kalakaua commander

- Mecklenburg-Schwerin Greifenorden Komtur

- Long service 25 years

- Red eagle 4.class and 3.class with bow

- crown order 3.class and 2.class

thanks for all input

Heiko

[HeikoGrusdat]

.......the whole man

[HeikoGrusdat]

I think this one is a bit better than N°1...

[Guest Rick Research]

Born Berlin 11 April 1843, died Freienwalde 31 December 1909.

he retired in 1885 as Kapitän zur See and was nominally "z.D." 1893-1909 with Charakter as Konetradmiral zS 5 September 1909, so I have no sources old enough to show his awards in full.

During the 1866 war he was a watch officer on the gunboat "Cyclop."

[HeikoGrusdat]

so he was Konteradmiral for 3 and a half months.... poor guy........ but why was he z.D. for that long time???

[Guest Rick Research]

I don't understand these strange German "wet" civil service jobs, but his "naval" title was granted while he was Küstenbezirksinspektor Küstenbezirkamt II (Pommern-Mecklenburg) AND "Ständiger Beisitzer des Kaiserlichen Oberseeamts, Berlin."

Many retired bnaval officers seem to have had jobs like this-- but I have no clue, from an American coastal perspective, what they actually DID.

We have harbor masters and Coast Guard stations... but what was an "Oberseeamt?" Did he weigh fish? Tidy up sand dunes? Check ships' log books for smuggling? Clean lighthouses?.... :banger: