Mattyboy Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Hi all, This photo is believed to be of Hptm Lothar Geibel of FAR 2. Can someone tell me what awards he is wearing please? Thanks all, Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyC Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Hi, he seems to have left the artillery and joined the Luftstreitkräfte as he sports the Beobachter Abzeichen (observer-badge). As I don´t know much about medals, the EKI is the only other award I am certain of. GreyC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soderbaum Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Hi Matt He later became General der Polizei so maybe one of the books regarding "Generalen" have award info ? Gunnar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyC Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 (edited) It should be in the addendum of Vol 3 of Generale der Waffen-SS und der Polizei, published by the Biblio Verlag. GreyC Edited February 12, 2017 by GreyC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dedehansen Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Hi Matt, from the Rangliste 1914 Kronenorden 4 mit Schwertern Lebensrettungsmedaille ( Südwestafrika Denkmünze mit Gefechtsspangen ) not mentioned in the Rangliste, but on the photo Ritterkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern des Sachsen - Ernestinischen Hausordens Kind regards Andreas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyboy Posted February 13, 2017 Author Share Posted February 13, 2017 Thanks a lot guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Danner Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 (edited) Resuscitating an old topic because there seems to be little out there on Geibel. Lothar Geibel (2.8.1880-23.11.1957) was a Prussian Generalmajor der Landespolizei in 1933. I do not know what, if any, positions he held in the Third Reich. He is listed as a "Pol.Gen.a.D." in the Berlin address books from 1937 onwards. At least one on-line resource has confused him with SS-Brigadeführer Paul Otto Geibel. Is Lothar, in fact, in the SS/Polizei reference books mentioned up-thread? Regarding the decorations, he added a wartime Ritterkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern (EH3aX) of the Ernestine House Order to his colonial Ritterkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern (EH3bX). Its ribbon appears to be that worn on the buttonhole under the EK2 ribbon. Edited November 3, 2021 by Dave Danner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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