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Hi, interesting. For Heeres-Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 600: https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Sturmgeschutzeinheiten/Sturmgeschutzabteilung600.htm GreyC

Premier Lieutnant Carl Muskewitz, Kommandeur des Pferde-Depots der 8. Armee-Korps Signed by the Comander of the 8th Army-Corps. It´s the award certificate for participants of the war of 1866. GreyC

It is always better to show both sides. 1) Stationsleiter Oberleutnant Schiller vor seiner Felsenwohnung Xanthi 1917. 2) ??? Flugboot als Gleitboot und Rettungsboot in Putzig. GreyC

Maybe, but even Germans who never saw the front-lines were awarded combatant EKII so often, that it indeed became an issue in the military and then as a result, the practice was at least followed to a lesser extent. GreyC

Hi, I would second the Red Cross medals. GreyC

Thre medal rolls are in the respective state archives. GreyC No. The Hanseatic Cross of Lübeck has only two (broad) stripes (white and red). The Bremen Hanseatenkreuz however looks very similar. So he either was granted both (not uncommen) or he got the Bremen one instead of the Lübeck issue. GreyC

Hi, no Hanseatic cross from Lübeck on the bar, as far as I can see. GreyC

Hi, here is a historical overwiev, albeit not very strong on the first years. However, you´ll find an almost identical photo with the school´s name in it. So I do think Veddeleramm is it: https://www.wasserschutzpolizei-schule.de/fileadmin/PDFs/Druckversion-Festschrift.pdf GreyC

From the little we see it is difficult to make out. The school was founded as early as August of 1945. There were police-buildings at Veddeler Damm (Polizeihaus) police-barracks at the Freihafen and from 1949 a WSP-school at Worthdamm in Hamburg. The school was probably not at WSP-headquartes at the Klingberg 1 address. All are brick-buildings and I don´t know where the school was prior to 1949. It might have been at Veddeler Damm: https://www.hamburg.de/innenbehoerde/14278510/2020-09-01-wsps/ GreyC

I am not so sure 😉 GreyC http://prussianmachine.com/akb/schroeder.htm

It looks like Flandres. The guy with the goggles is GFM Hindenburg. The Admiral most probably Adm. Ludwig von Schröder. Text: Hindenburg bei seinem Besuch der Küste vor einigen Wochen.

Pleasure! GreyC

Grenadier Emil Hädrich GreyC

I´d say it is a bit different, but many signatures are not always looking the same. GreyC

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Glad I could help. Interesting that he wears the wound badge for the navy of WW1. GreyC

Yup. GreyC

Hi, it says Zur Erinnerung und als Dank - Bachmann, Admiral. If it is an authentic signature I cannot say. GreyC

Seems to have been empoyed at Grenzschutz in the East after the war. I can see the Baltenkreuz and the Awaloff-Kreuz. Nice photo. Inbetween the Awaloff and the IC seems to be the Mecklenburger Militärverdienstkreuz 1st class. The wound badge was earned in WW1 but seems a postwar issue. GreyC

The medical corps in the army of the Kaiserreich consisted of four main groups, one of which were the Militärkrankenwärter, conscripts unfit or unsuited for normal military service with weapons. They only got a short military training and constituted the main body of the Lazarett-personnel. They had distinctive uniforms. At the start of the war a Sanitätskompanie consisted of 312 men, most of them Krankenträger (245 stretcher-bearers) but also 8 Militärkrankenwärter. Feldlazarette were equipped with 60 personnel, among them 14 Militärkrankenwärter in 1914. Kriegslazarett-Abteilungen had a staff of 127, of which 40 were Militärkrankenwärter. Kranken-Transportabteilungen were manned with 31 men, of which 8 were Militärkrankenwärter. GreyC

I don´t.

Pixs don´t work. GreyC

Pleasure! There is a multi-volume publication about Knightscross holders of WW2. Maybe there is more data on him concerning his career in WW1? GreyC

Hi, I was able to read the 2nd Reg. Chronik of IR19. I read until March 1915. He wasn´t mentioned during the description of the activities, not even him being wounded, although this was common practise when officers were involved. HOWEVER: He is mentioned in the 1st list of personell of 6th August 1914 in Görlitz. He is listed as VzFw OA in 8th coy. So he was drafted as former Einjähriger who was not yet elected Leutnant der Reserve, but served as Vizefeldwebel and officer´s candidate. He seems to havbe stayed with 8th company until wounded sometime in late Dec. or January 1915. As he is listed as Ltn. d. R. in the loss list he must have been promoted to Leutnant between 6th of August 1914 and 25th Feb. 1915, the day his wounded in action status was published in the loss list. GreyC

Well done! GreyC I have asked a friend to search the 2nd regimental history of 19. IR for his name. Might know more tomorrow. There is no RG for IR 329 unfortunately. GreyC