Chris Boonzaier Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 I just picked this up... it is interesting on a number of levels... Can anyone guess what it is (pretty obvious) and who he is (less obvious) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spolei Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 (edited) Propably a special gift of the unit like a golden watch or another awards. Here a example from the listings about cufflinks given by the Kronprinz. "Hat vom deutschen Kronprinz nach seiner Flucht als Anerkennung ein Paar goldene Manschettenknöpfe erhalten" Received a pair of gold cufflinks from the German Crown Prince following his escape as recognition This was a winner of a golden bavarian golden braverymedal. h e escaped from French captivity Edited January 18, 2018 by spolei Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 18, 2018 Author Share Posted January 18, 2018 I think the French stole his wedding ring when he was captured... when he got back the Abwicklungs Stelle of the III b. A.K. replaced it with a steel wedding band.... I wonder what nice medals this guy got.... :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spolei Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 (edited) Pflugmann was also winner of the golden braverymedal.He was commended in 1916 by divisional order because he freed a patrol from the 2nd ditch. He got the iron ring for his lost weddingring. Edited January 18, 2018 by spolei Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 18, 2018 Author Share Posted January 18, 2018 Hi thats him :-) I think the ring was given to all soldiers in the III A.K. area who lost their wedding rings incaptivity... I think maybe very many lost gold rings in captivity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter monahan Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Interesting. Would their experience have been typical of German POWs or was there some special reason this unit was robbed in this fashion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 19, 2018 Author Share Posted January 19, 2018 52 minutes ago, peter monahan said: Interesting. Would their experience have been typical of German POWs or was there some special reason this unit was robbed in this fashion? I am guessing POWs had everything "souveniered" when captured ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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