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Just checked and turns out they are actually awarded at 10, 20 & 30 years. The honour clasp was then awarded to women to mark 35 years and awarded to men at 40 years. tony 🍻

A well made & good looking bar.., is it common practice to have the single plastic pieces covering each bar or is it just a personal thing? Either way it has certainly kept these ribbons in top shape. tony 🍻

Hi Cazack, I’m tempted to say ‘Eastern Command’ or as I believe was sometimes the case, perhaps it identifies where he is from. I didn’t find another example or mention. tony 🍻 Ps what does the AS stand for?

A proper character behind these, the story of a tough old fella, congrats 👍👍 tony 🍻

Very nice indeed! tony 🍻

Hi Chris, you may already know this but just in case… Maker mark on the reverse is the anchor mark of H. Skarnik & F. Fiszbein, Warsaw, and letters B.M. which stand for 'biały metal' (English: white metal). congrats tony 🍻

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I was almost expecting silence! So I’m glad you see something in it. There aren’t many to chose from in the first place and certainly nothing using battalion. I did wonder if legion might have translated as battalion but there is no Order of the ‘legion of palms’ either. & yes I also would take it to the Grand Commander class. Can you tell me the context of the record? Is the source document written in his own hand or a third party? Is it a later official record? If it was his to write as he pleased, then perhaps he was simply not impressed? Then I can imagine him getting this ‘Micky Mouse’ award and as he throws it in a drawer, he dismisses his title as… or just a joke. but as to why in French, yes that’s still odd. Though I have one explanation that is possible. Would a German Naval Captain have spoken with the Greek politicians using French as the common language? Perhaps then, palm battalion was a private joke arising from that, though the likelihood of recording it as such would depend on who wrote your source document and when. tony 🍻

I got distracted! I do have a possibility though. I may be crazy but I think it’s this one… Also. The Ancient Greek word for palm tree is phoinix. 1 of the 2 native Greek palm trees is called a phoenix. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ I reckon a piss take not a weird translation. t

Was my suggestion of the Finnish one an obvious non starter Gents? tony 🍻

Gents, I have a lead methinks, I’m not on Reddit so I couldn’t check the picture but 👇 The panathinaikon stadium is in Athens, Greece. The photo of the Hamburg is dated 6th Feb 1927. 👍 Although Greece isn’t listed on the ‘farewell’ tour it seems they stopped there, likely after Spain I guess. So perhaps the award was the Captains reward 😁 tony 🍻 zzz

Hi Greg, not sure what you need exactly but there is some nice information here 👇 https://www.worldmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/315670-ddr-army-officer-dagger/ cheers tony 🍻

A fine selection mate… you’ve had me looking at a few myself this last week 😉 tony 🍻

Hi paddywhack, I share your struggle, I almost never find the names I look for. I still find it odd and wonder how can it be that an officer receives his commission and later promotion, I’ve got his name and unit, yet nothing jumps out on Google. 🤷‍♂️. They ‘deserve’ to be found. I’ve a number of named officer tunics mostly from the 50’s & 60’s post war period, when there were still private purchases, they were more frequently retained and have survived. Anyway, to your jacket/tunic… First, my initial opinion, the design looks fine. 👍 Some jackets have buttoned lower pockets, some don’t. With officers still privately purchasing items, variety was nothing new. Having 4 fastener buttons and just the 2 top pocket buttoned 👍 having scalloped edge top pockets & straight edge lower pockets 👍 & top pockets with no pleats… All perfectly good. Here are a couple 👇 The first thing worth questioning that stood out for me was on the label. That tailor already existed in the 30’s, which is good, it isn’t that… 👉 The unusual thing for me is that a Captain needed a new jacket made at all. - Usually uniforms are made for & named to a 2nd lieutenant. Officers then kept the same SD through promotions just adding pips, with it worn at least until reaching Major and even until full Colonel. - In my seriously limited experience, it is when Officers transferred to a different regiment/unit or their reg/unit was merged, that a new uniform was warranted. Of course, loss or damage required one too. - In 1958, The East Yorkshire Regt merged with The West Yorkshire Regt to form The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire. There’s a possibility he was still serving then. The other issue is of course the buttons. If they are indeed new… that’s that. But then I’d be asking myself why? If someone repurposed the jacket, they would likely have cut off the epaulettes. If someone attached the buttons just to help sell it, why wouldn’t they just spend two quid on some ‘real’ buttons? So knowing 👇 is possibly helpful.,. - Are there buttons on the shoulders too? - Are there any makers marks / names on the reverse of the buttons? 🤞 Then my final input is, if they were to be original to this jacket… The 3rd/4th County Of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) wore plain buttons. As did the South Notts Hussars. & I think that’s all that did. Of course much of this is possibly answered if some lovely Gent can check the forces records for you 😊 Cheers tony 🍻

I find it interesting that the tin I have for a navy bicorn is painted with the same pattern as yours There is a different maker label in my hat so I guess it must have been a wider practice at the time… tony🍻

There might be something useful on here https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Austria_Military_Records Some information on what’s available and good links to early records… Worth a look regardless but if like me you can’t speak ze German… 😡 tony 🍻

Hi Gents, I was reminded by the recent Feuerwehr medal post that I had this Feuerwehr helmet and thought I’d dig it out. Würflach is a town in the district of Neunkirchen in the Austrian state of Lower Austria . Freiwillige means volunteer Feuerwehr is Fire Brigade (Fire Defence) As you can see the helmet has had a few bumps in it’s time but it’s still in nice complete condition… Front inside, the green area is to the front Sides Rear The helmet has come back over the pond from the USA where it was part of an estate for sale. It had another piece with it which was what originally caught my eye, I remember I shared that on GMIC and was told that was some kind of horse tackle type thing. I’ll try and add that here later. Hope you like it Gents Cheers tony 🍻

Minty indeed!! 🍻

Did you find what you were looking for today in the end David? tony

Nice additions, particularly the XX, 👍

Always nice to know something of the recipient. Overture, Do you know if he received it post 1922? He might look a bit happier if he knew he would survive the war… 😁 tony 🍻

Hi David, Did you have any success with this in the end? tony 🍻

Thanks, I was just making sure before I suggested…a Karl Truppen Kreuz But now I see too many differences. So forget that. ————///—- A different suggestion is a Finnish medal. The red centre stripe, the yellow stripes with thin red edges (white on Baden service medal) all match the ribbon for the Finnish ‘Order of The Cross of Liberty’ medal. There was more than one version issued. There was a later version too tony 🍻

Hi Ian, After Jose or Josef I’m going to go with… Joseph & Soldorich SOLDORICH But… The ‘ich’ could be wrong. - Noticeably the { i } has no • above it. - If the { i } is another letter, eg a or e…the last two letters may also be wrong, ie, the ‘h’could then be a ‘k’. There are other spellings the name Soldorich but most have been used just a handful of times. Hope this helps tony 🍻

I reckon we are now as informed as anyone 🤷‍♂️ Every mention was just the same few lines cut and pasted. There is really nothing i could see with more detail than that last longer piece. tony