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Hello Morten, thank you for your kind and constructive suggestion. GreyC

Thank you nesredep! GreyC

Odulf, I don´t quite understand how you could think that. It was a question I asked politely on Wednesday especially because I am aware of the fact the thread has as it´s title "Kriegsmarine cap tallies" but there are posts of cap tallies of Imperial Navy cap tallies within the thread nonetheless. So, as not to be rude or overreaching I wanted to know if it is ok to post them. As there was no answer on this fairly frequented thread after three days I dared to post one pointing to the fact, that nobody disagreed up to now. Can´t see any form of ultimatum. Sorry. Will refrain from posting anything in this thread from now on. GreyC

Hi, as nobody replied to my question I´ll just start posting Imperial Navy cap tallies that I find interesting from my collection. First up a sailor of SMS Fuchs, a tender and artillery school ship that was also used within the Reichswehr until 1928. Note the Funk-Telegraphen Gast patch on the left arm of the Obermatrose. GreyC

Hi Nesredep, very nice! GreyC

Hi, good evening! As this thread is named Kriegsmarine Cap Tallies.... I have obstained from posting WW1 and prior Cap Tallies of the Kaiserliche Marine. Were it ok to do so, with regards to thread title? I´d have a couple of interesting ones, if interest is there. Thanks, GreyC

Hi there, and here of the METEOR from my collection. Grey Hello! My apologies if this is too off topic. But there were also civil cap tallies during that time, especially worn by the crews of the North German Lloyd and HAPAG, but also others. For example here some folks from the Hamburger Seebäder-Dienst, a line in connection with the HAPAG, that serviced some North-Sea Islands and harbour towns. Greyc

Hi, it could well be a shooting medal. it shows a typical target and King = König should stand for Schützenkönig. The pin below reads Vorstand=board (or steering committee). All shooting societies (indeed all clubs) have one. GreyC

Hi Andreas, if it were Nauder the writer of the name forgot the arch above the "u" . Possible but in official documents rather rare. The name Nander is scarce but there were people who had this name. GreyC

Hi Chris, to me it´s Johann Nander. The short horizontal line across the "N" seems to have been drawn to have ahelp aligning the others in height. GreyC

Hi, it says Sedan 1931 Höchste Ringzahl / Highest Ringnumber (Highscore). Therefore I´d suggest a privat/civilian medal of a shooting competition (Schützenfest) GreyC

Hi nesredep, I might have some photos from Norway, I don´t think Narvik, though. Mostly ships. Don´t know if interesting enough or fitting for this thread. GreyC

Ah, thanks: Deutsche Reichsauszeichnung für Leibesübungen GreyC

Hi Morton, thanks for your reply, what´s DRL, please? GreyC

Hi nesredep, interesting photo! I think its pretty rare for navy personnel to wear three Kriegsabzeichen like the man in the middle. The photo is a bit blurry but I mean to make out a Minensucherabzeichen and a Zerstörerabzeichen. Can you recognize the third? GreyC

Hi DrDerek, if he indeed was an officer in the late 30s he would most probably not have lived in the barracks, especially if married with child. I did a bit of random sampling in the Berlin address-books of the mid-thirties. No Hermann Jordan listed I am afraid. Do you know if he died in Berlin? GreyC

Hello Derek, if your grandfather was with the 9th Infanterie Regiment he was an Infanterist not an Ulan. If he served with Reichswehr Kavallerie he couldn´t have been an Ulan either, as the Reichwehr did not distinguish between different branches of the Kavallerie. There was just Kavallerie. They did all, however, have lances till 1927. If he was an Unteroffizier in the mid-twenties he will probably not have been promoted to an officers rank unless he was on an officer´s path from the start. Do you know the first name he was called by? GreyC

Hi there, could the yellow ribbon be the Zentenarmedaille? It is the least "valued" Prussian one, not even featured in the RL, so every medal after that on the bar has to be non-Prussian on a Prussian bar, which they obviously are. GreyC

Thanks for the info Nigel. Looks great. Greyc

Hi leigh kitchen and nigelbristow, interesting topic. @ nigelbristow: very nice. Is this the one in "private hands" as mentioned in the text in the photo in #1 or is it a fourth specimen of this now rare breed in GB? GreyC

Hi Larry and Morten, nice photos! Congrats! GreyC

Good mornig, just in case anybody was wandering: ZfE means "Zur freundlichen Erinnerung"= In friendly memory of GreyC

Hi Solomon, no haste! GreyC

Good evening, glad I could help. GreyC

Solomon, could you please scan the reverse and post it. Maybe i can date it more accurate than just state that it is 2nd half of the 1860s. GreyC