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    1. Hello,

       

      I am looking for any additional information about this officer. Especially a full name, birth date etc. would be great. What I have so far:

       

      Rudolph,

      Oberst aD  *  +1925

       

      Oberstleutnant zD Char. 18.12.1913 Landwehrbezirk IV Berlin
      Major zD Char. 20.03.1913 Landwehrbezirk Neuß
      Hauptmann zD 18.03.1899

       

      1914 RAO4 DA DD3 NO3a

       

      Thanks in advance

      Nicolas

    2. On 13/06/2019 at 10:47, Nicolas7507 said:

      That is very true, Andy. Thank you very much for your kind words.

      Despite the rarity of the Lippe House Order with Swords I could recently acquire another ribbon bar with it.

      Is there a possibility of IDing this one? I am not sure if the second ribbon is the Carl-Friedrich Order or just the Merit Medal.

       

      Alll the Best

      Nicolas

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      Unfortunately this ribbon bar was lost during transport. If anyone sees it by chance, please contact me.

       

      Nicolas 

    3. On 16/01/2012 at 21:56, Triadoro said:

      The bar is 100% original and untouched, but it is puzzling to me that there are no swords on this brave soldiers SEHO3b especially in light of the Hesse "Tapferkeit" medal that is present.

       

      Comments?

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      This could be the bar of later Generalveterinär Dr. med. vet. Karl Kiesewetter. Born in Gotha, he is listed with EK2, EH3b and HT in the Reichswehr ranklists. In the 1914 ranklist no EH3b is listed yet, but he could have received it after the publication of the ranklist.

       

      Regards

      Nicolas

    4. Hello,

       

      I would like to present this bar which I am trying to ID for quite some time now. 

      I have hopes for an ID as the combination hints to a higher position during the 1930s and 40s.

       

      Potential suspects so far after my research:

       

      Generalstabsarzt Dr. Karl Kersting (1882-1968)

      Received EK1, RKM3, HH

      Retired on 31.03.1936, unsure if he received the shortly before his retirement created Wehrmacht-DAs.

      Inspector of the German Red Cross in Military-District X, Hamburg (01.01.1936-26.06.1939)

      Received KVK2X im 2.WK.

       

      Marinegeneralarzt Dr. Willi Wendtlandt (01.08.1884-)

      Received EK2, RKM3, HH, Chefarzt des Marinelazaretts Wilhelmshafen (1928)

      Maybe career in the DRK?

       

      Marine-Stabsarzt d.R. Prof Dr. Max Otten (1877-1962)

      Received EK2, RKM3, HH (1918)

      Unsure about his activies in the 1930s, famous doctor.

       

      Any help would be appreciated!

       

      Best regards

      Nicolas

       

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    5. 36 minutes ago, Dave Danner said:

      The medal bar is post-1934, where Imperial-era regulations were not always followed.

       

      I actually have a handful of names, with one strong possibility, to go with it. I wonder where it ended up.

      May I ask which names you got for it? I don't own the medal bar, but this miniature chain.

       

      Like the bar, the chain is from Godet. I think they could have belonged together once, even though the wedding medal is missing.

       

      Later Generalveterinär Dr. med. vet. Paul Kämper had this combination (plus DA25).

       

      Best regards

      Nicolas

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    6. Hello there,

       

      I just received these three bars and wanted to show them. 

      The combination of the biggest bar is a little bit exotic, not sure if the bar is real.

      Any help with the correct identification of ribbons is very welcome.

       

      Best regards

      Nicolas

       

      Bar 1

      Order Polonia Restituta (Member)
      Cross of Merit (Silver)
      Medal for Merit on the Field of Gory (Silver)
      Armed Forces in Service for the Country Medal (Gold)
      Armed Forces in Service for the Country Medal (Silver)
      Armed Forces in Service for the Country Medal (Bronze)
      Medal for Merit for the Country Defense (Silver)
      Medal for Merit for the Country Defense (Bronze)

       

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      Bar 2

      Order Polonia Restituta (Member)
      Cross of Merit (Gold)
      30 Years of Peoples Poland Commemorative Medal
      40 Years of Peoples Poland Commemorative Medal
      Armed Forces in Service for the Country Medal (Gold)
      Armed Forces in Service for the Country Medal (Silver)
      Medal for Merit for the Country Defense (Gold)
      Medal for Merit for the Country Defense (Silver)
      Medal for Merit for the Country Defense (Bronze)
      Decoration of Merit in Protection of Public Order (Bronze)
      Meritorious Activist of SMYA / PSYA in the Armed Forces Decoration
      Socialist Youth Association Decoration of Janek Krasicki (Silver)
      Polish Red Cross Decoration of Honor (Silver)
      Decoration Meritorious Member of the Civic Militia Voluntary Reserve
      Decoration for Merit in Fire Protection Competition (?)
      Country Defense League Medal of Merit (Silver)
      Youth for Progress Decoration (Silver)
      Country Defense League Medal of Merit (Bronze)
      ?????
      Decoration of Merit for the Voluntary Labor Troops (Bronze - unofficial ribbon)

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      Bar 3

      Order of the Grunwald Cross (3rd Class)
      Order Virtuti Militari (Silver Cross?)
      Order Polonia Restituta (Member)
      Cross of Valor

      Medal for Merit on the Field of Glory (Gold)
      Medal for Merit on the Field of Glory (Silver)
      Medal for the War of 1939
      Medal for Struggle in Defense of Peoples Rule

      Cross of Merit (Gold)
      Cross of Merit (Silver)
      Silesian Uprising Cross
      40 Years of Peoples Poland Commemorative Medal

      Warsaw Medal 1939-1945
      Oder, Neisse and Baltic Medal
      Victory and Freedom Medal
      Medal for Participation in the Battle of Berlin

      Armed Forces in Service for the Country Medal (Gold)    
      Armed Forces in Service for the Country Medal (Silver)    
      Armed Forces in Service for the Country Medal (Bronze)
      Polish-Soviet Friendship Society Meritorious Member Decoration
      Medal for Merit for the Country Defense (Gold)    

      Medal for Merit for the Country Defense (Silver)    
      Medal for Merit for the Country Defense (Bronze)
      Medal for Sacrifice and Courage
      Great Poland Uprising Cross
      UdSSR: Medal for Liberation of Warsaw

      10 Years of Peoples Poland Commemorative Medal
      Medal for Your Liberty and Ours
      Medal for Sacrifice and Courage
      Medal for Long Marital Life
      UdSSR: WW2 Victory Medal

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    7.  

      On 13/03/2017 at 19:21, Dave Danner said:

      The previous owner is correct.  Both Kaehne and Barchewitz had this combination.  Kaehne also received the Russian Order of St. Stanislaus, but due to the war many German officers would not wear enemy awards, so that does not exclude him.

      Both were alive in the 1930s so they would have added the Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer, and both were Forstbeamter so they may have received the Treuedienst-Ehrenzeichen. But they may have had new ribbon bars made rather than tear up the older ones.  Kaehne was killed in an Allied bombing of Berlin on the night of 22./23.11.1943.  Barchewitz died on 7.2.1974 in Lüneburg.

       

      By coincidence I found this nice photo on eBay today. Possibly Major a.D. Kurt Kaehne as an Oberleutnant (?). The ribbon bar matches mine (just a different order) and the EK1 rules out Barchewitz.

       

      It was also taken in Berlin-Charlottenburg, the residence of Kaehne.

       

      Major a.D. und Oberforstmeister Kurt Kaehne
      * 08.04.1883
      + Nacht vom 22.-23.November 1943 (Bombenangriff)

       

      15.05.1905 Leutnant
      18.09.1915 Hauptmann
      Major a.D.

       

      Charlottenburg, Spandauerstraße 1 

       

      Regards,

      Nicolas

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