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Thank´s Andy! GreyC

Hi, here is mine from 1st Oct 1919. 3. Landesjäger-Schwadron / formerly 14. Ulanen Regiment. GreyC

Hi, translation of two-liner: Rear echelon motherer with white tassel in crotch 1913. "Kraddel" is from the dialect of the Saarland. So he´s probably from there. GreyC

Good evening, the Polizei-Tschako in Niedersachesen after WWII was worn between 1947/48 and 1968. See: http://www.militaria-lexikon.de/html/militaria-lexikon_de_-_polizei.html GreyC

Hi Dave and Dansson, thank you both for your contributions, very helpful. The Württemberger ribbon seems a bit "sloppy" with regard to shape of the ribbon, but the fold is discernable non the less. Also interesting the saxon pentagon fold as provided by link by Dansson. Here the color-stripes run vertical, not sideways as with mine. There seems not to have been any regulations to that end? GreyC

Hi Tony, I can´t help you there, I am afraid. GreyC

Hi, nice pic! Text: Communication trench to farmhouse. What does the cut off text say? Seems to be an offical news photo or the like from what I can make out. GreyC

Hi ixhs, thank you for your comment. I´d love to see the Württemberg example, please post it! Thanks, GreyC

Hi, got this photo recently and thought you might be interested. A Saxon soldier from Schützenregiment 108 with Friedrich August Medal in first place and EK II in second. Also VWA in black. The ribbons are worn Saxon style w triangular shape. Note Saxon belt buckle of Schützenregiment 108 with crown and "entangled" GG as worn since 1896 as I have been told. GreyC

Hi Claudio, missed th link in #1. Sorry. I checked all Oster in the Ehrenrangliste and to me the candidate singled out in the Awards Forum (Seebataillon) seems very likely, not alone because of the Hanseatic Cross and the FA medal. During the time he was at the WBK Gelsenkirchen he had a son named Wolfgang who served in the navy during WW2 and an unnamed sister. The father was transferred to Berlin apparently. You´ll find a photo of him here (scroll way down). http://www.gelsenkirchener-geschichten.de/viewtopic.php?t=595&start=30&sid=d614c6d5219d9c8062e4094488dd783f GreyC

Hi, WBK = Wehr-Bezirkskommando as he was given the FA-Kreuz, 2. Kl. from the Großherzogtum Oldenburg and the Hanseatic-Cross from Hamburg, he probably served with one of the troops stationed there, or he came from there. As he was also awarded the Silesian Eagle he was engaged in the fights on the Eastern border of Germany shortly after the war with Freikorps units. But you probably know all that because you seem to have posted the same bar at the Wehrmacht-awards forum 7 years ago where Rick Research and others were involved in attributing the bar to a person and offered parts of his biography?: http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/Forums/showthread.php?s=35c8ba784ee0a5d145efa9491ac142fb&t=14467&page=3 GreyC

Hi Tony, your wellcome, as always. GreyC

Hi, #47 Bitsch, 5th Dec. 1912 Dear Anna, received your letter, thanks for the stamps. Did not meet Otto on Sunday as I didn´t go out. Have spent two days in the sickbay this week. Heinrich Heß also wrote to me that he will come on leave during Xmas as the beer in Spandau [today part of Berlin] is too expensive. I want to get some stuff done now and then it´s good to go off to bed. Greetings to all Hugo GreyC The last RPPC has on its front the following text: 4. Rekrutenabteilung, 6. Kompanie, Infanterie Regiment 60, Weissenburg Elsace 1909 We stood vigil at the Vosges for our fatherland´s protection and might. NOTE the signaller with signal-patch standing left to the guy in the light coloured coat. GreyC

Hi, # 46: Beim Abendessen am Sportplatz Es gab erstklassigen Kartoffelsalat Fleischbrote und Tunke. Ich bin von links der 3. (vordere Bank) Alfred During supper at the sports-ground. We had first rate potato-salad Meatbread and dip. I am the 3rd from the left (front bench) Alfred GreyC

Hi Komtur, thanks a lot for posting these research results. Very interesting, indeed! GreyC

Hi, Weitze of Hamburg has sold its entire stock of military books to this guy. So it´s likely from Weitze, originally. GreyC

Good morning, according to the Ehrenrangliste 1914-18 he served at the Unteroffizierschule (NCO School) Marienberg at the end of the war. GreyC

Good morning, w regards to first card "Eastern theatre of war, catholic field-mass before the battle" the publisher is A. Groß from Berlin. They were one of the leading photo press agencies in Germany at that time. Printed / heliotyped by Brothers Deyle and Wagner, Berlin, distributed by J. Wieland and Co., also from Berlin. GreyC

Hi, first card says on reverse that proceeds from the sale of these cards go towards the Ostpreußenhilfe, a society that helps rebuild the communities destroyed by the Russians in East-Prussia. The second card is to the brother of the sender who quite likes it in his Prussian Rekrutendepot in Magdeburg. He will have to go on night-duty soon, otherwise not much to do except shooting practice. GreyC

Hallo, in anderen Foren im Netz wird spekuliert, daß diese Polizisten in den Telegrafendienststellen tätig waren. GreyC

Hi, I think the first one is a photo of a policeman of the Sipo (Sicherheitspolizei) special services (maybe Telegraphist). GreyC

Good morning, a reply to an old post (#6).... but: the statement "in the city of Wesermünde (till 1939 belonged to the Prussian province Hanover, after Bremen)." is not quite right. The city of Wesermünde was formed by joining Geestemünde and Lehe in 1924 (that´s correctly stated in #6). In 1927 Weddewarden and Schiffdorfer Damm were integrated and 1939 Bremerhaven, formerly part of the Free State of Bremen, also became Prussian (except the harbour facilities which remained under the control of Bremen) when made part of Wesermünde under the National-Socialist government. In 1947 the Americans, who had occupied the area changed things around by naming Wesermünde Bremerhaven and making it part of the Free State of Bremen to which it belongs to this day. GreyC

Hi, "Werft" means ship/dockyard, not only dock. The Werft-Divisionen consisted of 5 Kompanien each. They supplied the naval vessels with engine personnel/staff and craftsmen like painters, shoemakers but also gunsmiths etc. Apart from that they supplied manpower to help with the work at the Naval Yards in Wilhelmshaven, Kiel, etc., hence the name. GreyC ps: The photo shows him while working as stoker on the naval base in Cuxhaven. The text is unspectacular and contains x-mas wishes for his brother.

Hi, they were in operation during WW1. If before or after I dont know. GreyC

Hi, Hennings and Co was a publishing Company, not a photographer. It was owned by someone called Alfred Niemann. GreyC