Hugo Meurer

Hugo Meurer
Hugo Meurer
	Hugo Meurer in April 19, 1918 on board SMS Prinzregent Luitpold in Helsinki
Born	28 May 1869; Sallach, Carinthia, Austria-Hungary
Died	4 January 1960 (aged 90); Kiel, Germany
Allegiance	German Empire
Service/branch	Imperial German Navy
Years of service	1886–1920
Rank	Vice Admiral
Commands held	4th Battle Squadron; Baltic Sea Division
Battles/wars	First World War; Finnish Civil War
Awards	Iron Cross 1914; (2nd and 1st class); Bavarian Military Merit Order III Class With Crown and Swords; Saxon Albrecht Order II Class Commanders Cross; Prussian Lifesaving Medal; Crowned Order of the Red Eagle; (3rd class); Prussian Long Service Cross; (25 Years); Oldenburg Friedrich August Cross; Mecklenburg-Schwerin Military Merit Cross; (1914, 2nd class); German China Campaign Medal; Wilhelm I Centenary Medal; Order of the Cross of Liberty; (1st clss, Finland); Qing Dynasty Order of the Double Dragon III Class, I Grade; Commander of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus

Hugo Meurer (28 May 1869 – 4 January 1960) was a vice-admiral of the Kaiserliche Marine (German Imperial Navy). Meurer was the German naval officer who handled the negotiations of the internment of the German fleet in November 1918 at the end of the First World War.

^ Image of Meurer's Ribbon bar c. 1918: Weitze
^ Imperial Naval Office (ed.): Marine Ordnungsblatt. No. 14 of June 15, 1918, p. 175.
^ Imperial Naval Office (ed.): Marine Ordnungsblatt. No. 27 of 15 December 1917, p. 357.]
^ Marine Cabinet (ed.): Ranking of the Imperial German Navy for the year 1918. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1918, p. 7.
^ Image of Meurer's Ribbon bar c. 1918: Weitze
^ Image of Meurer's Ribbon bar c. 1918: Weitze
^ Image of Meurer's Ribbon bar c. 1918: Weitze
^ Image of Meurer's Ribbon bar c. 1918: Weitze
^ "Digitalisierte Sammlungen der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin".
^ Marine Cabinet (ed.): Ranking of the Imperial German Navy for the year 1914. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1914, p. 176.
^ Marine Cabinet (ed.): Ranking of the Imperial German Navy for the year 1914. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1914, p. 176.

[1] Image of Meurer's Ribbon bar c. 1918: Weitze

[2] Imperial Naval Office (ed.): Marine Ordnungsblatt. No. 14 of June 15, 1918, p. 175.

[3] Imperial Naval Office (ed.): Marine Ordnungsblatt. No. 27 of 15 December 1917, p. 357.]

[4] Marine Cabinet (ed.): Ranking of the Imperial German Navy for the year 1918. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1918, p. 7.

[5] Image of Meurer's Ribbon bar c. 1918: Weitze

[6] Image of Meurer's Ribbon bar c. 1918: Weitze

[7] Image of Meurer's Ribbon bar c. 1918: Weitze

[8] Image of Meurer's Ribbon bar c. 1918: Weitze

[9] "Digitalisierte Sammlungen der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin".

[10] Marine Cabinet (ed.): Ranking of the Imperial German Navy for the year 1914. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1914, p. 176.

[11] Marine Cabinet (ed.): Ranking of the Imperial German Navy for the year 1914. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1914, p. 176.

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Hugo Meurer
Hugo Meurer in April 19, 1918 on board SMS Prinzregent Luitpold in Helsinki
Born	(1869-05-28)28 May 1869 Sallach, Carinthia, Austria-Hungary
Died	4 January 1960(1960-01-04) (aged 90) Kiel, Germany
Allegiance	German Empire
Service/branch	Imperial German Navy
Years of service	1886–1920
Rank	Vice Admiral
Commands held	4th Battle Squadron Baltic Sea Division
Battles/wars	First World War Finnish Civil War
Awards	Iron Cross 1914 (2nd and 1st class)^[1] Bavarian Military Merit Order III Class With Crown and Swords Saxon Albrecht Order II Class Commanders Cross Prussian Lifesaving Medal Crowned Order of the Red Eagle (3rd class)^[2] Prussian Long Service Cross (25 Years)^[3]^[4] Oldenburg Friedrich August Cross^[5] Mecklenburg-Schwerin Military Merit Cross (1914, 2nd class)^[6] German China Campaign Medal^[7] Wilhelm I Centenary Medal^[8] Order of the Cross of Liberty (1st clss, Finland)^[9] Qing Dynasty Order of the Double Dragon III Class, I Grade^[10] Commander of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus^[11]