Adolf Hitler awards officers Kriegsmarine with Oak leaves to the Knight’s Cross (one of the degrees of the Iron Cross Order).
In the photo from left to right: Corvette-Captain Karl-Friedrich Merten (1905–1993) – commander of the U-68 submarine; Lieutenant Commander Wolfgang Luth, (1913–1945) – Commander of U-9, U-13, U-138, U-43, U-181; Capt. Lieutenant Friedrich Guggenberger, (1915-1988) – Commander of the U-28, U-81; Lieutenant Commander Werner Toniges, (1910–1995) – commander of torpedo boats S-24, S-26, S-102; Adolf Hitler, Admiral Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer, Admiral Karl Doenitz; unknown officer of the Nazi Kriegsmarine.
Location: Germany
Date of photo: January-February 1943