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Very interesting collection of these symbols of regulatory executive force/power. GreyC

Very nice, Ross. First time I have seen any. GreyC

Hi, browsing thru the forum I came across this #2 post which was posted way back, so I don´t know if this is still of interest. But the signature on the mount of the photo does not designate the person in the photo but the photographer. His name was Vahldiek. There was a photographer in the 1870s by that name in Brunswig, so this photographer could be from that family (though the town´s name does not really look like Braunschweig. Not to be confused with another family of photographers in Schleswig Holstein and Rostock by the name of Vahlendieck. GreyC

Hi, I don´t know if it is genuin or not, but I had the chance to have the writing translated by a chinese friend. It says: Medal (or decoration) for the fight against japanese imperialism by the commander of the 3rd warzone Gu Zhutong [name of the commander]. GreyC für den Kampf gegen den japanischen Imperialismus. Die untere Schriften bedeutet: von dem Befehlshaber der dritten Kriegszonen Gu, Zhutong (das ist die Name von dem Befehlshaber).

Hi Chris, it means verstorben (passed away) and refers to the column where details of parents are noted. GreyC I, too, read ....dal. The rest is more difficult. GreyC

Thank you for the link, Michael! But is it a EK I or EKII, I wonder? GreyC

Hello gentlemen, I got this photo because it shows a war-blinded veteran. He wears his VWA (wound-badge) and a bar with what seems to be an EK. I haven´t seen one with a miniatur-cross on it on a bar like this (without the vertical stripes) before. Can you tell me, wether this kind of bar was offical and in use often? It seems to be an Iron Cross 1st class? 1915 the then director of the ophtalmological Institut of the University of Marburg, Prof. Dr. Alfred Bielschowsky started courses, in which those soldiers who returned with the loss of sight could start vocational training and rehab measures. From this, in cooperation with other institutions the Blindenstudienanstalt Marburg, the study center for blind people, emerged which still exists today as a high-school. Judging by the design of the Carte de Visite photo, the gentleman pictured will probably have belonged to the first veterans who made use of these courses. Thank you very much. GreyC

Hi, the German writing on the middle photo means "Grandpa" in English, the writing on the sailor photo says "Two friends 17th March 1???". GreyC

Hi, interesting picture! GreyC

Hi Yorkstone, Reiter SA - Yes. Stuttgart - No. It is the place the afore mentioned book was published in in 1935. The Standarte was situated in Koblenz: http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=166669 GreyC

Pleasure, Sir. There are photos of it in wear here in this forum in the section on the iron croses. In ID 8 you can even see a rabbi wearing the brassard. GreyC

Hi, an interesting thread. Thanks for your article. The first brassard (?) in id 1, white/purple and red cross is in use in the German military since 1908, starting with Prussia and adopted for all states to be worn by all clerics of all christian denominations. The catholic clerics wore an additional purple stole during WW1. GreyC

Hi, it is not in the book by Ober-Sturmführer Cord von Einem ABZEICHEN UND DIENSTGRADE DER SA, Stuttgart 1935. However it actually is the Kragen-Abzeichen of the Reiter-SA (SA on horseback) in this case Reitersturm 12 der 52 Reiterstandarte. The Abzeichen was introduced in 1936. That´s why it´s not in the book, published 1935. For more see: https://de.allbuch.online/wiki/Reiter-SA GreyC

Hi hucks216, thank you for the additional info on the 9th. GreyC

Hi, this is my first post in this forum. So forgive me if not all is according to protocol. The Führer der Schnellboote (FdS) succeeded the Führer der Torpedoboote on the 20th April 1942 as head of the Schnellbootsflottillen which usually consisted of 8 boats plus a tender. Rudolf Petersen was FdS from start to finish. The command-post of the FdS was usually situated at Scheveningen, but due to operative necesseties he also operated out of Boulogne/Wimereux, Cherbourg and during the invasion out of Le Havre, Ostende-De Haag and Den Helder. In the winter of 1944/45 the command post was moved to Sengwarden close to Wilhelmshaven. At the end of the war it was in Flensburg. The 9th Schnellbootsflottille was deployed 1st April 1943 and operated entirly out of Den Hoofden and in the Channel during the war. As stated above K. Kpt. Freiherr v. Mirbach was the Kommandant. All infos out of Schnellboote im Einsatz 1939-1945 by Volkmar Kühn, Stuttgart 1976. p210, 215. GreyC