reference topic Kriegsmarine Admirals ID thread and photo Database

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On 14/02/2025 at 02:02, Kriegsmarine Admiral said:

Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria (number 1) greeting Admiral Kurt Fricke (number 2), Commander-in-Chief of the Naval-Group-Command South (21 March 1943-11 December 1944), and Konteradmiral Helmuth Brinkmann (number 3), Chief of Staff of the Naval-Group-Command South (05 August 1942-21 November 1943), in Sofia, Bulgaria, summer 1943.

Nice It will be nice to ID the Bulgarian general

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Konteradmiral Joachim Lietzmann, Commander of Training Formations of the Fleet (08 April 1942-02 March 1943), inspecting the crew of the Battleship „Schlesien“, 1942.

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Vizeadmiral Johannes Bachmann, Coastal-Commander German Bight (14 February 1941-22 June 1942), visiting the Vredenhof Cemetery on the island of Schiermonnikoog, Dutch Frisian Islands, 11 September 1941.

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Vizeadmiral Otto Schenk, Admiral of the Norwegian Polar-Coast (31 August 1940-13 August 1942), on board the Minelayer „Brummer (II)“, Norway, 27 May 1942.

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On 20/02/2025 at 01:50, Kriegsmarine Admiral said:

Vizeadmiral Otto Schenk, Admiral of the Norwegian Polar-Coast (31 August 1940-13 August 1942), on board the Minelayer „Brummer (II)“, Norway, 27 May 1942.

Nice photo

I came across of a very rare Group of the Knight Cross of the Iron Cross.

 

Germany – Third Reich: The truly exceptional and rare English Channel Verpostenboote Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross group of decorations and original award certificates awarded to Steuermannsmaaten Karl-Heinz Fischer who was decorated for his outstanding gallantry during an attack on his Vorpostenboote V-722 on 28th April 1943 whilst it was part of the escort force for the Italian tanker ‘Butterfly’. His Commander killed in an attempt to abandon ship and the Second in Command of the ship also put of action, Fischer whilst suffering from a head wound and shell splinters to his back, took over command and extricated the ship from the battle against 2 English Destroyers, 10 Motor Torpedo Boats as well as 24 Spitfires and 4 Whirlwinds from the Royal Air Force and brought it back to port at Brest. One of only three other ranks from the Kriegsmarine to be awarded the Knight’s Cross his acts were heavily pushed by the German media and have been the subject of two books since. He would be decorated by Grand Admiral Raeder on 5th May 1943 whilst recuperating from his wounds in a Naval Hospital in Brittany. His ship would be sunk when it struck an aerial mine the following year, but Fischer was not aboard at the time, and surviving the war was taken prisoner by the Allies. He passed away in Hamburg on 12th April 1993. 1 of only 3 awards of the Knight's Cross to other ranks within the Kriegsmarine. The group is accompanied with his extremely rare Kriegsmarine Combat Clasp in Bronze, with its original award certificate dated for 1st May 1945. Only a handful of these award documents are known.

 

Do you have a photo of Grand Admiral Raede

Can you get a photo of the Grand Admiral Raede awarding Steuermannsmaaten Karl-Heinz Fischer

 

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3 hours ago, Graf said:

Do you have a photo of Grand Admiral Raede

Can you get a photo of the Grand Admiral Raede awarding Steuermannsmaaten Karl-Heinz Fischer

I have many photos of Raeder already posted here in this thread.

I think a photo of Raeder awarding Steuermannsmaaten Karl-Heinz Fischer doesn't exist, because at that time (5 May 1943) Raeder was no longer the Commander in Chief of the Kriegsmarine and he was effectively retired. The information you found that Fischer was awarded by Raeder is surely wrong.

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1 hour ago, Kriegsmarine Admiral said:

I have many photos of Raeder already posted here in this thread.

I think a photo of Raeder awarding Steuermannsmaaten Karl-Heinz Fischer doesn't exist, because at that time (5 May 1943) Raeder was no longer the Commander in Chief of the Kriegsmarine and he was effectively retired. The information you found that Fischer was awarded by Raeder is surely wrong.

Thank you

On 29/09/2023 at 01:06, Kriegsmarine Admiral said:

Großadmiral Erich Raeder, Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (01 June 1935-30 January 1943), inspecting the 8. Minensuchflottille in Saint-Nazaire, France, August 1942.

I found it

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Konteradmiral Günther Lütjens inspecting the crew of the Light Cruiser „Nürnberg“, 1939.
1: Kapitän zur See Otto Klüber, Commandant of the Light Cruiser „Nürnberg“ (24 November 1938-07 August 1940)
2: Konteradmiral Günther Lütjens, Commander of Reconnaissance Forces (21 October 1939-17 June 1940)
3: Fregattenkäpitan Walter Hennecke, First Officer of the Light Cruiser „Nürnberg“ (07 November 1938-29 July 1940)

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Konteradmiral Ludwig von Schröder, Commandant of the Fortifications of the Pomeranian Coast (02 January 1935-30 September 1937), in Binz on the island of Rügen, 2 May 1936.