reference topic Kriegsmarine Admirals ID thread and photo Database

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1 minute ago, Graf said:

Vert interesting collection of photos

Thank you.

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Another photo of Konteradmiral Erich Bey, Leader of Destroyers (10 May 1940-26 December 1943), inspecting Kriegsmarine sailors, 1943.

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Kriegsmarine officers and sailors and Heer officers attending a funeral somewhere in Denmark, 1940. It's possible the funeral in question was for the German soldiers and sailors killed during the Invasion of Denmark on 9 April 1940. If you know more, please comment.
1: Vizeadmiral Raul Mewis, Naval-Commander in Denmark (01 June 1940-31 January 1943)
2: Vizeadmiral Hermann Mootz, Commander of Security of the Baltic Sea (05 January 1939-13 October 1940)
Close-up of the officers below the photo. There is also an unknown Heer General between the two admirals.

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On 10/12/2022 at 14:28, Kriegsmarine Admiral said:

Großadmiral Erich Raeder (2nd from the left), Konteradmiral z.V. Wilhelm Rhein (2nd from the right), Chief of the Office-Group for Research, Invention and Patenting, Naval-Weapons-Head-Office, OKM (01 September 1942-08 May 1945), and Admiral Günther Guse (1st from the right), Commanding Admiral of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (21 September 1940-08 March 1943), late 1942, place unkown.

The Konteradmiral 2nd from the right in this photo is NOT Wilhelm Rhein. He is Konteradmiral Ernst Krafft, Coastal-Commander of the Eastern Baltic Sea and also Fortress-Commandant of Gotenhafen (27 June 1940-31 August 1942).
The photo was not taken in late 1942. Time and place are unknown. But it was possibly taken in Gotenhafen.

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Kriegsmarine officers in Wilhelmshaven, 1937. From left to right:
- Generaladmiral Erich Raeder, Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (01 June 1935-30 January 1943)
- Admiral Otto Schultze, Commanding Admiral of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (04 July 1935-03 October 1937)
- Kapitän zur See Johannes Bachmann (behind Schultze), Chief of Staff of the Naval Station of the North Sea (26 August 1936-20 August 1940)

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Kriegsmarine officers in Wilhelmshaven, taken sometime between 1 April and 3 October 1937. From left to right:
- Admiral Otto Schultze, Commanding Admiral of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (04 July 1935-03 October 1937)
- Generaladmiral Erich Raeder, Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (01 June 1935-30 January 1943)
- Konteradmiral Otto von Schrader, Fortress-Commandant of Wilhelmshaven (27 September 1934-30 September 1937)

[Graf]

On 22/07/2023 at 23:25, Kriegsmarine Admiral said:

Kriegsmarine officers in Wilhelmshaven, taken sometime between 1 April and 3 October 1937. From left to right:
- Admiral Otto Schultze, Commanding Admiral of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (04 July 1935-03 October 1937)
- Generaladmiral Erich Raeder, Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (01 June 1935-30 January 1943)
- Konteradmiral Otto von Schrader, Fortress-Commandant of Wilhelmshaven (27 September 1934-30 September 1937)

Nice pictures Thanks

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Konteradmiral Erich Bey, Leader of Destroyers (10 May 1940-26 December 1943), 1943.
The decorations he is wearing are the following:
Around the neck: Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Ribbon bar (from left to right): Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class with the 1939 Clasp; Hamburg Hanseatic Cross; The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 with Swords; Silesian Eagle 2nd Class; Prussian Lifesaving Medal; Wehrmacht Long Service Award 2nd Class; Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th Class; Sudetenland Medal and the Memel Medal.
Below the ribbon bar worn as badges: Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class and the Destroyer War Badge.
On his left sleeve: Narvik Shield

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Wehrmacht officers gathered in front of a building, most likely in Kiel, 1936/1937.
1: Admiral Conrad Albrecht, Commanding Admiral of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (04 July 1935-31 October 1938)
2: General der Flieger Konrad Zander, Commanding General and Commander in Air-District VI (Sea) (01 April 1935-31 January 1938)
3: Generalfeldmarschall Werner von Blomberg, Reichs War Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Wehrmacht (01 June 1935-26 January 1938)

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22 hours ago, Kriegsmarine Admiral said:

Wehrmacht officers gathered in front of a building, most likely in Kiel, 1936/1937.
1: Admiral Conrad Albrecht, Commanding Admiral of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (04 July 1935-31 October 1938)
2: General der Flieger Konrad Zander, Commanding General and Commander in Air-District VI (Sea) (01 April 1935-31 January 1938)
3: Generalfeldmarschall Werner von Blomberg, Reichs War Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Wehrmacht (01 June 1935-26 January 1938)

Another nice picture Thanks

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Commander in Chief of the Kriegsmarine, Großadmiral Erich Raeder, in Yalta on the Crimea during the inspection of the German, Italian and Croatian naval units and a short port inspection, 9 September 1942. Raeder inspected the Italian 4th MAS Flotilla (4ª Flottiglia MAS) that was stationed in Yalta from May 1942 until 20 May 1943. Shortly after his visit, later that same day, the naval base in Yalta was violently attacked by a squadron of Soviet fighter-bombers, which hit and sank MAS 571 and 573 and a barge, succeeding also in seriously damaging MAS 567, 569 and 572. Who knows what would've happened if the Soviet air attack came when Raeder was still in Yalta. Would the Soviets manage to kill the Commander in Chief of the Kriegsmarine?
The officers in the photo are, from left to right:
- Konteradmiral Hellmuth Heye, Chief of Staff of the Naval-Group-Command South (30 June 1941-14 September 1942)
- Großadmiral Erich Raeder, Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (01 June 1935-30 January 1943)
- Konteradmiral Hans-Hermann Graf von Schweinitz und Krain Freiherr von Kauder, Commandant of the Sea-Fortifications of the Crimea (01 February 1942-31 March 1943)
- unknown lower ranking officer, perhaps the Port Commander of Yalta
- Admiral Karlgeorg Schuster, Commander-in-Chief of the Naval-Group-Command South (30 June 1941-20 March 1943)
Großadmiral Raeder visited Yalta as part of his inspection tour of the South of the Eastern Front, which lasted from 7 September until 10 September 1942. You can expect a more detailed post about this tour in the coming days.

Edited July 30, 2023 by Kriegsmarine Admiral

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The latest addition to my collection is this extremely rare studio portrait of Vizeadmiral (Ing.) Dipl. Ing. Walter Fröhlich, the third (and last) Ship Machinery Inspector (29 March 1943-14 July 1945). This is only the second photo of him I have seen so far. I posted the other one (which comes from a book) below it.
The office called "Inspectorate of Ship Machinery" (Schiffsmaschineninspektion) was established on 01 October 1935 for the technical supervision of all personnel and material matters regarding engineering of ships and ship security. The office was called the "Schiffsmaschineninspektion" until the beginning of the war when it was changed to "Inspektion des Schiffsmaschinenwesens". The Inspectorate was technically subordinate to the High Command of the Navy (OKM), and in terms of troop service to the Chief of Station or Commanding Admiral of the Naval Station of the North Sea/Commander in Chief of the Naval High Command North Sea. The Inspectorate was first based in Wilhelmshaven, from March 1943 in Wesermünde, from 28 September 1943 in Nordholz near Cuxhaven and finally in May 1945 in Glücksburg. On 01 October 1935 the Training and Repair Workshops and from 01 October 1936 the Naval Schools in Kiel and Wesermünde were placed under the Inspectorate, and later also the Naval Warship Construction Training Departments and the Ship Machinery Training Departments. The first Ship Machinery Inspector was Char. Admiral (Ing.) Hans Fechter (01 October 1935-31 December 1939) and the second Admiral (Ing.) Erich Zieger (01 January 1940-28 March 1943).

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8 hours ago, Kriegsmarine Admiral said:

The latest addition to my collection is this extremely rare studio portrait of Vizeadmiral (Ing.) Dipl. Ing. Walter Fröhlich, the third (and last) Ship Machinery Inspector (29 March 1943-14 July 1945). This is only the second photo of him I have seen so far. I posted the other one (which comes from a book) below it.
The office called "Inspectorate of Ship Machinery" (Schiffsmaschineninspektion) was established on 01 October 1935 for the technical supervision of all personnel and material matters regarding engineering of ships and ship security. The office was called the "Schiffsmaschineninspektion" until the beginning of the war when it was changed to "Inspektion des Schiffsmaschinenwesens". The Inspectorate was technically subordinate to the High Command of the Navy (OKM), and in terms of troop service to the Chief of Station or Commanding Admiral of the Naval Station of the North Sea/Commander in Chief of the Naval High Command North Sea. The Inspectorate was first based in Wilhelmshaven, from March 1943 in Wesermünde, from 28 September 1943 in Nordholz near Cuxhaven and finally in May 1945 in Glücksburg. On 01 October 1935 the Training and Repair Workshops and from 01 October 1936 the Naval Schools in Kiel and Wesermünde were placed under the Inspectorate, and later also the Naval Warship Construction Training Departments and the Ship Machinery Training Departments. The first Ship Machinery Inspector was Char. Admiral (Ing.) Hans Fechter (01 October 1935-31 December 1939) and the second Admiral (Ing.) Erich Zieger (01 January 1940-28 March 1943).

Very nice photos and information

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On 30/07/2023 at 23:05, Kriegsmarine Admiral said:

Commander in Chief of the Kriegsmarine, Großadmiral Erich Raeder, in Yalta on the Crimea during the inspection of the German, Italian and Croatian naval units and a short port inspection, 9 September 1942. Raeder inspected the Italian 4th MAS Flotilla (4ª Flottiglia MAS) that was stationed in Yalta from May 1942 until 20 May 1943. Shortly after his visit, later that same day, the naval base in Yalta was violently attacked by a squadron of Soviet fighter-bombers, which hit and sank MAS 571 and 573 and a barge, succeeding also in seriously damaging MAS 567, 569 and 572. Who knows what would've happened if the Soviet air attack came when Raeder was still in Yalta. Would the Soviets manage to kill the Commander in Chief of the Kriegsmarine?
The officers in the photo are, from left to right:
- Konteradmiral Hellmuth Heye, Chief of Staff of the Naval-Group-Command South (30 June 1941-14 September 1942)
- Großadmiral Erich Raeder, Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (01 June 1935-30 January 1943)
- Konteradmiral Hans-Hermann Graf von Schweinitz und Krain Freiherr von Kauder, Commandant of the Sea-Fortifications of the Crimea (01 February 1942-31 March 1943)
- unknown lower ranking officer, perhaps the Port Commander of Yalta
- Admiral Karlgeorg Schuster, Commander-in-Chief of the Naval-Group-Command South (30 June 1941-20 March 1943)
Großadmiral Raeder visited Yalta as part of his inspection tour of the South of the Eastern Front, which lasted from 7 September until 10 September 1942. You can expect a more detailed post about this tour in the coming days.

Nice photo

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The Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine Großadmiral Erich Raeder (number 1) arrives in Greece, 1942.
Number 2 is Kapitän zur See Hellmuth Heye, Chief of Staff of the Naval-Group-Command South (30 June 1941-14 September 1942).
Number 3 is Vizeadmiral z.V. Siegfried Maßmann, Chief of the Senior-Shipyard-Staff Aegean (20 November 1941-15 February 1944).

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Meeting of the National Socialist German Naval Union (NSDMB), 1937/1938.
1: Char. Konteradmiral a.D. Karl Klüpfel, Chairman of the National Socialist German Naval Union from 1941 until the end of the war in 1945.
2: Kapitän zur See (E) Ernst Hintzmann, Chairman of the National Socialist German Naval Union from 1933 until 1941. When this photo was taken he was also a Group-Leader in the War Science Department, OKM (27 September 1937-03 September 1939).

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Portrait of Admiral Günther Guse, Commanding Admiral of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (21 September 1940-08 March 1943).

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Admiral Otto Schultze, Commanding Admiral of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (04 July 1935-03 October 1937), giving a speech at the Naval Station of the North Sea in Wilhelmshaven, 1937.
Visible on the left side of the photo are:
1: Generaladmiral Erich Raeder, Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (01 June 1935-30 January 1943)
2: Konteradmiral Otto von Schrader, Fortress-Commandant of Wilhelmshaven (27 September 1934-30 September 1937)
The identification of the officers stading on the right is still a work in progress. Check below for a close-up of the 17 officers. If you can help with their identification please leave a comment below.

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Konteradmiral Otto von Schrader, II. Admiral of the North-Sea-Station, from 01 January 1938 renamed 2nd Admiral of the North Sea, at the same time, Commander of Security of the North Sea (01 October 1937-31 March 1938), giving a speech, possibly at the Marinekaserne in Cuxhaven, pre-war photo.

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On 25/08/2023 at 15:07, Kriegsmarine Admiral said:

Admiral Otto Schultze, Commanding Admiral of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (04 July 1935-03 October 1937), giving a speech at the Naval Station of the North Sea in Wilhelmshaven, 1937.
Visible on the left side of the photo are:
1: Generaladmiral Erich Raeder, Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (01 June 1935-30 January 1943)
2: Konteradmiral Otto von Schrader, Fortress-Commandant of Wilhelmshaven (27 September 1934-30 September 1937)
The identification of the officers stading on the right is still a work in progress. Check below for a close-up of the 17 officers. If you can help with their identification please leave a comment below.

I forgot to add the names of the officers in the close-up:

1: Char. Admiral a.D. Werner Tillessen
2: impossible to ID, but his rank is Admiral
3: unknown Kaiserliche Marine Admiral
4: General der Kavallerie Wilhelm Knochenhauer
5: Generalleutnant Adolf Strauß
6: unknown Vizeadmiral
7: Konteradmiral Willy von Nordeck
8: Konteradmiral Hans-Herbert Stobwasser
9: Konteradmiral Hermann von Fischel
10: Konteradmiral Ernst Wolf
11: Konteradmiral (Ing.) Hans Fechter
12: unknown Konteradmiral
13: unknown Konteradmiral
14: unknown Konteradmiral
15: Werftdirektor für Maschinenbau in Range eines Konteradmirals Otto Klette
16: unknown Marinebeamte im Konteradmiralsrang with a moustache
17: Char. Konteradmiral Georg Reimer

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The Commander in Chief of the Kriegsmarine arrives in Brest, France for an inspection, 5 August 1942.
1: Admiral z.V. Eugen Lindau, Naval-Commander West France (20 February 1941-07 August 1942)
2: Großadmiral Erich Raeder, Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (01 June 1935-30 January 1943)
3: Konteradmiral Ernst Schirlitz, Commandant of the Sea-Fortifications of Brittany (16 June 1942-28 February 1943)

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Portrait of Großadmiral Dr.phil.h.c. Erich Raeder, Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (01 June 1935-30 January 1943). It was taken sometime in 1939 (between 1 April and before the outbreak of WW2).

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Inauguration of the Naval Memorial in Laboe near Kiel, 30 May 1936.

1: Charakterisierter Konteradmiral a.D. Ernst-Oldwig von Natzmer (1868-1942)
2: Admiral a.D. Ehrhard Schmidt (1863-1946)
3: Admiral a.D. Paul Behncke (1866-1937)
4: Charakterisierter Konteradmiral a.D. Dr.phil.h.c. Fritz Spiess (1881-1959)
5: Vizeadmiral a.D. Adolf von Trotha (1868-1940)
6: Charakterisierter Konteradmiral a.D. Herbert Goehle (1878-1947)
7: Vizeadmiral a.D. Friedrich Boedicker (1866-1944)
8: Kapitän zur See Ernst Wolf (1886-1964) (future Vizeadmiral in the Kriegsmarine)
9: Vizeadmiral a.D. Walter Engelhardt (1867-1943)
10: Vizeadmiral a.D. Ludwig von Reuter (1869-1943)
11: Konteradmiral a.D. Magnus von Levetzow (1871-1939)
12: Charakterisierter Konteradmiral a.D. Heinrich Retzmann (1872-1959)
13: Konteradmiral Kurt Aßmann (1883-1962) (future Vizeadmiral in the Kriegsmarine)
14: Charakterisierter Vizeadmiral a.D. Hugo Meurer (1869-1960)
15: Korvettenkapitän a.D. Felix Graf von Luckner (1881-1966)

 

Notice the presence of admirals wearing the old Kaiserliche Marine uniforms and the newly introduced Kriegsmarine uniforms with the Reich eagle (number 3 Admiral a.D. Paul Behncke, number 4 Charakterisierter Konteradmiral a.D. Dr.phil.h.c. Fritz Spiess, number 13 Konteradmiral Kurt Aßmann and number 15 Korvettenkapitän a.D. Felix Graf von Luckner are wearing the new uniforms). All the admirals that were active in the Reichsmarine had the right to wear the new Kriegsmarine uniform even if they retired before 01 June 1935 (when the Reichsmarine was renamed into Kriegsmarine).

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Good day, Kriegsmarine Admiral, do you happen to have a picture of Admiral Louis Karl Emil von Blanc (1832-1903)?

 

Thank you! 

Andreas

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1 hour ago, Deutschritter said:

Good day, Kriegsmarine Admiral, do you happen to have a picture of Admiral Louis Karl Emil von Blanc (1832-1903)?

 

Thank you! 

Andreas

Yes, I have two.