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Good morning Bayern, thank you for the interesting details! GreyC
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Merci beaucoup, monsieur! GreyC
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Hello or better bonjour! I was able to buy some WW1 photos recently, among them these soldiers from what appears to be French cavalry before WW1? I am absolutely in the dark when it comes to French military, so I´d appreciate if anybody could enlighten my with regards to the unit and its garison, if different from town the photos were taken in. I believe the photos were taken in the 1890s or early 1900s? Thanks a lot! GreyC
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Kaiserlische Heer and Marine units in Crimea in WW 1
GreyC replied to FRITZEL's topic in The Great War 1914 to 1918
Hi Fritzel, with regard to the Verlustlisten: not all wounded or dead were listed during the afore mentioned timespan. Especially navy casualties, but also army were sometimes reported with delay or not at all, so not to inform the enemy in instances of classified actions (like losses of submarines etc.). GreyC -
Kriegsmarine Narvik
GreyC replied to nesredep's topic in Germany: Third Reich: Wehrmacht Medals, Decorations & Awards
Hi, I read it not as a name but as "Meine" - "my" Gastgeber / hosts. Beneath the names Franz Jonas ,Frau Jonas, Klaus Jonas GreyC -
Hi Cilli1902, you could send an inquiry to the Vienna City Archive asking them to find his entry in the Gewerberegister, where the founding date and other information of the factory are written down in. In some instances the archives also kept a file with additional data. Another option is the Handelsregister with varying amounts of information, dependend on the legal type of the business (OHG, GmbH, AG) GreyC
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Hi there seems to have been a commemorative medal with the profil of his in 1917 and 1918: https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=922&lot=32119 and https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?similar=1304766 and he seems to hae been promoted to SA Brigadeführer in 1942 (or someone with the same name). http://www.linkfang.de/wiki/Liste_der_SA-Brigadeführer GreyC
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Good evening gentlemen, the photo was taken between 1930 the earliest and prior to Aug 1939 but at that time still recent, as the General mailed a copy of it to the State Archiv then. The Generalleutnant a.D. was first listed a citizen of Weimar in 1931, however there is no address-book of 1930. So theoretically he could have lived there from late 1929/1930 onwards. See: https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/NPJFZIAVBVJSUZERB64TU22YYVAEATHJ GreyC
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Hi, I also see a Schlesischer Adler 2nd class (2. Stufe) (4th from right), and 1st class (1. Stufe) beneath EKI which means he was active in a Freikorps for a while. Besides that Generalleutnant Eduard Lang, Generalmajor Otto Staubwasser and the yet to be identified Major all seem to share the same badge/emblem/medal, which is the highly reflecting rectangular one. Whereas the Generals wear it beneath their medalbars, the Major wears it next to his pinned on crosses above the belt. GreyC
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Hi! Great room, thank´s for posting the picture and congrats for the neatly built drawers. GreyC
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Hi, to me he is not Hessian but Württembergisch. See cockade and shoulder strap. It sports the "13" and is piped in red. That makes it Württembergisches Pionierbataillon 13. As this bataillon was also responsible to set up other units, which would therefore show same straps as "motherunit", he could also be in one of those different units. He himself is a Vizefeldwebel (Sergeantenknopf) or Feldwebel (book in cuffs). The medal could be the Silberne Militärverdienstmedaille von 1892. GreyC
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Luftwaffe Luftwaffe Musikkorps
GreyC replied to Paul R's topic in Germany: Third Reich: Uniforms, Headwear, Insignia & Equipment
Hi, unfortunately not the best quality: The Musik Korps of the Airfield in Prenzlau, photo taken in 1934 on the occassion of a burial of a crashed pilot. GreyC -
Luftwaffe Luftwaffe Musikkorps
GreyC replied to Paul R's topic in Germany: Third Reich: Uniforms, Headwear, Insignia & Equipment
Hi, I don´t know if it is still of interest, if so: He was stationed at he Seefliegerhorst (for sea-planes) in Schleswig (city in Schleswig Holstein). They had a Musik-Korps there. In German you can read about the airfield here: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seefliegerhorst_Schleswig -
Uncategorised Unidentified WW2 Miscellaneous Signatures
GreyC replied to hucks216's topic in Germany: All Eras: Signature Database
Hi, post #7 könnte Koch sein. GreyC and I think it reads "Oberst" in #5, not Oberleutnant. GreyC