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I tought that two Tressen is for an Etatm?ssige Feldwebel

You're right, the single tresse on the cuffs is: Feldwebel

Wedding Ring In Germany one would wear the ring on the left ring-finger for the duration of the engagement and at the wedding the ring is switched to the right ring-finger.

Yes, that is a big help Osterfeld in Westfalen (the writting on the back was done after 1919)

Sorry Mark, but I see this mistake all too often. Liebgarde, translation: Lovely or Nice Guards Leibgarde, translation: Body Guards Hardy

Franz Richter, Osterfeld (cannot make out the rest). There are several places by the name of Osterfeld in Germany, I believe the abbreviation following the word Osterfeld is to specify which Osterfeld in Germany Richter is from. Hardy

Yes of course, thank you.

Siegfried K?ssberg (Ritter des Milit?r Sankt Heinrich Ordens) Leutnant im (s?chsischen) Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 105, kommandiert zur Feldfliegerabteilung 3 http://www.frontflieger.de/3-mstho.html

I thought that at first, but the ribbons are folded the wrong way for it to be a Frackspange. Then if you look closely at the back you can see the metal plate is indeed cut for a Frackspange. Yes, most likely a Frackspange :cheers:

Very nice bar! Beau, I don't think a non native would have placed the Saxe-Weimar cross before the EK II Regards, Hardy

Need a better scan of the stamp. I can read: k.b. (k?niglich-bayerisches) Reserve Regiment but the number I cannot make out.

The Wehrmacht fielded 2,75 million men in 1939 - over the duration of the war (1939 - 1945) the Wehrmacht personnel was over 17 million men.

Thanks Chip, that is great! Hardy http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_03_2009/post-1062-1237604195.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_03_2009/post-1062-1237604236.jpg

Decal is not original - hence .....

Franken or Frankenland is a provincial area in Bavaria. http://www.manfredwirth.de/franken.htm

Yes, if you like it I will sent you mine

1.) SA Sturmf?hrer 2.) Reservesturm 21 of SA Standarte 255 (Rheine, Westfalen) 3.) Sturm 21 of SA Standarte 24 (SA Untergruppe Brandenburg-West)

Grenadier Vizefeldwebel

Where did you get that picture is there a name with it? Same guy a couple years later (1918) http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_03_2009/post-1062-1237506904.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_03_2009/post-1062-1237514891.jpg

Quit your denial Chris, you are already trading paper for cloth. :cheers:

Thanks Rick, just needed conformation. :cheers:

(v.)om 5 - 19. 8. 1937 z.(um) 1. It.(alienischen) Genie?-Rgt. nach Turin kdt. (kommandiert)

I have seen this before. The image of Vizefeldwebel Zipp is from a group photo that has been taken back to the 'Kunstmaler-Photograph" to make a portrait of the Vize and since the left half was covered by another person - the Kunstmaler had to hand-paint it in. Hardy

There was a Hauptmann von Kaltenborn-Stachau, commanding the III. Batl. I.R.189 in Jan. 1916 - fighting with Sturmbataillon "Rohr" at the Hartmannsweilerkopf. "Am 8. Januar 1916 Oberstleutnant Beyer hatte f?r sein Regiment als Angriffsziel die Hirzsteinstellung bestimmt. Die Sturmtruppen waren in zwei Gruppen gegliedert. Eine N?rdliche, bestehend aus dem II. Bataillon, verst?rkt durch Pioniere des Sturm-Bataillon Rohr und Hilfswaffen unter Major Toop. S?dlich, die aus dem um die 2. Kompanie verst?rkten III. Bataillon, einem Sto?trupp vom Sturm-Bataillon Rohr und Hilfswaffen. Ihr F?hrer war Hauptmann von Kaltenborn-Stachau" Find the full text here: http://www.hartmannsweilerkopf.de/223238/224938.html and here: http://www.hartmannsweilerkopf.homepage.t-...logie/chron.pdf Hardy