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Hello George, normally are my references the "Deutsche Kolonialblatt" which is very useful for researching colonial veterans. But in your case (navy) I´m using the following data sheet, which you can download here: http://h1797427.stratoserver.net/public_html/wbb3/board3-3/board5-deutsche-orden-ehrenzeichen-auszeichnungen-bis-1918/7644-verleihungslisten/ A competent user allocate this nice data sheet. But you must be a member of that forum to download it. http://h1797427.stratoserver.net/public_html/wbb3/index.php?page=Register You won´t regret it. Best wishes Karsten
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Hello, I found a "Gefreiter" Pschorr who received the "Militärehrenzeichen" 2nd class in 1906. He received his prussian war decoration for his actions during the madji-madji-rebellion in German-Eastafrica (1905-1907). There he was a member of "DOA,Mar.Inf.Det.d.Ostafrik.Stat.". But I couldn´t find any more war decorations for him. Best wishes Karsten
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Thanks for posting that nice picture. Here another nice pic of a member of the 3rd Seebataillon. Seems to be a member of the Marine-Feldbatterie. I found some informations to your guy August Bause. During WW1 he fought in German-Eastafrica. His rank was Sanitäts-Vizefeldwebel and he came aboriginal from Alfeld/ Hannover. Since 19th July 1916 he was a prisoner of war and came to the following british camps: Nairobi (1916) Daressalam (1918) August Bause was a member of the kaiserlichen Schutztruppe since 1910 (started as a Sanitätsunteroffizier) Best wishes Karsten
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Hello, from another collector I received the message that he was a "Oberschreibersmaat" or a "Obersanitätsmaat". So it can not be Hochstein. Hochstein didn´t also served on the battleship SMS Friedrich Carl but it is interesting to see that a lot of Habicht-veterans took also part on the boxer-rebellions in China. Best wishes Karsten
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It was for sure against the norms of wearing decorations on the medal bar but some soldiers ignorate that norms. Furthermore is the third decoration not similar to the colonial- or Southwestafrica-medal. For the Southwestafrica-medal the stripes are too long. Here some examples of my collection. Hope you see the differences. At first an example for the Colonial-medal Best wishes Karsten
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Hello, at first thanks for posting those close-ups. The Vzfw. of our user Ulsterman seems to wear: MEZII; silb. württ. MVM and perhaps two "colonial-medals" (probably china- and southwest- medal or colonial- and southwest-medal) with battle clasps The veteran with his big medal bar of our user Thomas W is unfortunately not to identify. The first decoration can only be the MEZ or the Iron Cross 2nd class and the other decorations are unfortunately so unclear. The thrid or fourth ribbon could be a colonial medal but which one?? I can only recognize three battle clasps, sorry. @Odulf thanks for posting those nice and very interesting pictures. I like especially the 2nd and 3rd one. The 2nd one seems to be a member of the cavalery and the 3rd one a member of the artillery. Pictures of these branch of service are not often to see. Also nice to see the equipement of the artillery-man. In my collection I have found one picture which were taken on the same day and location like yours one. But my guy seems to be an infantery-man. Best wishes Karsten
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Hello, at first thanks for posting those nice pictures. I like especially the first one of Ulsterman. Could we see a close-up of that interesting medal bar? It seems that he also received the württembergische silberne Militärverdienstmedaille, which is rare to see on medal bars. The last picture of Thomas W is also interesting. Can you identify the decorations on the big medal bar? Here is the next one of my collection: Sergeant Carl Mohr with the following decorations MEZ II Braunschweig: Verdienstkreuz 2nd class with swords German-Southwestafrica-medal with two battle clasps (Hereroland and Gross-Namaland) Best wishes Karsten