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Frank, the Reserve Regiment 224 belonged to the 48th Reserve Division. In the begining of 1917 the Res.Rgt.224 left the 48th Reserve Division and joined the 215th Division. Here is the History of the 48th Reserve Division:

Text on the back: "Zur Erinnerung an Ihren Ortsgruppenf?hrer Oberstlt. Hans Vara"

Generalmajor Hans-Joachim Ehlert

Paul, I believe his service would have almost guaranteed him such an award, no? Headquarters of the South-Group of Dardanelle, Turkey (28 Jun 1915-15 Aug 1915) Observer with the Turkish 1st Field-Flying-Battalion, Dardanelle (16Aug 1915-08 Jan 1916) Observer with the 300th Flying-Battalion "Pascha" (09 Jan 1916-15 Oct 1916) Leader of the Turkish Observer-School in San Stefano near Constantinople (16 Oct 1916-21 Jan1917 Commander of the flying-Group Smyrna in the area of the 5th Ottoman Army (28 Jan 1917-15Jul 1918) Commander Of Flight of the 5th Ottoman Army, Panderma (16 Jul 1918-05 Nov 1918) http://www.geocities.com/~orion47/WEHRMACH...MBEIL_KARL.html

Very detailed day-by-day account of the fighting at the Hartmannsweilerkopf: http://www.hartmannsweilerkopf.homepage.t-...logie/chron.pdf

Its a member pin from a Sch?tzen Verein (rifle club) perhaps associated with the K?ffh?userbund The monument on the pin is the K?ffh?user Denkmal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyffh%C3%A4user_Monument

He must have had some award from the Ottoman Empire

I looked at the pictures in your album - Rick is right, Wilhelm Zipp was in the Infantry during WWI. The Zipp in the 3. Garde-Feld-Artl.-Regt. was Otto Zipp. If you could post larger scans of the images below and anything that might be written on the back we could perhaps find out more http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_02_2009/post-1062-1234893029.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_02_2009/post-1062-1234893085.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_02_2009/post-1062-1234893618.jpg

Want to give this tread some new life: GIBRALTAR title on feldgrau tunic Note on one picture he is a Feldwebel and on the other he is promoted to Feldwebel-Leutnant of FR73 http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_02_2009/post-1062-1234848962.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_02_2009/post-1062-1234848501.jpg Hardy

In German the title of a woman changes from Fr?ulein to Frau when she is married. In formal Court-German that would be from Jungfrau to Frau. Hence, to make it clear that the award is available to both, married and unmarried women, it was added "f?r Frauen und Jungfrauen" (plural).

Ulsterman, is there any missing text? So far you have: Kiszolgalt katonak Egyletben mint aleln?k vagyrk = soldier serving with association as vice-chairman (vice-president) ....... (perhaps a poor translation) Hardy

Yes, the writing is Hungarian :cheers:

For more GIBRALTAR cuff titles see here: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=525&hl=

Here is his dosier: http://www.ritterkreuztraeger-1939-45.de/I...-Hans-Georg.htm http://www.specialcamp11.fsnet.co.uk/Gener...%20Benthack.htm

I think you are talking about Georg Benthack

Sedlatzek was a Hofjuwelier and produced some of the awards at one time - but after WWII the company, like Scott said, was only selling stock from other makers. I have an old Sedlatzek catalog at home, perhaps when I find it I will post some pages. Here is an advertisement from 1956

best?tigt Nbg. (N?rnberg) den 30.8.37 der Kdr. (Kommandeur) des Wehrbez. Nbg. II (Wehrbezirkskommando II N?rnberg) verified at Nuremberg August 30, 1937 by the commander of the army district Nuremberg Hardy

In 1913 there were 22 districts: " The protectorate is structured in now 22 districts : Wilhelmstal, Tanga, Pangani, Bagamojo, Morogoro, Daressalam, Rufiji (Mohoro), Kilwa, Lindi, Langenburg, Ssongea, Iringa, Tabora, Udjidji, Mpapua, Kilimatinde, Mahenge, Moschi, Muansa, Bukoba, Urundi and Ruanda." Here is a map that shows the Bezirksgrenzen and the Bezirks?mter: http://www.zum.de/psm/imperialismus/koloni...s05/100_022.jpg Hardy

I don?t think so Brian, more likely a person took an original print or negative to the shop for duplication (the only way one could get a photo copied back then) Hardy

The logo design of the photo store stamp looks like from the 1970s The photo shop still exists - below is the address and phone number. Foto Koltzenburg Domhof 9 49074 Osnabr?ck Tel. : 0541 2 85 85 FAX: 0541 2 87 57

Yes Brian, MG-34 on Lafette-34, with telescope sight. Hardy

On June 9 1918 promoted to Gefreiter and on July 26 1918 (only six weeks later) another promotion, for bravery facing the enemy, to Unteroffizier. Very impressive! Hardy

ditto Hardy

Prussian J?ger with M1910 Infanterie Rock