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Re: Database of Kriegsmarine Admirals

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Post by Nicolas7507 » 12 Feb 2020, 20:08

You are right. My apologies! Maybe you can add it to the other photos of Fuchs, then.

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Re: Database of Kriegsmarine Admirals

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Post by Nicolas7507 » 12 Feb 2020, 20:24

Two excellent photos of Rolf Carls.
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Re: Database of Kriegsmarine Admirals

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Post by graveland » 12 Feb 2020, 20:51

Kriegsmarine Großadmiral wrote:
12 Feb 2020, 20:05
Nicolas7507 wrote:
12 Feb 2020, 19:59
Here is another photo of later Generaladmiral Witzell, taken in November 1939. On his ribbon bar the "Vor dem Feinde" clasp is clearly visible. In my opinion the second ribbon looks like a BM4X.

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This is Admiral Werner Fuchs, not Witzell.
That´s right.

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Re: Konteradmiral Günther Schubert (1898-1974)

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Post by Kriegsmarine Großadmiral » 08 Mar 2020, 00:21

Thanks to Gregg, who identified Konteradmiral Günther Schubert on this photo, we have a new update for him.

Please add: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=239341&p=2190620&hi ... t#p2190620

-Spange (1939) zum Eisernen Kreuz II. Klasse
-Eisernes Kreuz (1939) I. Klasse


Add the awards below the Eisernes Kreuz (1914) II. Klasse.

You can delete the part of the text that says "I also don't know if he was awarded the Spange zum EK II and the 1939 EK I.".

Also, please add this new photo for both Schubert and Admiral Otto Backenköhler with the photo description written below it.
Link to Backenköhler: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=239341&p=2178739&hi ... r#p2178739

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Re: Database of Kriegsmarine Admirals

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Post by Kriegsmarine Großadmiral » 14 Mar 2020, 21:29

Some new awards, dates and photos for admirals.

Generaladmiral z.V. Otto Schultze viewtopic.php?f=5&t=239341&p=2178383&hi ... e#p2178383

Please add the award date for his:

-k.u.k. Österreichischer Orden der Eisernen Krone III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration (04. 05. 1918)

Vizeadmiral z.V. Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière viewtopic.php?f=5&t=239341&p=2180678&hi ... d#p2180678

Please add the same award date for his:

-Ritterkreuz des k.u.k. Österreichischen Leopold-Ordens mit der Kriegsdekoration (04. 05. 1918)

Konteradmiral Arno Schmidt viewtopic.php?f=5&t=239341&p=2190556&hi ... t#p2190556

Update his OFA2 like this:

-Großherzoglich Oldenburgisches Friedrich August-Kreuz II. Klasse mit Spange “Vor dem Feinde”

Also add this new photo:
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Konteradmiral Hans Mirow viewtopic.php?f=5&t=239341&p=2189174&hi ... w#p2189174

Add the new awards (add them at the bottom of his list):

-Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938
-Spanienkreuz in Silber ohne Schwerter (06. 06. 1939)
-Verdienstkreuz I. Klasse des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (1965)


Also add this new photo:
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Konteradmiral Hans-Paul Leithäuser viewtopic.php?f=5&t=239341&p=2188707&hi ... r#p2188707

Add the new awards (add them at the bottom of his list):

-Kriegsverdienstkreuz (1939) II. Klasse mit Schwertern
-Kriegsverdienstkreuz (1939) I. Klasse mit Schwertern


You can delete all the text at the bottom.

Also add this new photo:
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Konteradmiral z.V. Dr.jur. Paul Meixner viewtopic.php?f=5&t=239341&p=2188953&hi ... r#p2188953

Thanks to Frech, we have some updates. Add the new award dates for two of his awards:

-k.u.k. Österreichische Bronzene Militär-Verdienst-Medaille (“Signum Laudis”) am Bande des Militär-Verdienstkreuzes (29. 03. 1915)
-k.u.k. Österreichische Silberne Militär-Verdienst-Medaille (“Signum Laudis”) am Bande des Militär-Verdienstkreuzes (22. 12. 1915)

Also, a new award (add it below the k.u.k. Österreichisches U-Boots-Abzeichen):

-k.u.k. Österreichische Verwundetenmedaille (1919)
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Re: Database of Kriegsmarine Admirals

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Post by luftk » 20 Mar 2020, 22:04

Admiral Wilhelm Canaris

Please add Finnish Order of the White Rose, First Class Commander (Grand Officer), awarded circa 1936.

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Re: Admiral Wilhelm Canaris (1887-1945)

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Post by Kriegsmarine Großadmiral » 20 Mar 2020, 22:20

Thank you luftk and Mikko!

Moderators, please add the new award for Admiral Wilhelm Canaris: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=239341&p=2178934&hi ... s#p2178934

-Kommandeurkreuz I. Klasse des Ordens der Weißen Rose von Finnland (1936)

Add it below the Königlich Ungarische Weltkriegs-Erinnerungsmedaille mit Schwertern.

P.S. Can Mikko confirm the two awards of the Orden des Freiheitskreuzes that were awarded 3 days apart?
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Re: Admiral Wilhelm Canaris (1887-1945)

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Post by luftk » 20 Mar 2020, 22:36

Kriegsmarine Großadmiral wrote:
20 Mar 2020, 22:20
Thank you luftk and Mikko!

Moderators, please add the new award for Admiral Wilhelm Canaris: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=239341&p=2178934&hi ... s#p2178934

-Kommandeurkreuz I. Klasse des Ordens der Weißen Rose von Finnland (1936)

Add it below the Königlich Ungarische Weltkriegs-Erinnerungsmedaille mit Schwertern.

P.S. Can Mikko confirm the two awards of the Orden des Freiheitskreuzes that were awarded 3 days apart?

There is a list of recipients posted on this forum which notes Canaris as follows:
Order of the Cross of Liberty, 1st Class with Star and Swords, 16 September 1941

What is the source for the addition of oak leaves 3 days later? I would think there is an error here with one of these entries.

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Re: Admiral Wilhelm Canaris (1887-1945)

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Post by Kriegsmarine Großadmiral » 20 Mar 2020, 22:57

luftk wrote:
20 Mar 2020, 22:36
Kriegsmarine Großadmiral wrote:
20 Mar 2020, 22:20
Thank you luftk and Mikko!

Moderators, please add the new award for Admiral Wilhelm Canaris: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=239341&p=2178934&hi ... s#p2178934

-Kommandeurkreuz I. Klasse des Ordens der Weißen Rose von Finnland (1936)

Add it below the Königlich Ungarische Weltkriegs-Erinnerungsmedaille mit Schwertern.

P.S. Can Mikko confirm the two awards of the Orden des Freiheitskreuzes that were awarded 3 days apart?

There is a list of recipients posted on this forum which notes Canaris as follows:
Order of the Cross of Liberty, 1st Class with Star and Swords, 16 September 1941

What is the source for the addition of oak leaves 3 days later? I would think there is an error here with one of these entries.
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=239341&p=2179151&hi ... o#p2179151
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Re: Hans Erler and Herbert Goehle

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Post by Kriegsmarine Großadmiral » 03 May 2020, 18:09

We have new updates for 2 admirals.

Char. Konteradmiral z.V. Hans Erler viewtopic.php?f=5&t=239341&p=2186494&hi ... r#p2186494

Please add:

-Königlich Preußisches Dienstauszeichnungskreuz (add it above the Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer)

Reason:
1. He was in active service from 1894 until 1919, that's exactly 25 full years.
2. The 3rd ribbon from the right on his long ribbon bar (the dark one) is the Preußisches Dienstauszeichnungskreuz in graveland's and my opinion.

You can also delete the sentence at the bottom: "One of those awards might be the Königlich Preußisches Dienstauszeichnungskreuz I. Klasse (he was in service from 1894 until 1919, but I can't confirm he received it)."

Konteradmiral z.V. Herbert Goehle viewtopic.php?f=5&t=239341&p=2187033&hi ... e#p2187033

Please delete the -Königlich Preußische Kaiser Wilhelm-Centenarmedaille 1897

Reason: He was in the Crew of 1897, entering service on 7 April 1897, too late for the Centenarmedaille which was awarded on 22 March 1897.

Please add:

-Kriegsverdienstkreuz (1939) II. Klasse mit Schwertern
-Kriegsverdienstkreuz (1939) I. Klasse mit Schwertern

(add both of these awards at the bottom of his list)

Delete all the text at the bottom after the first sentence: "Also, his WW2 awards (if he had any) are unknown..."

You can also add this new photo of Goehle, that is also the proof for his KVK1x and KVK2x.
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Re: Generaladmiral Wilhelm Marschall (1886-1976)

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Post by Kriegsmarine Großadmiral » 08 May 2020, 17:56

We have a new update for Generaladmiral Wilhelm Marschall viewtopic.php?f=5&t=239341&p=2178180&hi ... l#p2178180

Please add:

-Flottenkriegsabzeichen (add it above the Großoffizierskreuz des Königlichen Ordens der Krone von Italien)

Thanks!
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Re: Admiral Wilhelm Canaris (1887-1945)

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Post by Mikko H. » 08 May 2020, 18:26

Kriegsmarine Großadmiral wrote:
20 Mar 2020, 22:20
P.S. Can Mikko confirm the two awards of the Orden des Freiheitskreuzes that were awarded 3 days apart?
Hello, I didn't see this question before now.

According to Matikkala's book cited above, Canaris received only the Cross of Liberty, 1st Class, with Swords and Breast Star (on 16 September 1941), never the Oak Leaves. The only wartime German recipients of that cross with Swords, Breast Star and Oak Leaves were Halder, von Küchler and Dietl.

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Re: Admiral Wilhelm Canaris (1887-1945)

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Post by Kriegsmarine Großadmiral » 08 May 2020, 18:36

Mikko H. wrote:
08 May 2020, 18:26
Kriegsmarine Großadmiral wrote:
20 Mar 2020, 22:20
P.S. Can Mikko confirm the two awards of the Orden des Freiheitskreuzes that were awarded 3 days apart?
Hello, I didn't see this question before now.

According to Matikkala's book cited above, Canaris received only the Cross of Liberty, 1st Class, with Swords and Breast Star (on 16 September 1941), never the Oak Leaves. The only wartime German recipients of that cross with Swords, Breast Star and Oak Leaves were Halder, von Küchler and Dietl.
The addition of the Oak Leaves on 19 September 1941 is quoted on Canaris' German Wikipiedia page from the book: "Wiljo E. Tuompo: Päiväkirjani päämajasta 1941–1944. WSOY, Porvoo/Helsinki 1968". See here: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Canaris
Can you check the validity of this source?
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Re: Database of Kriegsmarine Admirals

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Post by Mikko H. » 08 May 2020, 19:23

Kriegsmarine Großadmiral wrote:
08 May 2020, 18:36
Mikko H. wrote:
08 May 2020, 18:26
Kriegsmarine Großadmiral wrote:
20 Mar 2020, 22:20
P.S. Can Mikko confirm the two awards of the Orden des Freiheitskreuzes that were awarded 3 days apart?
Hello, I didn't see this question before now.

According to Matikkala's book cited above, Canaris received only the Cross of Liberty, 1st Class, with Swords and Breast Star (on 16 September 1941), never the Oak Leaves. The only wartime German recipients of that cross with Swords, Breast Star and Oak Leaves were Halder, von Küchler and Dietl.
The addition of the Oak Leaves on 19 September 1941 is quoted on Canaris' German Wikipiedia page from the book: "Wiljo E. Tuompo: Päiväkirjani päämajasta 1941–1944. WSOY, Porvoo/Helsinki 1968". See here: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Canaris
Can you check the validity of this source?
The libraries are about to reopen here, so I can go and check this once I have the opportunity. But Matikkala's book is very comprehensive and if it doesn't mention the Oak Leaves I'm pretty certain Canaris didn't receive them.

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Re: Database of Kriegsmarine Admirals

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Post by Kriegsmarine Großadmiral » 08 May 2020, 19:45

Please let me know when you check this book. I am curious. I don't think they would make up this info on the Wiki page, they did quote the book after all.

Edit: I found Canaris' entry in this book on Google books. Can you please translate it? From the index it appears Canaris is mentioned only once, on this page (69).
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