Apparently it was broken up into pieces and sold after the war.
Apparently it was broken up into pieces and sold after the war.
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).
Vizeadmiral Erich Förste, Admiral Aegean (27 September 1941-31 January 1943), photographed in Greece (most likely in Athens), 1941/1942.
Kriegsmarine officers in Saloniki, Greece, 25 April 1942. From left to right (in the front row):
- Vizeadmiral Erich Förste, Admiral Aegean (27 September 1941-31 January 1943)
- Fregattenkapitän z.V. Paul von Falkenried, Commander of the Naval Defences of Saloniki (29 April 1941-16 June 1943)
- Vizeadmiral z.V. Siegfried Maßmann, Chief of the Senior-Shipyard-Staff Aegean (20 November 1941-15 February 1944)
Gathering of German and Italian naval officers in Salamina on the island of Salamis in Greece on 7 December 1942. The occasion was the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross awarding ceremony of Kapitän zur See Rolf Johannesson, the Commandant of the Destroyer „ZG 3 Hermes“ (08 February 1942-02 April 1943).
1: Vizeadmiral Erich Förste, Admiral Aegean (27 September 1941-31 January 1943)
2: Vizeadmiral z.V. Siegfried Maßmann, Chief of the Senior-Shipyard-Staff Aegean (20 November 1941-15 February 1944)
3: Konteradmiral (Ing.) Ernst Halwe, Director of Naval Equipment and Repair Operations on Salamis (14 November 1942-16 May 1943)
4: Contrammiraglio Gaetano Catalano Gonzaga, Commander of the Northern Aegean High Naval Command, at the same time Chief Liaison between the Regia Marina and the Kriegsmarine in the Aegean Sea (2 December 1942-26 July 1943)
Studio portrait of Konteradmiral Heinrich Ancker, taken when he was the Arsenal-Commandant of the Kriegsmarine-Arsenal Kiel (26 September 1936-29 November 1937).
He was the only Kriegsmarine admiral to be awarded the American Silver Lifesaving Medal. The ribbon of this medal is visible in the last place on his ribbon bar. He was awarded the American Silver Lifesaving Medal on 14 April 1908, for a deed he performed while serving on board the Training-Ship „Stein“ (01 April 1906-31 March 1907). An article in the San Francisco Call (Volume 112, Number 114) from 22 September 1912 gives the interesting story of how Ancker came to be awarded this medal: „Five years ago [in 1907] Lieutenant [his actual rank at the time was Seekadett] Heinrich Ancker of the Imperial Germany Navy dived overboard, fully dressed, from a German Training Ship at anchor off New Orleans, Louisiana, and rescued a sailor who had missed his footing in climbing along the bowsprit. The struggle for life was a desperate one, for the water was cold and the current strong. But finally the Lieutenant [Seekadett] succeeded in towing the sailor back to the ship. He received the United States Life Saving Medal and also a German Medal of Honor [the medal in question was the Prussian Lifesaving Medal which Ancker received on 4 May 1907] for this brave deed“.
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.
Such a vast collection !
Kriegsmarine officers in Saint-Nazaire, France during an inspection of the 8. Minensuchflottille, 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 z.V. Herbert Goehle, Senior-Shipyard-Director of the Kriegsmarine-Shipyard La Pallice (01 December 1941-22 November 1943)
Kriegsmarine officers in Saint-Nazaire, France during an inspection of the 8. Minensuchflottille, August 1942.
1: Kapitän zur See z.V. Adalbert Zuckschwerdt, Commandant of the Sea-Fortifications of the Loire-Estuary (23 February 1941-21 November 1942)
2: Großadmiral Erich Raeder, Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (01 June 1935-30 January 1943)
3: Admiral z.V. Eugen Lindau, Naval-Commander West France (20 February 1941-07 August 1942)
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