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Couple of pay books, got the EK2 but not the others as ever grateful thanks, Paul

Paul,

document 4 signed by Regimental Commander Guido Julius Ferdinand Hedicke, born 8 August 1854. Originally commissioned into Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 66, his final prewar assignment was that of Commandant of Swinemunde from 18 May 1908 to 15 August 1911 when he retired on promotion to Oberst with permission to wear the uniform of F?silier-Regiment Nr. 38. Retired finally as a Generalmajor and died in 1929.

Regards

Glenn

Glen, thanks, now to find a photo and the medals

Oh, '81! I thought it looked like '71 on the little scan!

EK2, Anhalt Friedrich, Hindenburg Cross X (missing?), IX years Service Medal, Hungarian WW1 Commemorative Medal. Couldnt have worn the Kyffh?userbund Medal after 1934.

Nice group, must be out there, so Rick are you teasing me on the Hanovarian papers

The link goes nowhere maybe the item has been removed from ebay??

Kevin in Deva.

Its gone?

You mean on the EK? Same dates are very much the exception.

2 years between award and signing of the doc is not unusual.

Initially they planned to do an official document like for 1870, so units started awarding preliminary docs, some from day one of the war, some started much later and issued them months or years after the event....

Of course... the Official document never happened....

Ah, all clear, thanks Chris

Nice find! Imperial EK docs are the bee's knees..... :-)))))

Any reasons why the dates differ?

Unteroffizier Schmidt of 5./Feldart 60 had himself QUITE an accomplishment, there--

MK2 on 26 July 1916 and MK1 on 6 October!

The 1st Class documents are hand autographed by Friedrich Franz.

VERY nice to such a junior NCO, and particularly with so little time between awards!

Just happened on a major London dealer who had no idea what all these were so picked up the lot for song, the rest are marriage and birth

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Welcome your thoughts on this, as ever thanks, Paul

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Welcome your thoughts on this, as ever thanks, Paul

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Couple of citations, comments welcome, thanks, Paul

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Couple of citations, comments welcome, thanks, Paul

What year was he born in on that last one?

Anhalt documents are always a prize-- don't think I've seen 6 in 30 years. All kinds of neat signatures to ID-- will return to that later. (For instance, just to show to what lengths Autograph Hunting CAN go-- the Hauptmann who signed off on his good conduct discharge in 1904 was Friedrich von Schlieben Junior. Born Gross Rinnersdorf 18.9.1864, when the war started he was a Major (1.10.12 Y4y) on the staff of Inf Rgt 67, holding Red Eagle 4, Johanniter, XXV, 1897, and AB3amKr. He was killed in action near Fili?res (Longwy) 22.8.14. His brother Bodo (b. 1866, also a Major, in Inf Rgt 59) was killed on the Russian Front in 1914. Parents Friedrich Sr (? 1896) and Agnes n?e von Schweinitz (? 1915), and surving brother (civil servant) and three sisters-- 2 of them widowed. Friedrich Jr left widow Margarete n?e Schn?rpel and children Charlotte and Joachi. This stuff gets addictive-- if pointless! )

What is even MORE interesting to me than the proze of the Friedrich Cross document itself is that this guy

this OLD Landwehr guy

was awarded the IX years Service Medal as a Reichsheer regular after the war and NOT (as was usually done) with retroactive credit back to day 1 of the war-- producing instant XII Years Service Medals in 1920) but ONLY the IX. So his status was retroactively adjusted but ONLY for PART of the war!!!!!

His medal bar would certainly throw us COMPLETELY off track, since we'd be assuming he was a discharged PRE-WAR career NCO who'd come back in--

not an 'elderly" Reservist with the last THREE years of the war counted as active duty in the regulars!!!!

Rick, Born 1881, in what order would his medals be in?

Absolutely superb regimental citation for saving a comrade under fire on the beach!!!!!

Kapit?n zS Hermann M?rsberger (1872-1940) retired as char. Konteradmiral zS aD. He commanded Marinekorps Flandern's heavy artillery from September 1914 to July 1917, ending the war as Captain of SMS "Markgraf."

Lt dR (Matrosenartillerie) Rudolf M?ller (b.1890) was a Saxon. He was in MKF's heavy artillery from November 1914 on, and Regimental Adjutant of 1st Heavy Corps Artillery Regiment 1 from December 1916 to June 1918, with final rank Oberleutnant dR (MA) 17.6.17 J2i.

Rick, as ever thanks, Paul

EK2 document and citation to Obermatrosenartillerist Borchert, Welcome your thoughts, Paul

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Documents to Tambour Borner IR93 and LJR 66, welcome your comments, thanks, Paul

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Documents to Tambour Borner IR93 and LJR 66, welcome your comments, thanks, Paul

Rick all done

better pics

More photos

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