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Steve, is there anything written on the back and/or does it have the name of the photographer?

How about Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr.24 (Garnisonen in G?strow und Neustrelitz) would show the Mecklenburg-Strelitz connection. I skewed the image - clearly 24

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Yes, Brigadier-General Sir Harry Paget Flashman - but Felix zu Salm-Salm is not fiction. His wife Agnes (an American born daughter of a US Colonel) was, according to some sources (other sources describe it as an award for bravery), awarded the Iron Cross second class during the Franco Prussian war of 1870/71. Agnes Leclerq Joy (*1840 in Franklin, Vermont, USA; +1912 in Karlsruhe, Baden).

Felix Constantin Alexander Johann Nepomuk Prinz zu Salm-Salm http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_12_2008/post-1062-1229019896.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_12_2008/post-1062-1229020062.jpg * Dec. 25, 1828+ Aug. 18, 1870 Felix was born at Schloss Anholt in Westphalia on the 25th of December 1828 as the youngest son of F?rst Florentin zu Salm-Salm.In April 1846, after attending the cadet-school in Berlin, Felix became a Second lieutenant in the Garde-K?rassier-Regiment of the Prussian cavalry. In November 1847 he transferred to the 11th Husaren-Regiment in M?nster. With the 11th Hussars he saw action in Schleswig-Holstein during the Prussian-Danish war of 1849, receiving a decoration for bravery. During the battle near Aarhuus on the 18th of May 1849 he left his post, took some hussars with him and attacked a much larger Danish dragoon unit. In this action Prinz zu Salm-Salm was seriously wounded and captured by the enemy. After his recovery and release he served in the Prussian Garde-Husaren-Regiment.In June of 1854 Felix joined the Austrian army where he was commissioned in the Ulanenregiment Nr.1 as an Unterlieutenant 1st class and promoted soon to Oberleutnant. With the Austrian lancers he took part in the Franco-Austrian war of 1859 but was unable to distinguish himself. Due to his increasing gambling debts he was compelled to resign his commission in 1861. His Father had to pay off the creditors and Felix went overseas. On arrival in the USA, Felix joined the Union Army. He was given a colonel's commission in the staff of General Louis Blenker. In November 1862 Felix took command of the 8th New York Infantry. On June 8, 1864 he was appointed colonel of the 68th New York volunteers, serving under General James B. Steedman in Tennessee and Georgia. Toward the end of the war was assigned to a command post in Atlanta, receiving the brevet of Brigadier-General on 15 April, 1865. For a short time after the war he acted as Governor of Northern Georgia.In the summer 1866 he travelled to Mexico and offered his services to Emperor Maximilian. Felix was made a Colonel of the Mexican National Army and appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Emperor. In this capacity he was one of the few Europeans who followed Kaiser Maximilian to Quer?taro, his last headquarters. During the siege of Quer?taro Felix distinguish himself as a commander of the Chasseurs. He led a counter attack capturing an artillery gun and several Republican soldiers including an officer. Felix zu Salm Salm was the only Mexican officer not holding a Generals' rank imprisoned at the convent of Santa Brigida with the Emperor Maximilian. Like the captured Generals, Felix was condemned to death but after international outrage, following the execution of Maximilian and two of his generals, all sentences were commuted to prison terms. Felix was sentenced to seven years but eventually the punishment was changed to a lifelong expulsion from Mexico.November 1868, Felix was back in Europe. Again he tried to obtain an officers' appointment with the Austro-Hungarian army but was refused.December 1868 ? Felix finally gets a commission as a Major in the Prussian Army commanding a battalion of the 4th Grenadier Guards.On the outbreak of the Franco-German in 1870 Felix was with the same Grenadier Guard Regiment commanding the F?silier-Bataillon.On August 18 1870, during the battle of Gravelotte-St.Privat, Major Felix Prinz zu Salm-Salm received a mortal wound and died the same evening.

Wasn't Hundrich Kommander of the 2. Magdeburgisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 27 Hardy

Thank you David for taking the time to reply. Regards, Hardy

Thank you Rick!

Leutnant from Aufkl?rungs-Abteilung 25 I can not make out all the writing on the back of this photo. Sp?tzle, (it's a southern German pasta dish or a name to call your lover by) wieder hergestellt und froh. September 1942 Stuttgart-Cannstadt und Br....!!! Oktober what is the last ribbon?

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Who held the rank of Major in Kavallerie-Regiment 17 during 1938/39? Its an unusual name ending with ...ky

It's Alexander Uhlig - Oberfeldwebel - 16./Fsch.Jg.Rgt. 6, Knights Cross 29. October 1944 Great image! - I believe Prosper posted it before

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I agree with Robin - retouched. If you look at the centre of the CCC you can see the Hoheitsadler (eagle) of the original image under the incorrect retouched circle around it.

Not the best image - but the ribbons are there

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Thanks for the tip - have to get it! Saw him in Vancouver in July - great show

Thanks Rick, I was thinking FAR24 as well - can not find anyone by the name Mainweiler anywhere in Germany, perhaps it is a writing mistake and it means Mainzweiler in the Saarland.

Don, it's Generalmajor Erich Fronh?fer the date is Sept. 2, 1944 besides EKI silver wound badge ? Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross: 24 July 1941, Oberstleutnant, Commander of Panzer Regiment 10. ? Prussian Iron Cross, 1st Class (1914) with 1939 Bar ? Prussian Iron Cross, 2nd Class (1914) with 1939 Bar ? Cross of Honor for Combatants 1914-1918 ? Armed Forces Long Service Award, 1st Class (25-year Service Cross) ? Armed Forces Long Service Award, 3rd Class (12-year Service Medal) ? Wound Badge in Silver ? World War I award http://www.specialcamp11.fsnet.co.uk/Gener...Fronh%F6fer.htm Hardy

The ribbon and state Kokarde look like Mecklenburg, or ...? on the back it reads: Mainweiler 1918 Hardy

Ulsterman, here is an original photo print of that image from my collection. (note the sharper rendition and the print number on the back.)

Don, I believe the name starts with an F and ends in h?fner like F..h?fner Hardy

Chris, of course you can use it. In "Histories of 251 Divisions of the German Army" regarding the 6. Bav.Ldw.Div it reads: "All the young men were taken away from the Division, except those in the Machine-Gun and Assault companies." Hardy

No, not really. That day April 16 1917, the first day of the Nivelle Offensive at the Aisne river, the French lost 17 000 men. The tank assault was a failure, shoddy, unreliable tanks and poor planning. The brave men of the tank detachments lost 33 officers, 28 NCOs and 120 crew as dead wounded and captured. 39 knocked out tanks lay in front of the trenches at Juvincourt and another 20 near Guignicourt. A few hundred yards were gained. All in all just another day at the Western Front

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