Admiral Eduard von Knorr

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Here is what I have on Admiral Eduard von Knorr, any additions or exact dates would be great:

 

24 June 1854 Volontair-Cadett

27 July 1856 Seekadett

(?.?.) 1859 Fähnrich zur See (mit dem Range eines Sekonde-Leutnants in der Armee)

... 1863/64 renamed Unterleutnant zur See

1861/62 Leutnant zur See 2. Klasse (mit dem Range als Premierleutnant)

... 1863/64 renamed Leutnant zur See

(?.?.) 1865 Kapitänleutnant

1 January 1871 Korvettenkapitän

... Korvettenkapitän was normally a rank as major, but could also carry the addition "mit Oberstleutnant-Rang" equivalent to lieutenant colonel; in 1898 a new rank was introduced, "Fregattenkapitän" would become the fully fledged lieutenant colonel of the German Navy.

22 March 1876 Kapitän zur See

16 August 1883 Konteradmiral

27 January 1889 Vizeadmiral

31 May 1893 Admiral

 

Kriegs-Denkmünze für 1864 (KD64)

Iron Cross (1870), 2nd Class

Kaiserliche Kriegsdenkmünze 1870/71 (KD70/71)

Red Eagle Order, 4th Class

Service Award Cross (Prussia) for 25 years (Preußisches Dienstauszeichnungskreuz)

Red Eagle Order, 3rd Class with the Bow (mit der Schleife)

Commander of the Order of the Zähringer Lion, 2nd Class with Swords, 1878

Order of the Prussian Crown, 2nd Class (Neck Order)

Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd Class with Oak Leaves and Swords, 1885

Orden des Strahlenden Sterns von Sansibar"", 1st Class, 2nd Grade (Grand Cross; ZstSt2a/ZanSt2a/ZStII.1/ZSt1)

Sankt-Stanislaus-Orden, I. Klasse (RSt1)

Grand Cross of the Danish Order of the Dannebrog on 30 July 1888 (DD1)

Commander Grand Cross of the Swedish-Norwegian Order of the Sword on 27 July 1888 (SS1)

Star to the Order of the Prussian Crown, 2nd Class

Knight of the Austrian-Hungarian Order of the Iron Crown, 1st Class, 1890 (ÖEK1)

Grand Cross of the Bavarian Military Merit Order (BMV1/BMV G.Kr./BMV.G.Kr)

Star to the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd Class with Oak Leaves and Swords

Sankt-Annen-Orden, I. Klasse (RA1)

Grand Cross of the Mecklenburg Order of the Griffon (MGrO1/MG1)

Order of the Prussian Crown, 1st Class on 18 January 1893

Crown to the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd Class with Star, Oak Leaves and Swords on 24 June 1894

Order of the Red Eagle, 1st Class with Oak Leaves, Crown and Swords on Ring

Grand Cross of the Saxon Albert Order with the Golden Star, 1895 (SA1mgSt)

Grand Cross of the Order of the Zähringer Lion, 1895 (BZL1/BZ1)

Grand Cross of the Italian Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (JMuL1/JM1)

Grand Cross of the Austrian-Hungarian Imperial Order of Leopold, 1895 (ÖL1)

Jubiläums-Eichenlaub „25“ 1870/1895 to the Iron Cross 2nd Class (1870)

Grand Cordon of the Belgian Order of Leopold (BL1)

Knight of the Russian Order of St. Alexander Nevsky (RAN)

Grand Cross of the Order of the Red Eagle with Oak Leaves, Crown, Swords and with Swords on Ring on 27 January 1897

Kaiser Wilhelm I. Erinnerungsmedaille 1897

Order of the Black Eagle with the Collar/Chain (Ordenskette)

... Black Eagle on 15 June 1898

... Kette on 17 January 1899

Diamonds (Brillanten) to the Grand Cross of the Order of the Red Eagle with Oak Leaves, Crown, Swords and with Swords on Ring

Kolonial-Denkmünze mit der Spange (with the clasp) "Kamerun 1884", 1912

 

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Elevation to Prussian nobility on 18 January 1896

Weltlicher Domherr dritter Klasse beim Domstift Brandenburg a. d. H.

In 1905, a bust of the admiral was erected in front of the naval academy (Marineakademie) in Kiel.

The Admiral-Knorr-Straße in Saarlouis, his home town, and Knorrstraße in Wilhelmshaven and Kiel are named after him.

Two outpost boats of the Kaiserliche Marine were named after him: the "Admiral von Knorr", built at the end of the 19th century, and the "Admiral von Knorr", built at the end of the 1910s