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  Wehrmachtbeamte-Heer

  By LarryT · Posted 27 minutes ago

  Thank you Meyszner,   Here is a closer view of the official with the dagger.   Cheers, Larry
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  Framed Eisernes Kreuz 2 Klasse

  By cameroninglis · Posted 3 hours ago

  Hi Vince, thanks for the comment, yeah it seemed a cheaper option than paying someone to frame them for me, 👍
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  Unidentified WW1 Luftstreitkraefte Signatures

  By GreyC · Posted 3 hours ago

  His first name was Gerd. He later was Staffelführer Jasta 52 from 10th Aug - Nov. 1918. GreyC
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  Atlantic Star Regulations.

  By ChrisKelly · Posted 3 hours ago

  This is the text of the 1998 decision:   THE ATLANTIC STAR   In the Merchant Navy the qualifications for the award of the Atlantic Star are:   a) The 1939-45 Star must have been earned by six months’ service at sea and there must be a further six months’ service anywhere at sea rendered since the 3rd September 1939, and until the 8th May 1945, with one or more voyages in the following area during the second six months...   If twelve months’ service at sea has not been rendered, the Atlantic Star will be awarded only in the following circumstances;   d) Seamen who have not already earned the 1939-45 Star but who served in the Merchant Navy at sea in the area specified in paragraph (a) above during the last six months of operational service up to the 8th May 1945, will qualify for the Atlantic Star, provided that service was not subsequently rendered in another operational area. The 1939 – 45 Star will not be awarded in such cases.   RSS/MSF4707/Revised 27/07/98   Source: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a81dda3e5274a2e87dbfe4f/MEDALS_QUALIFICATIONS_LEAFLET-new.pdf   It was based on this:   COMMITTEE ON THE GRANT OF HONOURS DECORATIONS AND MEDALS IN TIME OF WAR   CAMPAIGN STARS   AND   THE DEFENCE MEDAL   THE 1939-45 STAR, THE AFRICA STAR, THE ATLANTIC STAR, THE AIR CREW EUROPE STAR, THE ITALY STAR, THE FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR, THE PACIFIC STAR, THE BURMA STAR, AND THE CLASPS TO THESE STARS. THE DEFENCE MEDAL. CHEVRONS FOR WAR SERVICE.   Presented by the Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister of Defence, to Parliament by Command of His Majesty May 1945   LONDON   HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE   THREEPENCE NET   Campaign Stars and Clasps. General   11. (i) Entry into operational service   (b) The expression " entry into operational service " in the case of the new Stars is subject to the qualification that six or two months operational service must already have been rendered. Qualifying service for any one of the new Stars may not run concurrently with service qualifying for, and preceding the date on which a candidate qualifies for the award of the 1939-45 Star.   (vii) The last six months   In the case of persons in operational service on the 8th May, 1945, that is to say, at the end of active hostilities in Europe, the Italy and France and Germany Stars will be granted by virtue of entry into a theatre of operations, and the prior six or two months service requirement will not apply. A similar waiving of the prior service requirement will extend to the Atlantic and Air Crew Europe Stars. The actual service requirement for the Atlantic Star will also be reduced to entry into operational service, and a similar provision will apply to air crew in relation to the Air Crew Europe Star. The 1939-45 Star will not be awarded in any of these cases in which operational service amounts to less than six or two months respectively.   Source: https://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/britishguide/hmso/campaign_stars_defence.htm#google_vignette
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  Naval Traditions: The Mariner's Beard.

  By ChrisKelly · Posted 5 hours ago

  Curious to know how this tradition started...     I've noticed that, in all the photographs I have seen from the Second World War, all the US Merchant Marine and British Merchant Navy personnel are always clean shaven, notwithstanding exigent circumstances. Military navies, a different story...   Comments? Thoughts?   Some interesting things:   First image: This Aug. 29, 1945 file photo shows Prince Philip of Greece, during a naval visit to Melbourne, Australia. (Associated Press photograph).   Second image: Sporting a beard, Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Crump, a Navy journalist, sits in his office in Naples, Italy, in 1971. (Stars and Stripes)   Further Reading:   https://news.usni.org/2014/10/23/brief-history-grooming-u-s-navy