Gordon Craig

JimZ, The Austrian medal is the Class II Long Service medal for enlisted men and NCOs for 5 years service in the Austrian First Republic (1920-1938). He appears to have served just long enough to qualify for the award of this medal. Post WWII Austria is referred to as the Second Republic. Regards, Gordon

JimZ, The ID document indicates he was assigned to I/s.A.R. which indicates 1st Batterie of a heavy Artillery Regiment. I can not read all of the stamp at the bottom of the page but part of it reads "Feld Artillery Batterie 1" which would be "Field Artillery Battery 1". The rest appear to designate the regiment. I suspect this was a training organization when he first enlisted. The term "Bedienungs-Kanonier" is probably best translated in English as "Canonier" or "Artilleryman". Regards, Gordon

JimZ, The writing on the back of the card appears to be the specifications for the search light and the sound locating equipment shown in the picture. Regards, Gordon

Valter, Terrific reference material here. I have some of these badges some place but I wasn't sure what they were. I'll have to see if I can find them and post mine. Regards, Gordon

Coldstream, It probably is the same uniform. I obtained the complete uniform-tunic, pants, shirt and tie plus his visor cap from a U.S. Army Special Forces Major who was a friend of Ebeling. Ebeling gave him the uniform after he retired. It came with several pieces of correcpondance between the two men, fotos, a hand written history from Ebeling from war time through the BW years and Ebelings death notice card. Regards, Gordon

A close up of his ribbon bar. Ebeling was a bomber pilot during the war. Following the war he went to medical school and became a doctor. During his time in the Bundesluftwaffe he became well know for his research in high altitude medicine.

This seems like a good time to post some pictures from my collection of Ebelings uniform. Regards, Gordon

Dan, A good suggestion for a thread. I don't have any photos to add from this computer. I'll try to post some from the other one later today. Re the pairs of Knights Cross winners who served in the Wehrmacht/BW. I can not remember the name of the book these fotos were taken from but I'll see if I can find out. Regards, Gordon

Balázs, Good to have you with us. Thanks for the links to the uniform pictures. How I miss my visits to the museum!!!!!!!! Regards, Goordon

Dan, Nice order and matching document. This has always been one of my favourites for design, quality of the enamel etc. Regards, Gordon

cimbineus, Very nice documents. IInteresting to see so many differetn designs for presentation for different organizations. Regards, Gordon

cimbineus, Thanks for the additional information on the county medals. I should have finished my post in a better manner. I've collected a number of these medals, and badges, awarded by different counties for the same purpose. Regards, Gordon

For good work for the county (Megy) of Vesprem. Regards, Gordon

Darrel, If you can find 10 you think are authentic ones your welcome to them all. Regards, Gordon

kapten_windu Very few of these badges were made or issued. The chances of finding an authetic one, at any price, are virtually zero. Regards, Gordon

kapten_windu, I agree with Don. Here is a picture of a similar, but good badge, from another web site for you to compare with the one you posted. Sorry but I have no other views of this badge. Regards, Gordon

cimbineus, Very nice badges. Thanks for showing them to us. Regards, Gordon

cimbineus, Thanks for pointing out the location of the hallmark on the suspension ring. I didn't notice the bright mark the first time. Regards, Gordon

cimbineus, Glad that you are here. I do not see any hallmarks on the award that you mentioned above. Perhaps I am not looking in the correct place. I would assume that the hallmark would be that of the Budapest Mint? Regards, Gordon

cimbineus, Good to have you back with us. I was hoping that you would post these awards again. Regards, Gordon

Anyone interested in this award may also find the following thread of interest. Regards, Gordon http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/41376-hero-of-the-hungarian-peoples-republic/

Uwe, That is what I was afraid of. My misunderstanding. Thanks for the comments. I've deleted my posts. Regards, Gordon

Michael156, I would also like to welcome you to the GMIC. An interesting topic. Simon, Very interesting link. Raises all kinds of ideas for further research. Regards, Gordon

Kevin, That is a very impressive artillery park. Thanks for the pictures of the individual peices. Regards, Gordon

Bob, Thanks for posting pictures of this interesting uniform. I tried to locate the auction when you first posted the number but it came up as a photograph of a Mongolian soldier. I assume the auction was finished because of what I got. Has the auction finished? Did the tunic sell and if so for how much? Regards, Gordon