DarthZealous Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 This may be a subject others have posted about, but I could not find any in a search, but does anyone have any information what Tirpitz never received a baton, despite being a Grand Admiral? Or did he in fact receive one? In 'Mythos Marschallstab' it lists Tirpitz as a Grand Admiral, naturally, but doesn't show a baton. In the book by Osprey, 'The Kaiser's Warlords: German Commanders of World War I', it depicts a drawing of Tirpitz holding a Grand Admiral's baton, but I have never seen a photographic image of him hold one. Does anyone have any information on this? Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcon1 Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 See what Wikipedia has to say about him - it states he never received one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Krause Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 It seems a bit complicated. Tirpitz was no "real" Großadmiral. Proper Großadmirale (with Baton) were only v.Koester, Prinz Heinrich and v.Holtzendorff. The Navy unlike the Army did not have the rank equivalent of a Generaloberst or Generaloberst mit dem Rang eines Generalfeldmarschall. So they had to "invent" something special for Tirpitz and gave hm the Title of a Großadmiral with the rank badges of a rank below. Best, Daniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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