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Hi Christer, Meinem lieben Leibfreund zur freundlicher Erinnerung To my dear friend as friendly reminder "Leibfreund" is a very special (the best) friend in a fraternity. Uwe

Hi Troy, Nördlingen is a town in Bavaria. The badge is in remembrance of the battle of Nördlingen in 1634: http://en.wikipedia....ngen_%281634%29 Uwe

Hi Claudius, Verl.Dat. = Verleihungsdatum (award date) versetzt = transferred desgl. = desgleichen (the same [as before]) franz. = französisch [always without capital letter] in franz. Gefangenschaft geraten = gone into captivity/taken as prisoner umstehend = overleaf Uwe

Hi Cnock, based on "German Military Abbreviations": http://downloads.stu...breviations.pdf Ortskommandant = local military administrator Platzmajor = [fortress] headquarter's executive officer Uwe

Hi Brian: "Is that an Oldenburg Cross 1st Class the fellow is wearing?" I think, it is the first class of the Prussian War Veterans Organisation. Uwe

Tom, this is definitely a S Uwe

Sergeant 08, I'm not interested in splitting hairs: http://en.wikipedia....Political_party That is the first sentence: A political party is a political organization ... Uwe

Hi Sergeant 08, yes, I think, that it is a member's badge. I found some small local organizations early in 1933, combinations of NSdAP and other national parties against KPD and SPD, e.g.: http://weimarer-repu..._fruehjahr_1933 Please, there is a copyright. Uwe

Hi Sergeant 08, it is a member's badge, based on Heering/Hüsken 1997 Nr. 4117 c) Uwe

Hi Speedy, I think, that you can see both in the first picture: Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 12 and (parts of the) 5. Königlich-Sächsische Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 64 Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 12 in four "blocks" on the right, and a delegation of the 5. Königlich-Sächsische Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 64 in the foreground on the left with the regimental music. Uwe

For example a medal in 1926: Uwe

Oh yes, "die Maikäfer", the Garde-Füsilier-Regiment, still in November 1917, in 293 mm x 425 mm (!): Uwe

Hi Christer, no, not Wilhelm, but Friedrich Ludwig It is a participants badge or a honoring badge of a county gymnastics event in 1897 in Reichenberg in Bohemia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberec The four F's in the center are from the "Deutscher Turnerbund": http://de.wikipedia....cher_Turnerbund The illustrated man is Friedrich Ludwig Jahn: http://en.wikipedia....ich_Ludwig_Jahn Uwe

Hi IrishGunner, Ernst Tramp Fahrer (aktiv) Ernst Tramp von der Munitions-Kolonne der 3. Batterie FußArtl.Bataillon Nr. 152 ... 31. August 1917 ... Im Felde, den 6.September 1917 Emrich Hauptmann und Bataillonsführer Uwe

Hi Justin, first, there is no "issue" of 1957 awards. There is only the allowance, to wear specified decorations, some of them (only Third Reich decorations) with a changed design, these pieces with a changed design are shown in the list here: http://www.ordensmus...16Jan0857er.pdf It is correct, that there are some decorations in the "Beilage", where it could be, that there has never been an award. That was a special "political" decision in that time, I think, out of deference for veterans organizations. Uwe

Hi Ulsterman, sorry, but there is no correspondence! The first one is the hanger for the medal below, may be an eagle. There is no correspondence for the next two marked crosses with the ribbons. Uwe

Hi Freiwillige, the uniform? I will show you only one example, but you can find thousands of them in the German internet: http://www.verberg.d...zenfest2004.htm Please start the slideshow! In German shooting associations you can find all ranks, from soldiers to officers to generals and field marshals. With different uniforms and different weapons like sabres, swords, daggers etc. Uwe

Hi David, German laws like the "Ordensgesetz" from 1957 are for all Germans, in uniform or in civilian clothes. Armed forces do have additional regulations, especially for the "amount" of decorations, the order of precedence and the way of wearing them. KR Uwe

Hi Freiwillige, please see all the identical ribbons! Therefore I think, that there is nothing military or are in another way "official". OK, they were awarded from the shooting association(s), but there seems nothing to be official! You could (and can) buy such "awards" in several shops all over in Germany: http://www.steinluec...?unterrubrik=49 http://www.steinluec...?unterrubrik=51 http://www.steinluec...?unterrubrik=50 http://www.steinluec...?unterrubrik=73 etc., etc. Uwe

Hi Klink, welcome to the Forum! There had never been a reissue of Third Reich awards in Germany post 1945. With the "Ordensgesetz" from 1957 it was only allowed to wear several decorations, most of them in a changed design without Nazi emblems. It was and is a private initiative to obtain these awards, originals/copies or 1957 versions. Uwe

Hi, it looks like a "Cotillon-Orden", done in metal or cardboard: http://www.zwsw.de/1.../1000110276.php Uwe

Hi, it is correct: 12. Lehrgang der Kreisschule Swinemünde 18.-20.10.35 Uwe

Transcription: Berlin, d. 26.VI.15. Meine Lieben! Sende Euch hiermit noch ein kl[eines] Andenken von mir. Fahre jetzt noch mal nach Hause auf Urlaub. Werde wohl nun zum 1. Juli abrücken. Viele herzl[iche] Grüße Euch allen Euer Neffe u[nd] Kusin Wilhelm. Uwe

Hi Heiko, it seems to be very unusual for a German . Belgium, Miltary Cross: http://users.skynet..../B-OthLeo2.html Uwe

Hi Dan, sorry, but the VVO in Post 220 is twice not correct. First it is a wrong replaced ring (to big). Secondly it is a wrong medal to the bar or the other way round. For this medal with the granular reverse fits only another ribbon bar, as you can see in Post 135 (no srews): http://gmic.co.uk/in...pic=8727&st=120 Uwe