(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Vizeadmiral Albrecht Freiherr von Freyberg-Eisenberg-Allmendingen
Born: 04 Feb 1876 in Allmendingen, Württemburg
Died: 13 Sep 1943 in Berlin
Promotions:
Seekadett (03 May 1897); Fähnrich zur See (01 Jan 1899); Leutnant zur See (30 Sep 1899); Oberleutnant zur See (14 Dec 1901); Kapitänleutnant (30 Mar 1906); Korvettenkapitän (22 Mar 1913); Fregattenkapitän (17 Dec 1919); Kapitän zur See (08 Mar 1920); Konteradmiral (01 Oct 1925); Charakter als Vizeadmiral (01 Oct 1928); Vizeadmiral (01 Aug 1933)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Kadett and Attended Basic-Training and on Board the School-Ship ‘Stein’ (07 Apr 1896-27 Apr 1897)
On Board the School-Ship ‘Charlotte’ (28 Apr 1897-11 Apr 1898)
Weapons-Courses (12 Apr 1898-20 Sep 1898)
Naval-School (21 Sep 1898-01 Oct 1899)
On Board the Liner ‘Bayern’ (02 Oct 1899-12 Feb 1900)
On Board the Liner ‘Kaiser Wilhelm II’ (13 Feb 1900-31 Mar 1900)
Company and Watch Officer with the I. Torpedo-Battalion (01 Apr 1900-30 Sep 1901)
Placed to the Disposal of the I. Naval-Inspection and Detached to the Military Gymnasium in Berlin (01 Oct 1901-19 Mar 1902)
Watch-Officer on the School-Ship ‘Stosch’ (20 Mar 1902-17 Mar 1904)
Company-Officer, Ship’s-Young-Officer-Division (18 Mar 1904-30 Sep 1904)
Placed to the Disposal of the I. Naval-Inspection (01 Oct 1904-09 Jan 1905)
Watch-Officer on the Light Cruiser ‘Undine’ (10 Jan 1905-30 Sep 1905)
Watch-Officer on the Yacht ‘Hohenzollern’ (01 Oct 1905-05 May 1906)
Watch-Officer on the Steamer ‘Hamburg’ (06 May 1906-15 Aug 1906)
Placed to the Disposal of the I. Naval-Inspection then the I. Shipyard-Division (16 Aug 1906-14 Apr 1907)
Watch-Officer on the Yacht ‘Hohenzollern’ (15 Apr 1907-29 Sep 1908)
Company-Leader, I. Shipyard-Division (30 Sep 1908-31 Mar 1909)
Navigations-Officer on the Heavy Cruiser ‘Hansa’ (01 Apr 1909-31 Mar 1911)
Company-Officer, I. Shipyard-Division (01 Apr 1911-14 Jun 1911)
First Officer on the Light Cruiser ‘Kolberg’ (01 Jul 1911-02 Dec 1912)
Naval-Attaché at the Embassy in Vienna (03 Dec 1912-14 Oct 1914)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commander of the Naval Aviation Department (15 Oct 1914-01 Jan 1915)
Naval-Attaché at the Embassy in Vienna (02 Jan 1915-06 Feb 1920)
Detached to the Embassy in The Hague for Processing of the Job of Naval-Attaché (01 Mar 1920-31 Mar 1920)
Department-Head in the Admiralty (01 Apr 1920-20 May 1920)
Acting-Chief of the Naval-Personnel-Department, Admiralty (21 May 1920-01 Jul 1920)
Chief of the Naval-Personnel-Department, Admiralty, from 15/09/1920 Naval-Command (02 Jul 1920-30 Sep 1922)
Naval-Commissioner for the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Channel (01 Oct 1922-30 Sep 1923)
At the same time, Port-Captain of Kiel (13 Feb 1923-30 Sep 1923)
Commandant of the Liner ‘Hannover’ (01 Oct 1923-31 Mar 1925)
Naval-Depot-Inspector (08 Apr 1925-21 Sep 1926)
Director of the League Of Nations Group for Navy and Member of the Stading Armistice-Committee of the League Of Nations, Naval Command (22 Sep 1926-14 Oct 1933)
Leader of the Group for Sea-Conferences, Naval-Command (15 Oct 1933-28 Sep 1934)
Retired (28 Sep 1934)

Decorations & Awards:
1914 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
1914 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse


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