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Hi, I am not familiar with these, but isn´t the Oldenburg cross the one next to the EKI on the left (from looking at it)? Best, GreyC

Hi, you´ll find career information in Fremde Heere Ost: Hitlers militärische Feindaufklärung von Magnus Pahl page 112. It´s online. GreyC

Hi, nobody by this name was born in Hamburg between 1886-1900 (General registry of births) and nobody by this name is listed in the Addressbooks of Hamburg in 1914,1916,1917 or 1920. So chances are substantial that he was not a Hamburg citizen or that he lived in Hamburg (at least during the time checked). GreyC

Hi thanks for showing as well as explaining! GreyC

Hi Dave, thanks for this interesting info. When he gave the interview he must have been well into his 60s and his miltary service was not the focal-point of the interviewer. So Gropius just mentioned it by the way. Maybe he wanted to keep it short yet make a certain point (bravery). GreyC

Hi, during the 19th century especially it was a la mode for wealthy people in Germany to have medals made to remember special occasions. wedding-anniverseries, special birthdys etc. Everybody invited to these functions then got one of these tokens. This could well be one of these, issued on the occasion of a wedding. GreyC

I see. greyc

The scars are no signs of a sport but of being member of a "Schlagende Verbindung", of which there were many in Germany during that time, and there are still some today. They are student associations. The duells were not part of a sporting activity, but a matter of honor and a ritual of "belonging" to a certain circle of academia. These duells were called Mensur (singular) and were highly ritualised and often bloody as can be seen on a photo from my collection taken in 1927 after such an event with all involved. GreyC

Yes he did. The thing is, that the TV piece was on a new biography on Gropius (by Bernd Polster) which comes to the conclusion that Gropius was as good at selling himself as he was an architect and that he (at times) was interpreting the facts to his advantage, if you like. GreYC

Hi, by coincidence saw an old interview on the telly with Gropius during which he mentioned having been with the Wilhelmina Husars, but that he served with the Zieten-Husars (3rd HR) during the war claiming to have gotten the first IC in his regiment. Well, that´s what he said, anyway. GreyC

Nothing special from my collection but fits the prior post. GreyC

Hi, I would still go with special ammo-pouches. The bags for disk-grenades were larger and were carried on the waistbelt. https://www.feldgrau-forum.com/threads/was-ist-das-fuer-ein-ausruestungsgegenstand.31583/#post-127900 GreyC

Hi Chris, a specialist from a German WW1 forum (Feldgrau-Forum) identified it as a rare bandolier for Schneeschuhtruppen from Bavaria later also worn by colleagues from Wurttemberg. GreyC

Hi Glenn, I was told by an expert on German colonial questions that it is not the EKII but the KO4x for his stint in Samoa in 1888. GreyC

Hi, this is an old post, but I´d like to present a photo of Hugo Emsmann as Kommandeur of Helgoland around 1908. GreyC

Try Osberger... GreyC

Hi Gary, it is always better to post a photo of the original in question. s/l= seinem lieben= his beloved z.Erg. is probably an unusually abbriviaton Erg =zur Erinnerung= in memory of/to remind you of GreyC

Great work! GreyC

Could it be one of those badges distributed for the paticipants of the early NSDAP get-togethers that were allowed to be worn on the uniforms during early Wehrmacht/Kriegsmarine times? GreyC

Hi Paul, that echos my thoughts. Maybe not Russia but Greece/Balkans? GreyC

Hi, I am actually sceptical that it is either. On second thoughts.... Here is a black one. GreyC

Like this:

Hi Komtur, as someone collecting photographs and documents of members of the Freiwillige Kriegskrankenpflege this is a wonderful post. Thank´s for sharing! GreyC

Hi, now that you are mentioning it.... Unteroffizier der Reichswehr Schießauszeichnung 2nd grade plus sharpshooter grade, at Andy: Thanks for the nice illustration. GreyC

Yes, but to my knowledge most of them were worn on the other side, were they not? GreyC