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    Nick

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    1. Interesting topic and it does open up the wider debate as to evolution of the DRKB Insignia and the inclusion of the swastika. Has anyone got a rough timeline when the insignia changed ?

      As for the award which matches the certificate as John says Ehrenzeichen can cover both a medal type decoration and badge so it does not help to really narrow it down.

      Dortmund was in Prussia but the Prussian Landeskriegerverband is a separate Organisation unless it was incorporated into the DRKB, but even so would they still be issuing such awards as late as 1936 ?

    2. His titles as read out at his funeral were:

      Duke of Wellington, Marquis of Wellington, Marquis of Douro, Earl of Wellington in Somerset, Wellington of Talavera, Baron Douro of Wellesley, Prince of Waterloo in the Netherlands, Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo in Spain, Duke of Brunoy in France, Duke of Vitoria, Marques of Tores Vedras, Count of Vimierio in Portugal, a Grandee of the First Class in Spain, a Privy Councillor, Commander in Chief of the British Army, Colonel of the Grenadier Guards, the Lord High Constable of England, the Constable of the Tower, Warden of the Cinque Ports, Admiral of the Cinque Ports, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire, Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets, Ranger of St James Park, Ranger of Hyde Park, Chancellor of the University of Oxford...........

      (source Richard Holmes, Wellington)

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