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This is really great, thanks! His regiment has an interesting history.
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Thanks for the additional information!
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Thanks for the information! What does abbrevation N. P. stand for?
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I got this nice 5 place medal bar to a south african, who served in africa and Italy.
I know, that the records are not available online but is anyone able to give some basic information about the designation on the medals: 21723 N. P. Williamson ?
According to my information, the numeral "8" was just worn on the ribbon bar and the clasp on the fullsized medal. In this case, there´s no clasp and
just the number on the Africa Star, I guess not everyone strictly adhered to the rules!?
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Thankyou for the input!
Is it possible to draw a comparison between this order and contemporary awards from other nations, like Germany, USA, UK etc? Was it conferred upon rank oder purely on the degree of bravery or merit?
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Thanks for the information!
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Anybody any further information regarding this soldier?
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Nikolaus Spanier served fromt 1914 - 1919 earning both Iron Crosses and the Baltenkreuz. He was a schoolteacher in civilian life. During WWII he served Feb. till May. 1942 at Stalag VI/C
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_VI-C
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The issue of captured firearms of all kind to german soldiers durig WWII is a really interesting topic, in my opinion!
This guy was a veteran of the Battle of Tannenberg and served as a CO or XO at Oflag 2C.
Some more information:
http://gmic.co.uk/topic/59526-rittmeister-later-major-johann-heinrich-reschke/?tab=comments#comment-557463
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Very interesting grouping! So far I´ve only seen clergymen with non-combatant Hindenburg Crosses!
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Nice set, I especially like the citation for the august 1975 forest fire commemorative medal! Did you also get bis Bundeswehr Wehrpass?
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Interesting Militärpaß, at first he served as a non-combatant with a construction unit from august 1915 till march 1916. He was then posted to a basic training unit and served with an infantry regiment on the eastern front afterwards. He was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class on 23.07.1918!
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The medal bar is impressive. especially with this background story!
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Hello!
I think I saved the Pictures from the Internet, back then! I´ll check on the weekend an then could email you the pictures of the probably missing documents!
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Very nice lot, I´ve seen it before on the internet. There were, among other papers, promotion documents from his police service and a citation for the 1936 Olympics Rememberance Medal. Do you also have this files?
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It could be a Reichsrevolver 83. As far as I know, the holster is for the Reichsrevolver 83, it´s the version with the small front pouch for 12 rounds extra ammunition.
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This is really a very beautiful and impresssive medal bar, especially with this great background story!!!
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Thanks for the additional info, Tony!
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Two Special Constabulary Long Service Medals
in Great Britain: Mervyn Mitton's British & Colonial Police Forces
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I recently acquired these two Special Constabulary Long Service Medals.
The first one is named to: WILLIAM R. J. HARRIS
The second one: LAWRENCE B. A. SMITH
I´ve read, that researching these medals is rather difficult, because you would need to know the specific police force the recipient served with to obtain his service records.