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    KM request ................

    Could one of you help me on this subject

    A friend of mine has a KM jacket for Konteadmiral (Ing) dated February 29th 1936 but not named.

    I am looking for a list of the Konteadmirals (Ing) at this date.

    I believe that one possibility is Otto Thedsen, ing. of the firste U-Flotilla in WWII.

    Opinions, ideas .........
    Thanks
    François
    Collection : http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=807895

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    Engineering Admirals

    François,

    in my copy of the 1937 "Rangliste der deutschen Kriegsmarine" there is only one officer who could have held the rank of Konteradmiral (Ing.) in February 1936:

    Vizeadmiral (Ing.) Hans Fechter. Fechter was promoted Konteradmiral on the 1st of October 1935 and Vizeadmiral on the 1st of November 1937.

    Otto Thedsen was still a Korvettenkapitän (Ing.) in 1936.

    Regards
    Glenn

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      #3
      Thanks Glenn
      Exactly the info I was looking for
      Best
      François
      Collection : http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=807895

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        #4
        To confirm that it was Fechter: he had a Turkish War Medal which should have loops on the lower RIGHT breast side, as well as an Iron Cross 1st Class 1914 and a 1918 Uboat Badge, which would have horizontal loops.

        He was the only engineer to win a Hohenzollern House Order with swords in WWI, for his services on Uboats.

        I'd expect a reefer coat like this to have been updated simply by adding a second narrow ring when he made Vizeadmiral (Ing). That not being the case, this may be the jacket of a lower ranking officer (in 1936) who was promoted to Konteradmiral sometime AFTERWARDS. So the actual award loops may be of some help, including length of ribbon bar loops.

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