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Mistakes

Birth place: Preußisch Holland, Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation
Death place: Königsberg, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic

He never wrote a book with the title Seekraft Seegeltung Seeherrschaft; Correct title: Seemacht, Seegeltung, Seeherrschaft – Kurze Betrachtungen über Seekriegsführung, 1899

Nieder mit England! Correct title: Nieder mit England! Betrachtungen und Erwägungen (Berlin 1915) 2003:DC:8F03:32CD:41CC:E121:830B:ACB8 (talk) 23:00, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Awards

He never had the "Order of Merit: Iron Cross"; Correct awards (chronologically):

War Commemorative Medal of 1864 (Kriegs-Denkmünze für 1864; KD64)
War Commemorative Medal of 1870–1871 (Kaiserliche Kriegsdenkmünze 1870/71; KD70/71)
Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav, Knight's Cross (NO3)
- later re-categorized as Knight's Cross 1st Class (NO3a)
Prussian Long Service Cross for 25 years (Königlich Preußisches Dienstauszeichnungskreuz)
Red Eagle Order (Roter Adlerorden), 4th Class
Prussian Order of the Crown (Kronenorden), 3rd Class with Swords
Red Eagle Order, 3rd Class with the Bow (mit der Schleife)
Prussian Order of the Crown, 2nd Class with Swords on Ring
Red Eagle Order, 2nd Class with Oak Leaves
Star to his Prussian Order of the Crown 2nd Class with Swords on Ring
Oldenburg House and Merit Order of Duke Peter Frederick Louis (Oldenburgischer Haus- und Verdienstorden des Herzogs Peter *Friedrich Ludwig), Grand Cross of Honour (Ehren-Großkreuz; OV1)
Princely Waldeck Military Merit Cross, 1st Class (WV1)
Star to his Red Eagle Order 2nd Class with Oak Leaves
Prussian Centenary Medal 1897 (Zentenarmedaille)
Order of the Crown of Romania, Grand Cross (RumK1)
Prussian Order of the Crown, 1st Class with Swords on Ring 2003:DC:8F03:32CD:41CC:E121:830B:ACB8 (talk) 23:04, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]