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reverse R. Rokenhaus? (with umlaut on the 'o', sorry Rick but I dont have number pad on my laptop) Essen ? ....str(asse) ?

Hello Gents I have another feldpost which I could use some help with. Any help with the translation on the content, address, names etc gratefully recieved Also the Major has a ribbonbar of I think 9 awards? It is very small on the original pic and I have zoomed in as best I can without the pic distorting too much. Thanks Rob

Well spotted Saschaw Can I put it to GMIC and suggest a database on dodgy ebay sellers? A list of their names and AKA's they trade under. This would be a valuable reference for collectors old and new, especially new! Just my tuppence worth Rob

Had a bit of a mare trying to do an umlaut! I inadvertantly pressed ctl+alt+left arrow and I flipped my desktop screen!! The screen rotated through 90 dgrees and I couldnt get it back. Luckily for me a nice lady on Windows Forum helped me out so alls well. ctl+alt+arrows flips your screen. For the record

I will certainly try when the need arises Rick. After 2 pints of Bombardier a thought occured.....Didnt a infamous Gefrieter attend a field hospital after coming across a spot of Mustard gas and he was a member of a Bayer res div, 16th? maybe.....Bombardier

I came up with this on 1914-18.info ....7.7.-30.9.1916: 6.Bay.Res.Div.: Stellungsk?mpfe in Flandern und Artois So perhaps the field hospital was positioned here?

yes of course sister doh Cant get the umlaut Rick (on my keys/puter) unless I copy/paste.

Thanks Rick So he was Carl Engellander of I presume Konigsdorf, a patient attendant (medical orderly) at a field hospital and he sent this card to his brother. In Friendly memory? writing in the past tense? I now need to find out where this feldlazarett 9 was posted on & around mid September 1916. Thanks et al for your help and keep it coming please Rob

Still digging..... Came across this on Wikipedia which would suggest that my earlier battles for this guy would have been wrong? 6th Bavarian Reserve Division The division entered the war on October 30, 1914, when it entered the First Battle of Ypres, part of the so-called Race to the Sea. The division remained in Flanders thereafter, and fought in numerous actions, including the Battle of Fromelles in July 1916 and the latter phases of the Battle of the Somme in October 1916. In the Spring of 1917, the division fought in the Battle of Arras. It remained in the Flanders region until August 1917, when it was transferred to Upper Alsace for rest and then to the Chemin des Dames region. In 1918, it participated in the German Spring Offensive. In the Spring and Summer offensives and counteroffensives, it faced French and American troops in several battles, including on the Aisne and Champagne-Marne. The division returned to the Flanders region in August 1918, where it remained until the end of the war. Allied intelligence rated the division as a second class division, noting that while trained as an assault division, it was more often employed as a follow-on unit. This does get confusing So 6th Bayer.res.div. was not part of the 6th Armee under Rupprecht? Rob

Thankyou Fregatte Anything else that you see here? how about the script above C.Engellander? I see ..........Meister? Thanks Again Rob Anyone else?

Havent a clue???

address in Konigsdorf OberBayern??

This is what I think I have so far....? The soldier served in the 6th Armee Bavarian Reserve Division. The postcard is dated 17/9/16 in handwriting and stamped 18/9/16. Given that this man looks long in the tooth and the date of the feldpost is 1916 it could be he was at Loos where the BEF dropped 140 tonnes of Chlorine gas (1915)? obviously there is no way of proving that but maybe?? Also I believe that the 6th army were involved in the battle of Lorraine (1914) he may have been there too?? Anyway getting ahead of myself. It is addressed to Konigsdorf, which is directly south of Munich. I believe it to be sent to his love and I think it is Friede but Frieda or Feride is a possibility, the christian name actually looks like ferinde but I am sure that is not a German Christian name. I think the soldier is also a Engellander and I think his initial is a C. The rest of the script I am struggling..... C.Engellander? Also not sure what it says above the name? Feldlazarett? Field Hospital?

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Hello Gents I could do with some help with the script on the below feldpost, I have deciphered bits but any help with this matter would be great and very much appreciated. Also any information relating to this man, division etc also appreciated. I acquired this postcard off the WAF estand. Up until now I have never collected period cards,photos etc. It appealed to me as the old soldier is proudly posing with his MVK3x and also IMO he looks a little comical. The seller I bought it from knew nothing about this soldier so I decided to do some digging on it. First the postcard...

Hey Deruelle Carl Eduard is that by any chance Charles Edward Coburg (British Royal family)? It does look like him and the names are nearly the same and I believed he was a duke in Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Watched a tv programme recently about this man and saw your medal and kinda made a connection. Pretty sad how his life turned out torn between his roots and duty but thats another story. Cheers Rob

Nice one Greg! Another beauty to add to your fine EK collection. Rob

Thanks Gents Like I said just starting out on the bars and will be sure to research before I commit to them!! I can see the differences on your posts Heiko, so cheers for posting What also smelled 'fishy' was that the ebay clasps were low in price seeing as in latest Nimmergut these are priced into three figure euros. Wildcard I can tell you that the bar I have (above) was bought from a reputable source on this forums estand and I am to believe that the kriegDenkmunze is a private purchase as the rim of the medal itself does not have the inscription one usually finds on these medals. So maybe that confirms what you posted?? Dunno but am sure someone else who does know will chime in. I for one am very interested in this..... Rob

Well everyday is a schoolday as they say!! Thanks Bernd Also cheers for the look out on the ebay stuff. Could you explain why you think these are fakes mainly for mysakes but also for new collectors? Cheers

Hello Gents I have seen a lot of battlebars recently, mainly the ones that 'the club' has been adding to medal bars I have also seen a few on ebay recently for example: <a href="http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIt...A:IT&ih=019" target="_blank">http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIt...A:IT&ih=019</a> Does the ebay battle bar look good? I am always a bit cautious when there seems to be a lot floating around but I aint no expert on these and the only battle bar I have is a METZ on the 1870/71 Kriegs Denkmunze. Also whilst on the matter of battle bars I noticed in Nimmergut #3180/1 a battle bar with subtitle "nur an Englander vergeben" which translates 'only an Englander assign' What is the meaning of this? the obvious that these were awarded to Englishmen? Thanks for looking Rob

Dont think it can be stopped but as long as 'its' supply is limited? If I wasnt a member on these here forums I probably would have fallen foul of it. Bet new collectors see these and have a punt. Wrong! Rob

Thanks Kevin The enamel is chipped on the 9 oclock arm but I still love it A bit bigger than I expected too!!

Thanks Rick a fountain of knowledge!!

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Hey Gents Well, I got me a TWM and at a good price too. I believe reading posts in this section that it is a S&L strawberry seed TWM. Struggling to get good pics without flash as its dark these days. Your comments and opinions always welcome and I would like to hear them. Chuffed!!! Rob