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Hi Andreas,

if it were Nauder the writer of the name forgot the arch above the "u" . Possible but in official documents rather rare. The name Nander is scarce but there were people who had this name.

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Hi Chris,

to me it´s Johann Nander. The short horizontal line across the "N" seems to have been drawn to have ahelp aligning the others in height.

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Hi,

it says Sedan 1931 Höchste Ringzahl / Highest Ringnumber (Highscore).

Therefore I´d suggest a privat/civilian medal of a shooting competition (Schützenfest)

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Hi nesredep,

I might have some photos from Norway, I don´t think Narvik, though. Mostly ships. Don´t know if interesting enough or fitting for this thread.

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Ah, thanks:

Deutsche Reichsauszeichnung für Leibesübungen

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Hi Morton,

thanks for your reply, what´s DRL, please?

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Hi nesredep,

interesting photo! I think its pretty rare for navy personnel to wear three Kriegsabzeichen like the man in the middle. The photo is a bit blurry but I mean to make out a Minensucherabzeichen and a Zerstörerabzeichen. Can you recognize the third?

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Hi DrDerek,

if he indeed was an officer in the late 30s he would most probably not have lived in the barracks, especially if married with child. I did a bit of random sampling in the Berlin address-books of the mid-thirties. No Hermann Jordan listed I am afraid. Do you know if he died in Berlin?

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Hello Derek,

if your grandfather was with the 9th Infanterie Regiment he was an Infanterist not an Ulan. If he served with Reichswehr Kavallerie he couldn´t have been an Ulan either, as the Reichwehr did not distinguish between different branches of the Kavallerie. There was just Kavallerie. They did all, however, have lances till 1927.

If he was an Unteroffizier in the mid-twenties he will probably not have been promoted to an officers rank unless he was on an officer´s path from the start.

Do you know the first name he was called by?

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Hi there,

could the yellow ribbon be the Zentenarmedaille? It is the least "valued" Prussian one, not even featured in the RL, so every medal after that on the bar has to be non-Prussian on a Prussian bar, which they obviously are.

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Thanks for the info Nigel. Looks great.

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Hi leigh kitchen and nigelbristow,

interesting topic.

@ nigelbristow: very nice. Is this the one in "private hands" as mentioned in the text in the photo in #1 or is it a fourth specimen of this now rare breed in GB?

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Hi Larry and Morten,

nice photos! Congrats!

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Good mornig,

just in case anybody was wandering: ZfE means "Zur freundlichen Erinnerung"= In friendly memory of

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Hi Solomon,

no haste!

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Good evening,

glad I could help.

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Solomon,

could you please scan the reverse and post it. Maybe i can date it more accurate than just state that it is 2nd half of the 1860s.

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Good morning Gentlemen,

after having posted this photo in a German forum to no avail,

maybe here are forists who can help identifying these two generals having some soup. One is clearly from the Luftwaffe the other must be a German ally, but of what country and airforce? No other information available on this photo, I am afraid. Thank´s for your help.

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Hi,

the photographer was one of the most prominent members of his profession and therefore top address in Cologne at that time.

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Hi Jeff,

this migt help further:

http://littlegun.be/arme belge/artisans identifies e f/a fliegenshmidt gb.htm

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Hi walfisch!

Have a look here e.g.:

http://www.frontflieger.de/2-faa240.html

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Good morning,

it´s a pleasure.

GreyC

Hi Trooper_D,

what I could gather in a quick internet search is the following:

The MIRS (Military Intelligence Service) was a joint Anglo-American agency with offices in Washington DC and London (Victoria Hotel), founded in May (other sources say January) 1943 under the supervision of Britain´s MI14 (Order of Battle German Forces) and the State´s G-2 (Assistent Chief of Staff). Shortly before the joint landing of British and US forces in North Africa. Its personnel was comprised mainly of German emmigrants to the US, its task was the analysis of captured German documents (150ts until 1945) and the dissemination of the knowledge gained through this. They had field agents who, especially directly after Germany´s surrender, discovered valuble documents in Germany that helped the allies prepare for the Nürnberg trials.

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Source e.g.: Germany and the 2nd WW, p. 306; Vol IX/II, Oxford 2014.

Hi Trooper_D,

the hotel seems to have been in Northumberland Avenue, London.

The document can be found here:

http://wwii.germandocsinrussia.org/de/nodes/1850-akte-52-akte-nr-42-1943-der-2-verwaltung-der-hauptverwaltung-aufklarung-gru-der-roten-armee-gefechtsausbildung-und-erganzung-in-der-wehrmacht#page/194/mode/inspect/zoom/6

I chanced upon it in a different forum.

GreyC

Hello Trooper_D,

much appreciated!

GreyC