Vizeadmiral Gustav Kieseritzky Born: 22 Sep 1893 in Rendsburg Died: 19 Nov 1943 in Kamish-Burun, Crimea Promotions:
F�hnrich zur See (12 Apr 1913); Leutnant zur See (22 Mar 1915); Oberleutnant zur See (25 Dec 1917); Kapit�nleutnant (01 Sep 1922); Korvettenkapit�n (01 Oct 1930); Fregattenkapit�n (01 Jan 1936); Kapit�n zur See (01 Jun 1937); Konteradmiral (01 Sep 1941); Vizeadmiral (01 Mar 1943) Career:
Entered the Navy as a Seekadett at Basic-Training and On Board the Heavy Cruiser �Vineta� (01 Apr 1912-31 Mar 1913)
Naval-School M�rwik and Special-Briefing (01 Apr 1913-08 Aug 1914)
On Board the Liner �Friedrich der Gro�e� (09 Aug 1914-24 Apr 1917)
Detached to the Staff of the High Seas Fleet (25 Apr 1917-16 Oct 1918)
Submarine-School (17 Oct 1918-26 Nov 1918)
Flag-Lieutenant on the Small Cruiser �Stra�burg� (27 Nov 1918-24 Nov 1919)
Watch-Officer with the IV. Baltic-Sea-Minesweeper-Flotilla (25 Nov 1919-06 Dec 1919)
Commandant of the 7th Baltic-Sea-Minesweeper-Half-Flotilla (07 Dec 1919-11 Jul 1920)
Cadre of the III. Flotilla (12 Jul 1920-22 Aug 1920)
Commandant of the 6th Half-Flotilla (23 Aug 1920-09 Nov 1921)
Instructor at the Barrier-Experiment-Command (20 Nov 1921-30 Mar 1924)
Watch-Officer on the Liner �Hannover� (31 Mar 1924-24 Sep 1925)
Transferred into the Naval-Household-Department, Naval Command (25 Sep 1925-03 Oct 1928)
Company-Chief at the Naval-School Friedrichsort (04 Oct 1928-08 Apr 1931)
At the same time, Kapit�nleutnant with the Staff (02 Jan 1930-01 Oct 1930)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (09 Apr 1931-23 Sep 1931)
4th Admiral-Staff-Officer with the Staff of Fleet Command (24 Sep 1931-22 Jul 1933)
Naval-Liaison-Officer to Military-District-Command I, K�nigsberg (01 Aug 1933-30 Sep 1934)
First Officer on the Liner �Schleswig-Holstein� (04 Oct 1934-25 Sep 1935)
Construction-Indoctrination �Admiral Graf Spee� (27 Sep 1935-05 Jan 1936)
First Officer on the Armoured-Ship �Admiral Graf Spee� (06 Jan 1936-23 Mar 1936)
Chief of the Department Inland with the Reichs War Ministry then OKW (24 Mar 1936-12 Jun 1938)
Commandant of the Liner �Schleswig-Holstein� (13 Jun 1938-25 Apr 1939)
Chief Of Staff of Naval-Signals-Inspection (27 Apr 1939-20 Jun 1940)
At the same time, Acting-Inspector of Naval-Signals-Inspection and the President of the Signals-Medium-Test-Command (05 Aug 1939-25 Aug 1939)
Port then Sea Commandant Brest (21 Jun 1940-02 Dec 1940)
Commandant of Sea-Fortifications Brittany (03 Dec 1940-15 Jun 1942)
Coastal-Commander Deutsche-Bucht (23 Jun 1942-12 Jan 1943)
Commanding Admiral Black Sea (07 Feb 1943-19 Nov 1943)
Killed-in-Action (19 Nov 1943)
Decorations & Awards:
- Ritterkreuz (193): am 20.11.1943 als Vizeadmiral und Kommandierender Admiral Schwarzes Meer
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 20.10.1943 1943 als Vizeadmiral und Kommandierender Admiral Schwarzes Meer
- EK I: 09.07.1918
- EK II: 05.01.1916
- T�rkischer Eiserner Halbmond: 13.11.1917
- Grossherzoglich Oldenburgisches Friedrich August-Kreuz II. Klasse: 24.12.1917
- Grossherzoglich Oldenburgisches Friedrich August-Kreuz I. Klasse: 03.08.1918
- L�beckisches Hanseatenkreuz: 30.09.1918
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer: 20.12.1934
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis II. Klasse: 02.10.1936
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung I. Klasse: 01.04.1937
- Spange zum EK I: 21.05.1941
- Spange zum EK II: 18.01.1941
- Kriegsabzeichen der Marineartillerie: 14.07.1942
- Wehrmachtbericht: 09.10.1943
- Kroatischer Kriegsorden der Krone des K�nigs Zvonimir I. Stufe mit Schwertern und Eichenlaub: 18.02.1944
- Kgl. Rum�n. Orden �Michael der Tapfere� III. Klasse: 12.07.1944
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