Hundinger

Hi,

the name of the protagonist is Gürgen.
It is the person standing on the left.
The person standing on the right is Heinz Rabe.

Hans Gürgen was awarded the EK 1 after 1921.
He also received the Baltenkreuz for his service in the Baltikum.

From the freiwilligen russischen Westarmee he received the "schwarze Malteserkreuz 3. Klasse"

as well as their "Erinnerungsmedaille".

During the World War he received the Iron Cross 2nd Class on 01 November 1918.

In pictures showing him as Fahnenträger des Vereins ehemaliger Angehöriger der Eisernen Division, Ortsgruppe Berlin,

he also wears the Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz.

On 28/03/2009 at 16:31, VtwinVince said:

Great grouping. The signature on the retirement doc is of course Heinrich Luebke, the president who one famously said to a crowd in Africa, "Meine Damen und Herren, und andere Neger" (Ladies and Gentlemen, and other Negroes", and who can forget his audience with the Queen, when he blurted out "Equal goes it loose!!", when in fact he was trying to say, "Gleich geht es los".

"Meine Damen und Herren, liebe Neger!" - angeblich 1962 beim Staatsbesuch in Liberia, wahrscheinlich nur erfunden, siehe zeit.de

Real:

"Die Leute müssen ja auch mal lernen, dass sie sauber werden." - Staatsbesuch in Madagaskar, 1962

Kind regards

Hundinger