(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Vizeadmiral Martin Baltzer
Born: 10 Nov 1898 in Stettin
Died: 03 Apr 1971 in Beckum
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (26 Apr 1917); Leutnant zur See (18 Sep 1918); Oberleutnant zur See (01 Apr 1922); Kapitänleutnant (01 Apr 1929); Korvettenkapitän (01 Apr 1935); Fregattenkapitän (01 Jan 1939); Kapitän zur See (01 Apr 1940); Konteradmiral (01 Mar 1943); Vizeadmiral (01 Apr 1945)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a War-Volunteer with Aspiring Officer-Service and Attended Naval-School (04 Jul 1916-02 Sep 1916)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Freya’ (03 Sep 1916-31 Oct 1916)
On Board the Liner ‘Prinzregent Luitpold’ (01 Nov 1916-14 Aug 1917)
Navigations-Course with the Naval-School (15 Aug 1917-17 Nov 1917)
Torpedo-Course on the Torpedo-School-Ship ‘Württemberg’ (18 Nov 1917-02 Feb 1918)
On Board the Liner ‘Prinzregent Luitpold’ (03 Feb 1918-10 Nov 1918)
Granted Leave (11 Nov 1918-30 Apr 1919)
With the Reichswehr-Rifle-Regiment, Freikorps Potsdam (08 May 1919-30 Sep 1919)
Ordinance and Company-Officer with the Coastal-Defence-Battalion III then IV (01 Oct 1919-07 Sep 1921)
Attending Sports Course (08 Sep 1921-05 Nov 1921)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (06 Nov 1921-21 Dec 1921)
Granted Leave (22 Dec 1921-18 Jan 1922)
On Board the Cruiser ‘Hamburg’ (19 Jan 1922-08 Feb 1922)
Detached to the Torpedo and Signals School (09 Feb 1922-04 Mar 1922)
Detached to the Naval-School in Mürwik (05 Mar 1922-24 Mar 1922)
2nd Training-Officer on the Sailing-School-Ship ‘Niobe’ (25 Mar 1922-10 Jul 1922)
2nd Training-Officer on the Cruiser ‘Berlin’ (11 Jul 1922-02 Apr 1923)
2nd Training-Officer on the Sailing-School-Ship ‘Niobe’ (03 Apr 1923-03 Jul 1923)
2nd Training-Officer on the Cruiser ‘Berlin’ (04 Jul 1923-30 Jun 1924)
Detached for Service with Naval Command (01 Jul 1924-16 Oct 1925)
Watch-Officer with the 1st Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (17 Oct 1925-26 Sep 1926)
Commandant of ‘T 144 and ‘T 156’ with the 1st Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (24 Oct 1926-27 Sep 1927)
Commandant of ‘T 157’ with the 1st Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (27 Sep 1927-26 Sep 1929)
Advisor with the Naval Defence Department in Naval Command (27 Sep 1929-19 Sep 1930)
Adjutant of the Chief of Naval Command (20 Sep 1930-31 Aug 1933)
Training-Officer on the Cruiser ‘Karlsruhe’ (01 Sep 1933-08 Jul 1934)
Company-Leader at the Naval-School Mürwik (09 Jul 1934-09 Aug 1934)
Advisor with the Inspection of Training-Affairs of the Navy (10 Aug 1934-26 Oct 1936)
Commander of the Training-Battalion of the 1st Destroyer-Division (27 Oct 1936-31 Mar 1937)
Construction-Indoctrination Destroyer at the Naval-Arsenal Kiel (01 Apr 1937-07 Apr 1937)
Commandant of the Destroyer ‘Max Schultz’ (08 Apr 1937-24 Oct 1938)
1st Adjutant in the Staff of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (25 Oct 1938-24 May 1942)
Commandant of the Light Cruiser ‘Köln’ (25 May 1942-12 Dec 1942)
Chief of the Naval-Personnel-Office, OKM (06 Jan 1943-14 Jul 1945)
In POW-Captivity (15 Jul 1945-18 Apr 1947)
Released (18 Apr 1947)

Decorations & Awards:
1939 (?) Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
1939 Spange zum 1914 Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern
Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern


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