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Hello Joel, The shown officer is Major Erwin Geiseler. Born 23rd January 1871 in Königsberg. He should be the one from Infantry Regiment 59 and got Bremen Hanseatic Cross on 3rd May 1917 as Major and commander of the Infantry Regiment 409. Best regards hoh1851

Hello, The Second ribbon might be the Romanian Flying Bravery Order (Ordin Virtutea Aeronautica). But I am not 100 % sure. Best regards hoh1851

Hello Joel, the history of the regiment gives Schuster’s Patent date to the rank of Colonel, so in combination with the Dienstaltersliste 1919 one could see his peace unit was Infantry Regiment 76. Some information on him: Hans Eugen Schuster Born 30th November 1868 1889 Fusilier Regiment 40 -18th Febr. 1902 3rd Lower Silesian Infantry Regiment 50 18th Febr. 1902 adjutant 77th Infantry Brigade in Ostrowo ca. 05-22nd May 09 Company Commander 7th/ Fusilier Regiment „General-Feldmarschall Graf Moltke“ (Silesian) 38 in Glatz 22nd May 1909 Company Commander 3nd/ 2nd Warmian Infantry Regiment 151 in Sensburg 10th Sept. 1910 Staff of 2nd Warmian Infantry Regiment Nr. 151 in Sensburg 1914 Commander 2nd Bn./ Infantry Regiment Hamburg (2nd Hanseatic) 76 in Hamburg 1918 Commander 43th Replacement Infantry Brigade 15th Jan. 1889 Second Lieutenant 27th Jan. 1897 Lieutenant 12th Sept. 1902 Captain (got Patent date 27th Sept. 1898 on 22nd May 1909) 10th Sept. 1910 Major 18th June 1915 Lieutenant-Colonel 18th April 1918 Colonel Best regards Hoh1851

Many thanks for your additional opinions. That is good to hear. Best regards hoh1851

Hi Leaftree, Many thanks! Best regards hoh1851

Hello, I am still new on the field of Soviet awards so I am still learning. I got this OG3 for my collection and just want to make sure that this is a genuine piece. Number 531472 should be an award around 1945 if I am not mistaken. Opinions appreciated. Many thanks in advance! Best regards hoh1851

Hello, here are some details on the Marinestabsarzt Dr. Kosswig. In constrast to the auction description Kosswig's first name was Carl Moritz Reinhard (according to Rank List, award list Lübeck, baptism document and grave stone) and he was born 1882 not 1878. Born 27th March 1882 in Hannover Son of the Military doctor Carl Moritz Kosswig Died 15th September 1972 (Buried in Bad Bederkesa, Lower Saxony) 1st April 1902 Entered Active Service 1906 Charité Berlin 1910 Naval Hospital Mürwik 1911 Small Cruiser KOLBERG 1912 Special Ship LORELEY 1913 1st Torpedo Division 1914 Medical Office of the Naval Station of the Baltic Sea in Kiel Nov. 1914 Assistent of the Corps Medical of the Naval Corps April 1918 senior physician of the Naval War Hospital 1 (Flanders) 22th June 1919 released from active service 17th August 1906 Marine-Unterarzt 10th November 1908 Marine-Oberassistenzarzt 13th Mai 1911 Marine-Stabsarzt 22th June 1919 Charakter als Marineoberstabsarzt Orders and decorations 8th February 1913 Turkish Osmanje Order 4th class 6th June 1917 Lübeck Hanseatic Cross Prussian Iron Cross 1st class Prussian Red Cross Medal 3rd Class Hamburg Hanseatic Cross Best regards hoh1851

Hi Ferdinand, Many thanks for your estimation as well. Best regards hoh1851

Hi Eric, Many thanks for your estimation and the further information. Best regards hoh1851

Hello, I have this medal in my collection. Since I am not an expert on Soviet medals I would like to ask you whether this medal is an original piece. Many thanks for your replies in advance. Best regards hoh1851

Hello, Many thanks for your replies. Best regards hoh1851

Hello, I have this Austrian Hungarian Military service decoration 3rd class for officers in my collection. Unfortunately it is broken but nevertheless I would like kindly to ask for some opinions to this piece with regards to the authenticity. I was surprised that the medaillon has no crown above the eagle’s head. What might be the reason? Any advise would be appreciated. Many thanks in advance. If there are further pictures necessary please let me know. Best regards hoh1851

Hello Gordon, Many thanks for confirming. Best regards hoh851

Hello, I am new on the field of GDR awards and I wanted to ask you for an advise. Especially with regards to the veterans of the international brigades from spanish civil war I am wondering whether the recipients of the Hans-Beimler-medal also got automatically the medal for fighters against fascism 1933-1945. Thanks for your advise in advance. Best regards hoh1851

I have checked some further sources but unfortunately no birth year.

The Austrian medal is nicely made. I think I could provide an additional information to this soldier. There was a Private Hermann Hüne born on June 14th in Adelebsen, District Göttingen, who was wounded in Spring 1918. Best regards hoh1851

Speaking of the Saxon Regiment 133 I found this photo of an officer of the (active, Reserve or Landwehr) Infantry Regiment 133 in my collection. Unfortunately unnamed.

Many thanks for these information. Reicher seems to be initially a Reserve officer in the 72th Hungarian Infantry Regiment before becoming an active Lieutnant with rank from 1st November 1909 in this Regiment. Promoted to captain with rank 1st May 1917 his wounding is not yet mentioned in the Austrian-Hungarian casulty lists. At least in 1933 he was involved with the Austrian Jewish frontsoldier association. In 1938 he is listed as a Lieutnant-Colonel in Vienna, Rennweg 102.

Many thanks again to all of you for this interesting discussion and the additional information. Speaking of the Bundesheer ribbon bar I saw that there are several Austrian Hungarian rank lists and schematismus online. Are the Bundesheer Schematismus/ Dienstranglisten somewhere online as well? Meanwhile I found some further pictures of Generalmajor Edler von Terboglaw in the Austrian National Archives but unfortunately only one is showing him wearing a ribbon bar. This photo was taken before the awarding of MVK2 and moreover it's of poor quality so not really suitable for a comparison. Best regards and thanks again hoh1851

Many thanks to all of you for your kind assistance and the helpful information and of course for the identification of the former owner. ? Best regards hoh1851

Hi Simius Rex, Many thanks for your reply and the valuable hints. ? These are good news. Until now I didn't know that swords-devices were only given to officers. Is there a regulation available showing this? From knowing this is it also possible to determine the award beeing represented by the first bravery ribbon from the left at this bar? Any help is really appreciated. Many thanks in advance. Sincerly hoh1851

Hello, I have this Austrian ribbon bar in my collection. I know that with regards to the ribbon of the Military Merit Cross/ Bravery Medal it is generally nearly impossibile to say which award (Military Merit Cross, Bravery Medal, Merit Cross with Crown, Military Merit Medal etc.) is meant. But since the bars to the awards were normally silver coloured I am wondering whether the award can be narrowed down in this case. In the past I have seen sometimes Military Merit Crosses with a golden bar and swords. Does anyone know whether this was official and if so whether it was only allowed to Military Merit Crosses or also to other awards? Any thoughts are welcome and appreciated. Thanks and best regards hoh1851

Lt.d.R. Brix seems to be Johannes Theodor Brix. Born 29 August 1891 in Schleswig, Postassistent in Kiel 1917 later in Hamburg.

Hi Laurentius, in my opinion there are no doubts with this bar. In the grouping was another one without the KVK ribbon. Best regards hoh1851

I was wondering whether this ribbon bar could belong to Ogilvie. When I bought this bar the seller also had a 3 place large medal bar from the former bearer (IC2 1914, Schwarzburg Medal Silver, Wehrmacht Long Service for 4 years) as well as a single Hohenzollern Hausorden. What are your thougths? Thanks hoh1851