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Here is one of my favorites....sorry about the picture...I am using an iPad.

and another...I have gone through the REM awards to see what I could find......I suspect a bandmember or a steward aboard the Kaisers' yaucht or some such person...

maybe.....i have seen Greek WW2 officers ranklists on eBay over the years and assume they followed the German style of denoting decorations. I never bought one because they are beyond my collecting range and they are expensive.....but never say, never. 

There is a Hanovarian Military History/ Research Society, headquartered in Germany, that has access to a lot of obscure records. There might well be a Hanovarian medal roll, just nobody has transcribed it. Same with the Laganzalza medal and the Hanovarian Legion records (which are apparently at Windsor). 

outstanding bar-navy deck officer? Bandmaster? Garde NCO?

If that hat could only talk.......

original. IMHO. 

outstanding research!

A lowly Gefreiter no less! Awesome! 

wow!

I dont suppose any of those MOHs are named?

I am VERY impressed that you have that unusual Texas cavalry medal as well as those very unusual ship builders badges issued by the WW1 Maritime Board.

What are you still looking for? I find a tonne of stuff at yard sales. 

1. outstanding little bar! 

Nice bar. I assume an officer with at least an extra row of three or four beneath? 

I  thoughtthe Matrozen Regimentswere dran from deck sailors?

wow. Fantastic sailors' group!

Oh I dont know...do I read that medal citation correctly?

spot on...the elusive Memel medal.......a contemporary mistake in mounting!

wow. just came across this thread.

top row US victory medal (ribbon)

2nd row: purple heart, Good conduct (army)-1 enlistment/year/ ETO (euro theatre) with battle stars

A classic "i just got discharged" portrait photo.

Nice!

That is what I thought too....but the closer I look I am wondering if that is three flower war medals.

OR......the first medal could be the Italian war in Africa medal?

Fascinating thread. Thats Hess by the way greeting the returning HJ, not Ribbentrop.

very cool book!

owain.

my source is the 3 volume, "Whos Who in the Communist Bloc" (1988).

Amazing theres' no Centennial medal with that 25 year oaks and those bars. But wow, I want it to be real.

Cool. so am award for staying in school?

Yeah. How did he NOT get the 1866 campaign medal?

splendid! I have wondered about that POW medal. I thought it was a fund raiser, but a separate, awarded medal?