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He is not in the Ehrenrangliste. So he was probably promoted to officer during the war. There was a Lt. d. L. Paul Hocker of Jäger Reg. 14 killed in 1918. He was from Warteshausen Sachsen Gotha-Coburg. Maybe a relative? GreyC

Hi, Cisnadie=Heltau. The photo was also published in "Durch Siebenbürgen und Rumänien" by Albert Reich p 12. The photographer belonged to a press-agency. The photo seems to have been sold/distributed as I know of other copies around. GreyC

Nice one. You can see the Landwehr/Landsturmkreuz atop the number. GreyC

Interesting. Thank you. GreyC

Hi, Stabsarzt in a non-military hospital? Interesting. Or did you mean Stationsarzt? GreyC

Addressbook, surely ? 1868: Hospitalarzt in Ulm. This could be his doctoral dissertation. If so, He was born 1843 Titel: De melituria : dissertatio inauguralis historico-medica / publice defendet auctor Carolus Fischer Verfasser: Fischer, Carl *1843-* Ort/Jahr: Berolini : Lange, 1867 Ort(e): Berlin Sprache/n: Latein Art des Inhalts: Hochschulschrift Umfang: 32 S. ; 8" Hochschulschrift: Berlin, Univ., Diss., 1867 Schlagwörter: *Medizin GreyC

Hi, I´d go along with cypher, but I´d rather say "c" or maybe "e". GreyC

I think it doesn´t really matter. What would CSM´s of a Guard unit do or be responsible for that warrants such a rare award? I wonder if it is somebodies house order or the like? GreyC

Do you have a time frame? My photo is summer 1907 on the day of the Kaiserschießpreis-Competition. And CSM is Etamäßiger Feldwebel? GreyC

So the questions are: is it from a German state or is it from outside Germany? As only Garde soldiers of the rank of Feldwebel are known as yet to have this badge, can we deduce something from this? And if so, what? Could they have been handed out as a reward for representational duties (Garde), eg as part of a Schlosswache or the like? If it is of German origin, could it be a pin handed out by a sovereign of a German state? GreyC

Hi, have you tried the SDA for information? GreyC

Like this one from my collection: Feldwebel of the 2. Kompanie of the Gardejäger Battailion in the Sommer of 1907. Would be interesting to know if other soldiers below the rank of (etatmäßiger) Feldwebel were eligible for this award. GreyC

Thank you! Find attached a photo with two ships with famous names. On the left EMDEN III passing the Deschimag ship-yard on the river Weser in Bremen at the moment of the launch of the BREMEN IV on 16th August 1928. GreyC

Hi, very nice pieces! When the former captain of the 1st Emden, von Restorff (23rd November 1911 - 24th May 1913), got his training as Seekadett he served under the former 1st officer and now retired Kontre-Admiral Sarnow on SMS Deutschland. I can offer a handwritten birthday-card from von Restorff to Sarnow on the occassion of the latter´s 80th birthday in 1930, on which he recalls "the good old days" together with another Seekadett by the name of Behncke, who also signed the card. In 1930 v. Restorff was himself a retired Kontre-Admiral. GreyC

Hi Nickstrenk, thank you for the specification mobile artillery @ Bayern: Thank you, for pointing out the number and the other details. GreyC

Hi Nickstrenk, there are different emblems/patches on the sleeves. Which one is the MG and for what does the other one stand for? Thanks, GreyC

Here is a photo of the chief officer/Herrenmeister, Prinz Eitel Friedrich of Prussia from my collection. GreyC

Nice photo! But it is naval officer, or officer of the navy, not marine... GreyC

A really nice one! GreyC

Hi, if you find a copy of the Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Großherzogtums Oldenburg (1851-1914) you´ll find his awards listed, I should think. GreyC

Hi Bayern, yes and no. Yes, there is a training ground by that name in Germany, today probably the best known in West-Germany, alas, it´s not the one mentioned on the photo. It clearly states "near Reims". And Munsterlager in Germany is too far off, by all means. Instead it is a large training ground of the French Army between Soissons and Reims, still in use in the 2nd WW. The Germans just nicknamed it "Munsterlager" as they named lots of topographic points/areas after those in Germany that resembled their counterparts or reminded them of home. GreyC

Hi Trooper-D, thank you for pointing this out.Didn´t know he was Austrian. For those of you intersted in these sort of units: There was a British equivalent and the Germans also had similar units for private motorboat and for plane-owners that volunteered their machines for service in the German forces. Some of them even brought their own crew. Those were given the rank of NCOs in the German Army/Navy. GreyC

Hi! Before the war they provided automotive support during manoeuvres, as the army lacked cars. See postcard from my collection (1909). They were recruited from the Imperial Automobile Society (it says "hostile horsepower"). The 2nd photo from my vaults shows a member in fieldgrey as member of a divisional HQ. GreyC

I wouldn´t have thought of it as well, but a friend pointed the way. GreyC

Hi, far from it, i am afraid. Uniform of Bavarian Landespolizei of which he was their Oberpfarrer Dr. phil. Josef Schneider (*10.1.93 München, + 21.4.52 München) Volontary Militärkrankenwärter, Priesterweihe 22.7.17, Lazarettgeistlicher bei der bayer. 6.Ldw.Div. EKII, EKI, MVO4 m. Krone u. Schwertern, preuß Rot-Kreuz-Medaille und bayer. Verdienstkreuz für freiw. Krankenpflege im Kriege. Thanks for the above data to the Prussian and another colleague. My research: After the war Oberpfarrer der bayrischen Landespolizei, fired by the NSDAP and wrongly (false accusation) convicted for homosexual activities. In prison till 1940. He had held church service for the policemen who died during the Marsch on Feldherrenhalle. That´s why he got fired by the Nazis. Best, GreyC