WWI - Imperial German Navy 1918

Naval Officer Karl-August Nerger (3-l), commander of the auxiliary cruiser SMS Wolf, is pictured with his military decoration Pour le Mérite, which he was awarded in February 1918, and his officers in fornt of his ship in the Imperial Naval Port Kiel. First row l-r: First Lieutenant Dietrich, Lieutenant von Auerswaldt, Reserve Lieutenant Commander Schmehl, Lieutenant Commander Nerger, Lieutenant Commander Fritz Witschetzly, First Lieutenant Helmuth Kienast, Medical Officer Dr. Hauswaldt, Reserve First Lieutenant Ernst Szielasko; behind Nerger, Medical Assistant Dr. Runge, back on the left Purser Hellemeyer, on the right Reserve First Lieutenant Vissering.