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Hi Chris,

Here is a pure Imperial medal bar

Christophe

Hi Chris,

Do you want only Imperial or with Hindenburg cross and or with TR medals ?

Christophe

Hi

Nice bar indeed. @Claudio will be jealous  ?

Christophe

Hi,

Here is some new photos I have received recently from LIR 133 (Saxon unit)

Christophe

Hello

He received wound badge in silver end Ehrenbecher

Christophe

Hi,

If it is Karl Thom, this is not the knight cross he received but the MEMBER cross with X on August 1918. Karl Thom was born in Freystadt in 1893

Christophe

17 hours ago, webr55 said:

Regional newspapers are one of the key sources to find new HHOXs. A number of us have now looked systematically through many newspapers, and I think it's time for a review: which regions are still (mostly or entirely) missing? In newspapers from which regions would it be most promising to still find new HHOX recipients (esp. totally new ones, not just first names, although those are certainly still very interesting)?

 

Going again through this thread, I would say the status is this:

 

Well covered already:

Hamburg

Hessen

Baden

Saxony (esp. Dresden)

 

 

Fairly well covered:

Nordrhein-Westfalen (ex. Münster and others, but some cities less, see below)

Thüringen (only some parts, esp. Jena)

Mecklenburg-VP (Stralsund, Greifswald)

Oldenburg

Straßburg 

East Prussia (Königsberg)

West Prussia (Thorn)

Posen (Bromberg, Posen)

Silesia (Breslau)

 

 

 

Less well covered:

Berlin (esp. award notices)

Cologne 

Württemberg, in particular Stuttgart

Other Thuringian states 

Rheinland-Pfalz

 

 

 

Fairly blind spots: 

Pomerania, especially Stettin 

Schleswig-Holstein

Hannover/Braunschweig/Anhalt

 

 

Unclear:

Bavaria: Digitized libraries do not seem to turn up much, newspapers like Münchner Neueste Nachrichten are being digitized, but it is not clear to me anyway whether there are many Bavarian HHOXs missing  

 

 

 

 

I think what would be most interesting to look through is (digitized) newspapers from:

 

1) Berlin: while the Vossische Zeitung covers the death notices well, it does not list awards. It seems that the awards might be listed in the local Berlin newspapers from particular quarters of the city. Not sure. Any help welcome. 

 

2) Württemberg: Stuttgart, anyone?

 

3) More Thuringian states: what about Schwarzburg, Weimar, Altenburg etc.?

 

4) Schleswig-Holstein: Flensburg, Kiel etc.? Especially award notices other than Navy. 

 

5) Hannover / Braunschweig / Anhalt: any relevant newspapers digitized yet? I found that the Magdeburgische Zeitung/Anhalter Anzeiger is in the process, but apparently progress is very slow. 

 

Any directions or help where to find more: most appreciated. 

And of course, any other comments are welcome!

 

Hi,

If the newspapers from Thuringia are digitalized, give me the link and I will help you with that (pm me)

About newspaper from Saxe, I have made choice to use only the Dresdner Nachrichten like from the beginning of the war they gave all informations about medals. I have made the year 1918, and all informations are now here on this topic.

I have send here on the forum some photos of Saxon officers showing their ribbons or medals bars with HOH3X. don't forget the photos, they are an incredible source for us.

Like I have little time, if I can help don't hesitate to use me

Christophe

Hi

I have found recently this death notice of Hans Minckwitz (not von) who served with Turkish Air force and received a lot of medals from them. You can see a little mistake with the LIAGAT medals. In reality it is LIAKAT.

If someone has more information, it will be grateful. Thanks.

Christophe

Hi

Von Haebler had won his first kill on 7 October 1917. So he probably received his Ehrenbecher 3 or 4 weeks later.

Christophe

Hi

Found recently the death notice of von Haebler.

Christophe

Hi

New owner of HOH3X : Hauptmann Kurt Hampe. Received on 17 May 1918.

From Dresdner Nachrichten

Christophe

Hi

New information about Rittmeister Hans Hohl from Dresdner Nachrichten fom 16 MAy 1918

Christophe

Hi,

Just found this in the Dresdener Nachrichten June 1918

Christophe

Hi,

New owner : Leutnant Gerhard Richter. found in Dresdner Nachrichten on 26 August 1918

Christophe

Many thanks Daniel for the information.

Christophe

Hi

Just found this : Leutnant d. R. Konrad Kayser from IR 105. Received Saxon Merit order knight cross 2nd class with X and HOH3X

From Dresdner Nachrichten 7 November 1918

Christophe

Many thanks gentlemen for your help

Christophe

Many thanks

It is Dr Heinrich Heyne (1874-1918)

Christophe

Hi

Who can help me to decypher this name

I read KAiJMA, but not sure

Thanks for  your help

Christophe

Hi everybody

I have got this photo from a while and I want to have more information about this unit : Staffel St. 57.

On the photo from Left to right

- StabsVeterinär Friedrich Göllnitz

- Hauptmann Wolfgang von Schweinitz

- Rittmeister Albert von Minckwitz

- Intendant Dr Heinrich Heyne

- Prinz Christian

- Leutnant Walter Gebler

- Leutnant u. Adj. Wilhelm Jaeger

- Rittmeister Heinrich Burkhardt

Thanks for your help

Christophe

Hi

On the original medal in gold, on the edge of the medal, there is a circle-shaped hallmark which proves the gold content. There are no markings on the gilt bronze models.

Christophe

Impressive Claudio. You can congratulate your brother for his work. Thanks for sharing it with us. Like you  know I am a Saxon collector, does your brother can make a paint of a Saxon general  ?

Christophe

Hi

On t he buttonhole, the pink ribbon is the Saxe Ernestine ribbon? The white color is in reality green. It is just passed. That's all

Christophe

Hi,

Very nice grouping an story. congrats and thanks for sharing it with us. Is it possible to have a photo of the back of the medal bar please ? Many thanks

Christophe

Hi,

In my archive, I have found this. It's not easy to see exactly which shoulderboards he wore, but we can see some details.

Christophe