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I can´t read it all but it says in short, that with an order of 29th Oct. of 1813 he was (if I understand it correctly) kicked out of the officers corps because of his behaviour in the face of the enemy. maybe during the Völkerschlacht in Leipzig?

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The WIKIPEDIA article on him features the same photo.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luitpold_von_Bayern

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Hi,

could have something to do with Congregation Salesian or Salesians of Don Bosco. It´s their motto.

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Hi,

I agree.The way the ribbon is folded  might indicate Austria or Saxonia.

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Thank you!

Was away for a while.

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Abs = Absender

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The sign at the back might give a clou as to where the photo was taken. Could have been Flensburg.

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Thanks!🙂

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Here in wear:

Vorläufiger Ausweis

Der musketier August Potthast von der 3. mg Kompanie des 3.Ober-Elsässisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 172, geboren am 16. Juni 1894 zu Lemgo, Kreis Lemgo, Lippe Detmold, ist am 22. September 1916 das EKII verliehen worden. Ein Besitzzeugnis wird später zugestellt werden.

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19 hours ago, bolewts58 said:

 

Do you have a link for Generalmajor Karl Becker? I was looking, but couldn't find any.

I am afraid, I don´t. He was reactivated for service in the war, having held comand of 59 Inf Brigade before the war and finishing the war as  Kdr of Stellvertetendes Brigade Kdo 49. He died 1st Jan. 1924.

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17 minutes ago, bolewts58 said:

I think his name was Richter

Not quite, I am afraid. His name is/was (Karl) Becker

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The Regiment was raised by Stellvertretendes  Generalkommando of X. AK, replacements came from Ers. Btl. LwIR 78. So chances are he came from lower Saxony, around Brunswig or Celle. But with a name like his, its like a needle in a haystack.

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Hi,

interesting.

For Heeres-Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 600:

https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Sturmgeschutzeinheiten/Sturmgeschutzabteilung600.htm

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Premier Lieutnant Carl Muskewitz, Kommandeur des Pferde-Depots der 8. Armee-Korps

Signed by the Comander of the 8th Army-Corps. It´s the award certificate for participants of the war of 1866.

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It is always better to show both sides.

1) Stationsleiter Oberleutnant Schiller vor seiner Felsenwohnung Xanthi 1917.

2) ??? Flugboot als Gleitboot und Rettungsboot in Putzig.

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On 22/06/2023 at 21:17, Kvart said:

should it not have been on the non-combatant ribbon?

Maybe, but even Germans who never saw the front-lines were awarded combatant EKII so often, that it indeed became an issue in the military and then as a result, the practice was at least followed to a lesser extent.

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Hi,

I would second the Red Cross medals.

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23 hours ago, Deutschritter said:

I wonder how?

Thre medal rolls are in the respective state archives.

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14 hours ago, Deutschritter said:

the unknown could be the Lübeckisches Hanseatenkreuz (if only the picture would be better),

No. The Hanseatic Cross of Lübeck has only two (broad) stripes (white and red). The Bremen Hanseatenkreuz however looks very similar. So he either was granted both (not uncommen) or he got the Bremen one instead of the Lübeck issue.

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Hi,

no Hanseatic cross from Lübeck on the bar, as far as I can see.

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Hi,

here is a historical overwiev, albeit not very strong on the first years. However, you´ll find an almost identical photo with the school´s name in it. So I do think Veddeleramm is it:

https://www.wasserschutzpolizei-schule.de/fileadmin/PDFs/Druckversion-Festschrift.pdf

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From the little we see it is difficult to make out. The school was founded as early as August of 1945. There were police-buildings at Veddeler Damm  (Polizeihaus) police-barracks at the Freihafen and from 1949 a WSP-school at Worthdamm in Hamburg. The school was probably not at WSP-headquartes at the Klingberg 1 address. All are brick-buildings and I don´t know where the school was prior to 1949. It might have been at Veddeler Damm:

https://www.hamburg.de/innenbehoerde/14278510/2020-09-01-wsps/

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4 hours ago, Kriegsmarine Admiral said:

that's for sure.

I am not so sure 😉

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http://prussianmachine.com/akb/schroeder.htm

It looks like Flandres. The guy with the goggles is GFM Hindenburg. The Admiral most probably Adm. Ludwig von Schröder.

Text: Hindenburg bei seinem Besuch der Küste vor einigen Wochen.

Pleasure!

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