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As I mentioned earlier the citation from Montreal is stunning!! The books are nice, too.
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My only Ehrenkreuz für Kriegsteilnehmer single medal bar:
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My single medal bars:
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My single medal bars:
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VEEEEERY NICE!!!! For the missing ribbon I would assume the blue one for the Long Service Decoration. Could you show some pages from the books?
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.... especially thinking of the citation issued in Bogotá!
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Nice!! Btw: Who wants to apply for his Ehrenkreuz .... I had nearly forgotten this nice piece of paper!
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Thanks! I´m still totally missing a few nice stick pins .....
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You´re right considering the initial mustering, but I was thinking of the later service.
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I know that they´re really scarce, but maybe someone owns one?!
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Businessmann Max Pfeiffer served with a navy airship unit during WWI. He got the Verdienstkreuz für Kriegshilfe, Dienstauszeichnung II. Klasse and the Ungarische Kriegserinnerungsmedaille.
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Telephone technician Konrad Prasse was born in 1885, served from 1915 to 1918 with different infantry units, got an Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse and a Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz. He was KIA in april 1945, most probably as a soldier in the Volkssturm.
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Does anybody own a Volkssturm Solduch with an award or promotion entry? I´ve seen a few Volkssturm Soldbücher but award entries a hard to come by. So if anybody does own such a piece, please show!
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Forgot the picture!!
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Bank clerk Johann Georg Rudolf was born in 1879, served 1899-1901 with an infantry regiment and from 1914 to 1918 with an engineer unit. He got the Landwehr-Dienstauszeichnung II. Klasse and the Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse. He was promoted to Gefreiter. A few more to follow soon .....
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Pharmacist Ernst Maigatter was born in 1885, served from 1917 to 1918 got an Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse and was promoted to Sanitäts-Unteroffizier.
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Karl Mattes served from 1915 to 1918 with the 2. Garde Regiment. He was awarded the Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse and the Hessische Tapferkeitsmedaille. He was promoted to Gefreiter
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A few more of mine: This is quite a late example (for awards handed out in Germany before the Anschluss of Austria) issued to farmer Joseph Tolksdorf. He was born in 1884, served with the artillery 1904-1906 and in WWI from 1914 to 1918. He got the Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse and his last rank was Sergeant (german rank)
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You´re absolutely right!! The Ehrenkreuz is also a good and interesting item, considering the points mentioned by you, for younger collectors who have to carefully calculate with their pocket money.
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I think in such an extraordinary case a little cliché would seem rather fitting!!!
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Glad I could help! You´re right, the awards and award documents are really cheap, but the boxes are really really expensive. I think one can buy up to 10 crosses with accompanying award documents for the price of one box!!
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Was his Militärpaß corrected on some other page after he returned from the dead? Must have given him quite a "strange" feeling to see his own death notice and his Militärpaß listing him as KIA. The feelings his family went through .....
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Those are outstanding pieces of history! I always love to see rare combinations of different foreign awards! Reminds me of the British soldiers awarded the Südwestafrika Denkmünze with the "Kalahari 1907" battleclasp.
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Gern geschehen!! Call me Lambert, using first names is a good idea!!
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Nice one!!! Those extra documents are always an interesting addition!! Btw: Do you know this website? It´s in german only, put the picture material is quite awesome!! http://www.weltkriegs-ehrenkreuz.de/ Have a look at the different citations: http://www.weltkriegs-ehrenkreuz.de/papier/urkunden/
