(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Vizeadmiral Eberhard Weichold
Born: 23 Aug 1891 in Dresden
Died: 19 Dec 1960 in Bremen
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (15 Apr 1912); Leutnant zur See (03 Aug 1914); Oberleutnant zur See (26 Apr 1917); Kapitänleutnant (01 Feb 1921); Korvettenkapitän (01 Jul 1929); Fregattenkapitän (01 Oct 1934); Kapitän zur See (01 Oct 1936); Konteradmiral (01 Jul 1940); Vizeadmiral (01 Apr 1942)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Seekadett, Attended Basic-Training and On Board the Heavy Cruiser 'Hertha' (01 Apr 1911-31 Mar 1912)
Naval-School Mürwik and Special-Briefings (01 Apr 1912-30 Sep 1913)
On Board the Liner 'Lothringen' (01 Oct 1913-30 Nov 1915)
Submarine-Training at the Submarine-School (01 Dec 1915-06 May 1916)
Watch-Officer on the Submarine 'UB 11' (07 May 1916-09 May 1916)
Watch-Officer on the Submarine 'U 4' (10 May 1916-08 Sep 1916)
Watch-Officer on the Submarine 'UC 20' (09 Sep 1916-05 Aug 1917)
Watch-Officer on the Submarine 'UB 50' (06 Aug 1917-14 Jun 1918)
Commandant of the Submarine 'UC 22' (21 Jul 1918-31 Dec 1918)
Assistant with the Mine-Test-Command (01 Jan 1919-31 May 1920)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat 'T 141' of the 2nd Half-Flotilla (01 Jun 1920-31 Dec 1920)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat 'T 139' of the 2nd Half-Flotilla (01 Jan 1921-09 Oct 1921)
3rd Admiral-Staff-Officer with the Staff of the Commander of Sea Forces of the Baltic Sea (10 Oct 1921-31 Dec 1921)
Detached to the Naval-Archives (01 Jan 1922-14 Mar 1923)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat 'G 8' of the 1st Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (15 Mar 1923-30 Sep 1923)
Flag-Lieutenant of the I. Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla and Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat 'S 18' (01 Oct 1923-11 Sep 1925)
Company-Chief in the Ships-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (01 Dec 1925-05 Oct 1927)
At the same time, Commandant and Half-Flotilla-Chief of the UZ-Half-Flotilla (10 Aug 1926-18 Sep 1926)
At the same time, 2nd Navigations-Officer on the Liner 'Schleswig-Holstein' (27 Mar 1927-18 Jun 1927)
At the same time, Half-Flotilla-Chief of the UZ-Half-Flotilla (08 Aug 1927-16 Sep 1927)
Subsidiary-Leadership-Training (05 Oct 1927-23 Mar 1929)
At the same time, Half-Flotilla-Chief of the UZ-Half-Flotilla (18 Jul 1928-22 Sep 1928)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of Naval Command (24 Mar 1929-30 Jun 1929)
Navigations-Officer on the Liner 'Schlesien' (01 Jul 1929-02 Oct 1930)
Navigations-Officer on the Liner 'Schleswig-Holstein' (03 Oct 1930-14 Sep 1931)
Military Instructor at the Naval Academy (18 Sep 1931-27 Apr 1934)
At the same time, Temporary-Director of the Naval Academy (27 Sep 1933-27 Apr 1934)
Director of the Naval Academy (28 Apr 1934-31 Dec 1936)
Construction-Indoctrination: Destroyer (01 Jan 1937-26 Feb 1937)
Chief of the 1st Destroyer-Division (27 Feb 1937-26 Oct 1938)
1st Admiral-Staff-Officer in Fleet Command (27 Oct 1938-20 Oct 1939)
Chief Of Staff of Special-Staff for Merchant and Economic War, OKW (02 Nov 1939-20 Jun 1940)
Chief of the German Liaison Staff with the Admiral-Staff of the Royal Ital.ian Navy (28 Jun 1940-15 Aug 1941)
German Admiral with the Admiral-Staff of the Royal Italian Navy (16 Aug 1941-04 Mar 1943)
At the same time, Commander of the German Naval-Command Italy (22 Nov 1941-04 Mar 1943)
Special-Agent of Naval Warfare Command, OKM (12 Apr 1943-31 Mar 1944)
Chief of the Naval-Instruction-Staff, OKM (01 Apr 1944-08 May 1945)
In Captivity, release date unknown

Decorations & Awards:
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 22.07.1942 als Vizeadmiral und Befehlshaber des Deutschen Marinekommandos Italien
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- RK II. Klasse des Kgl. Sächs. Albrechts-Orden mit Schwertern
- k.u.k. Österr. Militär-Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
- Türkischer Eiserner Halbmond
- Türkische Silberne Liakat-Medaille mit Säbel
- U-Bootkriegsabzeichen, 1918
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Spange zum EK II
- Spange zum EK I


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