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.

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Konteradmiral (Ing.) Karl Kaufmann (left), Commander of the Naval-School Wesermünde (24 November 1939-26 August 1942), and Fregattenkapitän Friedrich Metzger (middle, saluting), Commander of the 10. Ship's Administration Department (09 June 1942-31 December 1943) in Wesermünde, 1942.

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This photo was taken on 01 April 1939 on board the Battleship „Scharnhorst“, which was docked at the naval base in Wilhelmshaven. The ceremony itself is the presentation of the Großadmiralstab (baton) to Erich Raeder on the occasion of his promotion to the rank of Großadmiral, the most senior rank in the Kriegsmarine. Raeder was the first person to be promoted to Großadmiral after Henning von Holtzendorff, who was promoted to that rank in 1918.

 

1: Vizeadmiral Günther Guse, Inspector of Naval Signals, at the same time, President of the Naval Signals Central Testing Command (01 November 1938-15 June 1941)

2: Konteradmiral Walter Warzecha, Chief of the Naval Defence Office, OKM (01 November 1938-14 February 1943)

3: Vizeadmiral Hermann von Fischel, Chief of The General-Naval-Office, OKM (02 April 1938-25 October 1939)

4: Char. Konteradmiral (E) Hans Stohwasser, Instructor with the Command of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (01 April 1938-21 August 1939)

5: Vizeadmiral (Ing.) Hans Fechter, Ship Machinery Inspector (01 October 1935-31 December 1939)

6: Vizeadmiral Hermann Densch, Commander of Reconnaissance Forces (02 October 1937-20 October 1939)

7: Vizeadmiral Wilhelm Marschall, Commander of Armoured Ships (09 February 1938-20 October 1939)

8: Char. Vizeadmiral Ernst Wolf, Admiral of the Kriegsmarine-Service-Office Hamburg (05 October 1936-30 September 1942)

9: Char. Vizeadmiral (E) Kurt Aßmann, Chief of the War-Science-Department, OKM (22 January 1936-28 June 1943)

10: Konteradmiral Heinrich Ancker, Military-Economics-Inspector X Hamburg (30 November 1937-31 August 1942)

11: Konteradmiral Witold Rother, Barrier-Weapons-Inspector (21 May 1937-31 August 1942)

12: Konteradmiral Raul Mewis, Commander of the Fortifications of the Western Baltic Sea (01 October 1937-31 May 1940)

13: Konteradmiral Kurt Ramien, Commander of the Barrier-Test-Command (01 June 1937-08 September 1939)

14: Konteradmiral Werner Grassmann, Placed at the Disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (23 January 1939-02 April 1939)

15: Konteradmiral Günther Lütjens, Leader of Torpedo-Boats (08 October 1937-20 October 1939)

16: Generaladmiral/Großadmiral Erich Raeder, Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (01 June 1935-30 January 1943)

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This photo was taken on 01 April 1939 on board the Battleship „Scharnhorst“, which was docked at the naval base in Wilhelmshaven. The ceremony itself is the presentation of the Großadmiralstab (baton) to Erich Raeder on the occasion of his promotion to the rank of Großadmiral, the most senior rank in the Kriegsmarine. Raeder was the first person to be promoted to Großadmiral after Henning von Holtzendorff, who was promoted to that rank in 1918.

1: Char. Vizeadmiral (E) Kurt Aßmann, Chief of the War-Science-Department, OKM (22 January 1936-28 June 1943)
2: Konteradmiral Paul Fanger, Commandant of the Fortifications of Ostfriesland (30 September 1937-12 January 1940)
3: Konteradmiral Heinrich Ancker, Military-Economics-Inspector X Hamburg (30 November 1937-31 August 1942)
4: Konteradmiral Witold Rother, Barrier-Weapons-Inspector (21 May 1937-31 August 1942)
5: Konteradmiral Raul Mewis, Commander of the Fortifications of the Western Baltic Sea (01 October 1937-31 May 1940)
6: Konteradmiral Kurt Ramien, Commander of the Barrier-Test-Command (01 June 1937-08 September 1939)
7: Konteradmiral Werner Grassmann, Placed at the Disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (23 January 1939-02 April 1939)
8: Konteradmiral Günther Lütjens, Leader of Torpedo-Boats (08 October 1937-20 October 1939)
9: Konteradmiral Otto Schniewind, Chief of Staff of the Naval Warfare Command, OKM (31 October 1938-12 June 1941)
10: Konteradmiral Conrad Patzig, Chief of the Naval-Personnel-Office, OKM (04 October 1937-31 October 1942)
11: Konteradmiral Otto Hormel, Senior-Shipyard-Director of the Kriegsmarine-Shipyard Kiel (01 April 1939-05 May 1943)
12: Char. Konteradmiral (E) Hasso von Bredow, Head of the Psychological Testing Office Kiel (01 October 1933-03 September 1939)
13: Korvettenkapitän Alwin-Broder Albrecht, Naval-Adjutant of the Führer and Reich-Chancellor (04 July 1938-30 June 1939)
14: Generaladmiral/Großadmiral Erich Raeder, Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (01 June 1935-30 January 1943)

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Group photo of the mostly civilian members of the Staff of the Inspection of Naval Artillery Equipment Offices, 1942/1943.
Sitting 3rd from the left is Vizeadmiral Günther Krause, Inspector of Naval Artillery Equipment Offices (07 May 1937-15 April 1943).

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Group photo of the officers of the Staff of the Inspection of Naval Artillery Equipment Offices, Bad Segeberg, 1942/1943.
1: Korvettenkapitän der Reserve Ernst von Voigt, Staff Officer with the Staff of the Inspection of Naval Artillery Equipment Offices (October 1941-May 1945)
2: Kapitän zur See Karlhans Heye, Chief of Staff of the Inspection of Naval Artillery Equipment Offices (01 October 1941-17 July 1943)
3: Vizeadmiral Günther Krause, Inspector of Naval Artillery Equipment Offices (07 May 1937-15 April 1943)
4: Kapitän zur See (W) z.V. Bruno Woiczinski, Inspizient of Naval Artillery Equipment Offices (01 April 1942-28 February 1944)

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Naval commission of the Imperial Japanese Navy visiting the Battleship „Gneisenau“ in Brest, 23 March 1941.
In the center of the photo, the officer on the left is Admiral Günther Lütjens, Fleet-Chief (18 June 1940-27 May 1941), and on the right Vice Admiral Naokuni Nomura, Military Committee Member of the Tripartite Pact (13 November 1940-01 March 1943).