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Can´t help you with this, i am afraid. GreyC

From my collection on board SMS Hohenzollern. GreyC

Hi Deutschritter, He was indeed reactivated as "Inspekteur der 1. Kriegssanitätsinspektion" (Königsberg) during WW1 and he died 15.02.1924. I recommend buying the Ehrenrangliste, as for someone like you asking for a lot of data within this period, you would find many answers in there. Best, GreyC

Maybe he never made it into the Wehrmacht? I know that there are files at the Bundesarchiv for Wehrmachtsoffiziere, I don´t know if officers who served with the Reichswehr only have also been preserved. Maybe worth a try searching there. GreyC

Hi, can´t say anything post 1933, he is not listed in Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945. The photo seems to have been taken after May 1919, or if he already wears the Adler-Kokarde, after Oct. 1919. He seems to have come from an artillery unit before he joined the Luftstreitkräfte. Maybe he served with a Artillerie-Flieger unit and after the war as Artillerie-Offizier. Best, GreyC

Thanks for the link. He seems to have had quite a career. There is an early aviation magazin for Germany online on the internet with search function. Maybe it´s worth a try looking for traces of him there. If i remember the name of the magazine, I´ll post it. Luftstreitkräfte is not really up my alley. GreyC

As you noted he was a Beobachter with the German Luftstreitkräfte in WW1 As an academic (Dr. med since 1898) he was no stranger to scientific research. You stated that he was not only a Dr. med, but also a Dr. phil. Now if it is of interest, he combined his service in the Luftstreitkräfte as Beobachter with his scientific curiosity and was promoted to Dr. phil at the University of Münster in 1918 with a study about „Untersuchungen über geistige Leistungen beim Aufenthalt in verdünnter Luft“ “Study on intellectual capacities while being exposed to thin air", thus profiting from his experiences in WW1.

Hi, probably already known: the later GFM Günther von Kluge (* 30. Oktober 1882 in Posen; † 19. August 1944 bei Verdun) GreyC

Hi, there were "schnelle Abteilungen" as bicycle units and then there were those Panzerjäger ones. On may 1st 1943 the "schnelle Abteilung" you mentioned was named Panzerjäger-Abteilung 387 (again). GreyC

A bicycle unit. GreyC

The link is dead. GreyC

Hi, might be a Freikorps decoration. Without crown and skull it would resemble the Deutschritter Kreuz award given out by the Detachment Randow https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detachement_von_Randow

Nice! GreyC

I would totally go along witth that, what I wonder though, is, whether the Maltese order also implies a function as medic or the like. GreyC

Moin, hier mal die Offiziere vom IR 75, die laut RG den Hohenzollern bekommen haben: GreyC

It is a rare photo of an Oberleutnant of the Vorläufige Reichswehr, the thingy is a FREIKORPS-badge, possibly Freikorps Faupel. But I wouldn´t vouch for it. It might also be a Freilorps-Formation from the former 5th Armeekorps (thanks Andy). GreyC

Thank you, Andreas, that is correct. He was already mentioned here: The Prussian and Glenn helped with the biographical details: Hans Kolbe, geb. 11.5.82 Diensteintritt April 1900. RL 1904: Lt.z.S. auf "Kaiser Wilhelm II" RL 1907: Olt.z.S. auf Torpedoboot "S124" RL 1909: auf Torepedoboot "Taku" RL 1911: Kp.Lt. Marinestation der Ostsee RL 1912: auf Torpedoboot "G192" Februar 1915 Chef 2. Torpedo-Halbflottille April 1917 Chef 3. Torpedo-Halbflottille bis Kriegsende Korvettenkapitän 21.1.20 (vergleichbar mit Major im Heere) Fregattenkapitän 1.5.25 (~ Oberstleutnant) Kapitän z.S. 1.1.28 (~ Oberst) Orden (gem RL 1918): RAO4, Hohenzollern Ritterkreuz m. Schw., EKI, LübH Das DAK für 25 Jahre würde 1924 auch passen. so: EKII, Hohenzollern, RAO, DAK, Mecklenburg, Lübeck Der Letzte ist der schwedische Wasa-Orden (Ritterkreuz 2.Kl.), den hatte er laut RL 1914: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasaorden Herr Kolbe hat sich auch eine Wikiseite gegönnt: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Kolbe_(Landrat) Und er war auch im GMIC in Behandlung: https://gmic.co.uk/topic/44238-vizeadmiral-hans-kolbe/

Hi Daniel, here is one from my collection. Major Hans Kolbe, Kdr. Küstenwehr-Abt. Kiel. Photo from 1924. Can anybody identify the last medal, please? Best, GreyC

First mentioned in the VL as severely wounded on 5th May 1917, then, on 3rd July 1917 as KIA. GreyC

Here is an original ex-libris in drypoint style for the private books for Karl von Müller, featuring the Emden, signed by the artist Kallmorgen, a reknown German painter, from my collection. GreyC

There were 4 gentlemen by the name of T-F. listed in Berlin in 1912, neither a Curt nor a Fritz among them. Maybe he lived in one of the surrounding cities like Potsdam or Spandau, etc. He did not live in Darmstadt, the place of the Falken-Verlag he took over from his relative Curt in 1917/18 in 1912 either. GreyC

The none photo items are called Zipfel and are a token of friendship between members of Burschenschaften (student´s society). There were different Zipfel for different occasions, but I am not into the subject enough to make out the differences. This is from the Wintersemster 1919 Leipzig University. GreyC

Hi Christophe, from the signature Berndt or Rantz is quite certainly a Feldwebel-Leutnant. if you look up Ettelt in the German army loss list, you´ll find the majority of the name bearers to be of Saxon origin, so that seems to fit well. GreyC

Hello, it is difficult to read. The signature could be Berndt, he was a Feldwebel-Leutnant. The name in the text Ettelt. Both names are listed in the loss list- Seinem lieben Kamerad Ettelt aus Dankbarkeit und zur freundlichen Erinnerung an unsere gemeinsame Arbeit. GreyC

Hi, Glenn said most of what could be said. However, let me add a tiny bit of information and three photos: The Landwehr NCOs and other ranks did have the same uniform as the line units, however they were distinguished from them by way of cockade, which had the Landwehrcross on it (1st photo). The Pickelhauben also had a Landwehr-cross on it. See attached photo from Kürassier Regiment 7. The Rittmeister of the Landwehr-Provinzial Kavallerie with visor cap does not wear the Landwehr-cross on cockade and the number of the Army Corps on his shoulder-piece, so I was told. GreyC