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      • Hello Geof,   Don't be too despondent. It is still a nice repro. As has been highlighted on the particular sub-thread the Siam and Brazil vics are probably the most difficult of the official strikes to obtain; in good condition. There are some of the repro's that are very hard to find but as far as official strikes are concerned most people's collection are missing those two.   Having a repro is the next best thing and yours is in good condition, with no edge knocks, defects, dents or verdigris so that in itself is a bonus. It also has the correct to type French produced ribbon.   A nice placeholder until you can get eventually obtain an official strike. Even if you do manage to get an official strike the repro's are handy to use as reference pieces as well.   Regards, Rob
      • Some friends of mine identified it as Missionaries of Some religious organisation.
      • Not sure this was noticed but (again), many thanks to @Daniel Krause, I was able to pick up this small St. Henry Ribbon Bar in Germany. Not very sexy, but it fits my niche and I like it! No way to ID, unsure if a promoted NCO or an officer.  1914 EK2 St. Henry  Albert Order ms  Honor Cross 
      • I know Scharffenburg made and marked their crosses, is there a label on the bottom of your case @CRBeery? I also know other makers did not. I’ve seen this both ways for this cross.
      • Hi, the BuArch list has a probable typo and other mistakes in it. He was with the flight school company at the Flugzeugführerschule Pütnitz likely from 1939-42. Due to his long stay there he might have been part of the teaching staff, but that´s just a guess. From 1942-1945 (typo!) he was with 4th Seenotgruppe according to the BuArch. I think the original card below is to be believed which states he was with 4./II. Senootgruppe which was stationed in Wilhelmshaven first and was moved to the island of Norderney in 1944 and then moved to List/Sylt in March 1945. In April 1945 (if I can decipher it correctly) according to the card he was transferred to Seenotstaffel 80. Which basically is the same unit as before as it only changed its name. When is unclear to me. The card says he transferred 4/45, but the name change seems to have taken place in 8/44. The term 4./II. Seenotgruppe means 4th Staffel in the II. Seenotgruppe. The guy at the BuArch probably confused "Staffel" and "Gruppe" and got it wrong (indicative for that is that he wrote 4. Seenotgruppe, not IV. Seenotgruppe, as it should have been written. Staffeln were written with arabic numerals: 4. Seenotstaffel). Another good reason to believe the BuArch got it wrong is that there simply was no IV. Seenotgruppe ;-). Another mistake is in the name of the school in connection with the date given. The school was only called FFS C 17 from 1. Januar 1941 on, however the name appears in the BuArch list already as of 1940. So all in all sloppy work by the BuArch!  He seems to have been a "ladies man", as the card indicates he was treated for a VD at Wilhelmshaven and Bremen. That got me thinking. If, as the BuArch cclaims, he was with the FFS C17 in Pütnitz at least until 1942, why was he at a hospital in Wilhelmshaven for a treatment that could have been administered at hospitals much closer to Pütnitz than WHV. For example somewere in Mecklenburg or Vorpommern or even in Kiel. Now remember the 4th Seenotstaffel he was assigned to after Pütnitz was stationed in Wilhelmshaven until approx. 1944. So if he had already been with this Staffel, the hospital in Wilhelmshaven would make much more sense to me. And given the unreliability of the BuArch it could well be the case. Just a thought... He handed in his last will August 1941. The Fieldpost number given on the card (L 13783) is indeed that of the 4th Seenotstaffel. For further reading: Karl Born: Rettung zwischen den Fronten. E.S. Mittler & Sohn, Hamburg/Berlin/Bonn   GreyC
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