Fregattenkapitän Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière portrait

[Freiwillige]

I'd like to share with you a beautiful amateur portrait of a Fregattenkapitän Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière (March 18, 1886 - February 24, 1941).

This portrait was made during world cruise of a Reichsmarine cruiser "Emden" and it's one out of dozens of photos from my collection that were taken by a crew mwmber during circumnavigation.

Neck award:

Pour le Mérite

Bar:

Eisernes Kreuz (1914) II.Klasse

Ritterkreuz des Königlichen Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern

Kronenorden IV.Klasse

Dienstauszeichnungskreuz

Hanseatenkreuz Hamburg

Ritterkreuz des Österreichisch-kaiserlichen Leopold-Ordens mit Kriegsdekoration

Orden der Eisernen Krone III.Klasse mit Kriegsdekoration

Österreichisches Militarverdienstkreuz III.Klasse mit Kriegsdekoration

Silberne Liakat-Medaille mit Schwertern

Breast awards:

Eisernes Kreuz (1914) I.Klasse

U-Boot-Kriegsabzeichen (1918)

Deutsches Sportabzeichen (DRA)

Eiserner Halbmond (not worn or just not visible here)

[Guest Rick Research]

That one has appeared in many books--perhaps he gave out copies as gifts?

Here he is as a "baby" in 1905 with his younger brother Friedrich (*17.06.1888 Breslau--† 12.10.1969 Friedrichshafen)--later Luftwaffe Generalleutnant.

[Freiwillige]

Thanks for your comment, Rick!

In fact, that portrait was a part of a lot depicting of a world cruise of Emden II that I bought several years ago. All the photos that I managed to acquire can be found here:

http://antique-photos.com/ru/maingalleryap/kreuzer-emden.html