Ulsterman Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 Encore! Encore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitz Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 Most impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesredep Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 Hello!Wow, very impressive. :jumping: All the best Nesredep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted October 20, 2008 Author Share Posted October 20, 2008 Thanks all for your comments Christophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted October 26, 2008 Author Share Posted October 26, 2008 New photoChristophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted October 27, 2008 Author Share Posted October 27, 2008 For Rick, Here are the focuses of the photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Dwyer Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Another photo with Commander cross of Saxe Ernestine with X. Have a look at the ribbon bar !ChristopheNot just a great ribbon bar.................look at that mustache!!!!!! :jumping: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 This is driving me NUTS, Christophe!That has to be a KO4X in first place on his ribbon bar (crown in the CENTER of the crossed swords device) but I cannot make out anything from the rest except his long service cross, 1897, and ?M3K at the end. All the other Xs and no devices are just washed out smudges.He's an Oberstleutnant... something with a cipher and "Guards" Litzen...but he appears to be about 95 years old and I cannot match anybody as ancient looking as he seems to be! If he turns out to have been 41... :speechless1: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted November 14, 2008 Author Share Posted November 14, 2008 Here are some new photos for my collection. First one is Leutnant Wendelmuth.Christophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted November 14, 2008 Author Share Posted November 14, 2008 Mandred von Richthofen with his new Pour le M?rite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted November 14, 2008 Author Share Posted November 14, 2008 Close up of the medal bar with the CM2X with claps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted November 14, 2008 Author Share Posted November 14, 2008 An interresting photo with the very rare SF2X (only 66 officers received it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted November 14, 2008 Author Share Posted November 14, 2008 Close up of the medalChristophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted November 14, 2008 Author Share Posted November 14, 2008 For me this officer is Johannes Fretzdorf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 (edited) Well, my Honour ranklist has him in the Kreigschool in Kassel, commanding Gren. Regt 3 in the war, Major General aD: REO4, LS, Cntl AND (!) Rettungsmedal in 1914! Nice. Edited November 14, 2008 by Ulsterman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 That's an interesting example of a wartime photo with an old pre-war medal bar being worn, unchanged. Fretzdorff appears to have worn his Lifesaving Medal, as regulations allowed, as a buttonhole ribbon-- but in position superior to his EK2 buttonhole ribbon.Since three of his wartime awards show up on the Rolls published so far, tweaking possible dates for thisGSF2bX = 6th Prusian in 1914WVK-OX = 05.01.15 (and MUCH rarer than the White Falcon with only 23 awarded! )and aBMV3X not shown as a medal bar award = 01.10.15while I can't see what his rank is on his shoulder boards, they are the huge lumpy pre-war type, so I'd say the photo was taken in 1915 or he hadn't updated his uniform yet.He doesn't seem to have accumulated awards AFTER 1915 ... which is rather odd considering he did retire as a Generalmajor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted November 14, 2008 Author Share Posted November 14, 2008 With the good books I can see only three officer who had both SF2X and WVOX. Many thanks for the infoChristophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Rick:Isn't that the life saving medal on the medal bar?Odd ribbon too, if it is..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christerd Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 :cheers: I have missed this thread before ! What a amazing collcetion , just super Thanks for showing Christer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VtwinVince Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Bravo, Christophe, amazing collection and most informative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJC Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Quite an enjoyable thread. Thanks for sharing and congratulations on your successes! :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted November 23, 2008 Author Share Posted November 23, 2008 Thanks all for your comments Here is not a diplom but the cover. Have a look. It's very very rare.Christophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted November 23, 2008 Author Share Posted November 23, 2008 On the back the State seal.Christophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted November 23, 2008 Author Share Posted November 23, 2008 The last ribbon bar is a gem. One of my friend find this one and it will be definitively in my collection in the middle of December. Christophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 :love: Ahhhhhh, we need the REUSS rolls sooooooooooooooooooooooooo badly!!!!!! An Oberleutnant, from that class? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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