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    Gentlemen, this is what I have for Carl August Amon von Heeringen, any corrections or additions very welcome: 

     

    18 April 1872 Cadett (Officer Candidate)

    24 July 1873 See-Cadett (Officer Cadet)

    15 February 1876 Unter-Lieutenant zur See (2nd Lieutenant) without Patent (ernannt)

    ... like his comrade and friend Eduard (von) Capelle, he soon received his patent with the same date.

    20 November 1879 Lieutenant zur See (1st Lieutenant)

    15 November 1887 Kapitain-Lieutenant (Lieutenant Captain)

    16 July 1894 Korvettenkapitän (Corvette Captain – Lieutenant Commander)

    16 November 1898 Fregattenkapitän (Frigate Captain – Commander)

    18 July 1900 Kapitän zur See (Captain at Sea – Captain)

    7 July 1906 Kontre-Admiral (Rear Admiral)

    5 September 1909 Vizeadmiral (Vice Admiral)

    27 January 1913 Admiral

     

    Royal Order of Kalākaua I (Hawaii), Knight's Cross (HK3; later changed to HKA3)

    Knight's Cross of the Italian Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (JMuL5/JM5)

    Prussian Order of the Crown (Kronenorden), 4th Class

    Baden Order of the Zähringer Lion (Orden vom Zähringer Löwen), Knight's Cross I. Class (BZL3a/BZ3a)

    Order of the Oak Crown (Grand Duchy of Luxembourg), Officer's Cross (LEK4)

    Prussian Long Service Cross for 25 years (Königlich Preußisches Dienstauszeichnungskreuz)

    Red Eagle Order (Roter Adlerorden), 4th Class

    Prussian Centenary Medal 1897 (Zentenarmedaille)

    Prussian Order of the Crown, 3rd Class

    House Order of Hohenzollern, Knight's Cross (HOH3) on 21 March 1898

    Red Eagle Order, 3rd Class with the Bow and the Crown (mit der Schleife und der Krone)

    Friedrichs-Orden, Commander's Cross (Kommenturkreuz) 2nd Class (WF2b)

    Hesse Order of Merit of Philip the Magnanimous (Verdienstorden Philipps des Großmütigen), Commander 2nd Class (GHVP2b/HP2b)

    Princely Waldeck Cross of Merit (Fürstlich Waldeckisches Verdienstkreuz), 2nd Class (WVK2)

    Russian Order of Saint Anna (St.-Annen-Orden), II. Class (RA2)

    Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav, Commander II. Class (NO2b)

    Prussian Order of the Crown, 2nd Class

    Red Eagle Order, 2nd Class with Oak Leaves

    Star to his Prussian Order of the Crown 2nd Class on 17 January 1909

    Star to his Red Eagle Order 2nd Class with Oak Leaves on 22 January 1911

    Prussian Order of the Crown, 1st Class on 19 September 1912

    Red Eagle Order, 1st Class with Oak Leaves on 18 January 1914

     

     

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