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Guido von Usedom
Native name
Ernst Adolf Julius Guido von Usedom
Born(1854-10-02)2 October 1854
Quanditten, Samland District, Province of Prussia, Prussia
Died24 February 1925(1925-02-24) (aged 70)
Schwerin, Weimar Republic
Allegiance German Empire
 Ottoman Empire
Service/branch Imperial German Navy
 Ottoman Navy
Years of service1871–1918 (German Navy)
1914–1918 (Ottoman Navy)
RankAdmiral
Mushir
Commands heldSMS Pfeil
SMS Jagd
SMS Hagen
SMS Hertha
German Contigent, Seymour Expedition
Chief of Staff, Seymour Expedition
SMY Hohenzollern II
Kaiserliche Werft Kiel
Dardanelles Defences
Battles/warsBoxer Rebellion

World War I

AwardsPour le Mérite with oak leaves

Guido von Usedom (2 October 1854 – 24 Februarry 1925) was a German admiral who notably served in the Imperial German Navy during World War I.

Captain von Usedom in 1900
Admiral von Usedom with Emperor Wilhelm III at Gallipoli, 1917

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Category:1854 births Category:1925 deaths Category:Pomeranian nobility Category:Admirals of the Imperial German Navy Category:Imperial German Navy admirals of World War I Category:German military personnel of the Boxer Rebellion Category:Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class) Category:Knights of the Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg)