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**Glenn2438** · 10-03-2002, 01:03 PM

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

**François SAEZ** · 10-03-2002, 01:52 PM

Thanks Glenn
Exactly the info I was looking for
Best
François

**Rick Research** · 10-03-2002, 02:46 PM

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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