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Thank you very much, Komtur! Happy New Year to you all!

As I recently discovered, von Bethmann Hollweg received 1909, becoming Reichskanzler, the Charakter as Major, 1911 the Charakter as Generalmajor and 1913 the Charakter as Generalleutnant. He had many awards and decorations before WW I, but who can help me discover, which awards he received during the war? He definitely got the EK II and EK I, but what else? Thank you!

I am looking for a picture and all awards after the Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer (1934) for the later Generalleutnant Friedrich Ritter von Kieffer. I would be grateful for any help.

Like this? Just found it, totally new for me. But when could they wear field-grey? Only when in combat on land? Coastal Artillery (Küstenartillerie)? Thanks!

Konteradmiral (Ing.) Weber, Commanding General of the Arsenal at Bordeaux, France, wears the basic Army pattern rank insignia. Only the colour differed to distinguish the Navy insignia. Navy insignia was gold (gold and silver in the case of the shoulder boards) on blue. The base of the shoulder boards was dark blue, while the collar boards were light blue.

Thank you so much, Gentlemen!

Albert Wilhelm Heinrich? Yes, surely possible, but that would have been 1872, when the picture was taken, and it looks more like 1890+ ... but I am no expert! Didn't Heinrich (1862) always part his hair in the middle? But it sure looks like his eyes! Thanks! 

10 year old Friedrich Wilhelm Victor August Ernst Prinz von Preußen or Joachim Franz Humbert Prinz von Preußen? Hard to say ... who can help?

Gentlemen, does anyone have a better picture of Weber? Looking at the ribbon bar, is that the Sudetenlandmedaille to the right? What about the rest? Did he maybe have the EK II (1939) or the KVK? Hard to identify with this picture, I know. Thank you!

He was born 1889. He entered the navy on 3 April 1907 as Seekadett, 28 September 1910 Leutnant zur See, 27 September 1913 Oberleutnant zur See, ??.??.1918 Kapitänleutnant zur See; Awards according to Rangliste 1918 (at least): Eisernes Kreuz (1914), II. Klasse and Militärverdienstkreuz (Mecklenburg), II. Klasse (MMV2).

A gentleman of this forum wrote to me within hours and informed me, it is the Order of the Crown of Italy. Now I think I have them all for Ibbeken, please let me know, if I am missinh anything:

Eisernes Kreuz (1914), II. Klasse

Baltenkreuz

Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer

Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung, IV. bis II. Klasse

Spanisches Marine-Verdienstkreuz, II. Klasse der weißen Abteilung

Spanienkreuz in Bronze

Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938

Wiederholungsspange (1939) zum Eisernen Kreuz II. Klasse (1914)

Eisernes Kreuz (1939), 1. Klasse

U-Boot-Kriegsabzeichen (1939)

Orden der Krone von Italien, Offizierkreuz

Ungarischer Verdienstorden, Offizierkreuz

Kriegsverdienstkreuz (1939), II. und I. Klasse mit Schwertern

On 18/12/2006 at 22:06, Monsun said:

Hello "dond",

 

you can be sure that I will never sell or seperate the grouping. I get the awards direct from the family for my U 178 collection.

I collect especially all from and about U 178 and the other "Monsun-uboats".

 

Here are the other awards from Ibbeken.

 

Hello Monsun!

What is the cross at the right with the red-white-red ribbon? Thank you!

Great, thank you!

Extra: Both sons are named in their "Todesanzeige" as "Ritter des Eisernen Kreuzes" (for the Battle of Coronel), so surely the father was that also.

In paintings he has the EK II, and on small statues he carries the EK I ... but I cannot prove that he received both. Do you happen to have his promotion dates? Thank you!

Here is a picture from the Book "Die großen Deutschen im Bild" (Hg. von Alfred Hentzen & Niels v. Holst).

Thank you, Gunnar, so he was married twice. Hmm, the "Familienangelegenheiten" could be, he was married and fathered the two girls with Renate. Maybe he was forced to divorce his first wife. This really helps. Thanks again! Sorry, I am not a member of ancestry.de, therefore they will not allow me to search his name.

Thanks for clearing that up! Who was Hans? An officier? Maybe brother of Friedrich? Thank you!

Here is Hubrichs grave in Bremen-Lesum.

This is great, Gunnar, thank you so much! This is what I have on Gerhard Hubrich:

Abzeichen für Marine-Flugzeugführer auf Seeflugzeugen (1913), Oktober 1914

Eisernes Kreuz (1914), II. und I. Klasse

Ehrenpreis der Marineflieger

Flieger-Erinnerungsabzeichen der Kaiserlichen Marine

Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer

Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung

Wiederholungsspange (1939) zum Eisernen Kreuz II. und I. Klasse (1914)

Do you know of more? I am writing about him at the moment. Do you have his book "Zwischen den Meilensteinen der Luftfahrt – Küken Hubrich erzählt aus seinem Fliegerleben" (Luftfahrt-Verlag Walter Zuerl, Steinebach am Wörthsee 1969)? If so, I have a question: Did he write anything about his marriage or marriages? On 8 May 1943 in Bremen-Burglesum he married Renate Heberle (born 17 October 1916 in Altenburg). She had two daughters: Marion Heberle ( born 12 June 1939 in Hamburg) and Karin Heberle (born 14 August 1941 in Konigstein). After the marriage both girls, who were conceived out of wedlock, received the family name Hubrich. He must have adopted them, but I think, he was also the real father and married Renate late?! Renate died very young on 24 August 1945 in Bremen-Vegesack. Does "Küken" Hubrich write why? Maybe sickness? Thanks!!!

Thank you, Alex and Dave ... I wished, I would have had a better picture to present, but at the moment, this was the best I could find.

Gentlemen, I need your help once again. Theodor Rudolf Rowehl served in WW II, but also as a Seeflieger in WW I, and there is hardly anything to find about his time between 1914 und 1918. Who can help? Maybe with decorations? What is he wearing under the Ritterkreuz? Could that be something Hungarian? Thanks!

Thank you all, especially Christophe!!!

Is the medal between EK and Baltenkreuz something Turkish?

Gentlemen, I am trying to piece together all awards and decortions for Josef Carl Peter Jacobs. Of course I have the Flugzeugführerabzeichen, PLM, EK II and I, Hohenzollern with swords and the Ehrenbecher, surely Hindenburg 1934/35. In the topic below there are although many more (O'Connor Sammlung in the Technikmuseum), but were they actually his? I see a wounded badge, Hanseatenkreuz and more ... who can help identify them? Thank you!

https://gmic.co.uk/topic/50883-pour-le-merite/

Wilhelm Josef Franz Leeb, born 5. September 1876 in Landsberg am Lech ... here is what I have now, please tell me, if I am missing anything:

China-Denkmünze für Kämpfer

Prinzregent-Luitpold-Medaille

Eisernes Kreuz (1914), II. und I. Klasse

Ritterkreuz des Königlichen Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern

Ritterkreuz des Militär-Max-Joseph-Ordens (BMJ3)

Albrechts-Orden, Ritterkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern (SA3⚔)

Großherzoglich Mecklenburg-Schwerinsches Militär-Verdienstkreuz, II. Klasse (MK2)

Ritterkreuz des Ordens der Württembergischen Krone mit Schwertern (WK3)

Orden der Eisernen Krone (Österreich), III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration (ÖE3K)

Bremisches Hanseatenkreuz (BH)

Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz (HH)

Eiserner Halbmond (TH)

Bayerischer Militärverdienstorden, III. Klasse mit Schwertern (BM3⚔) am 12. September 1917

Bayerisches Dienstauszeichnungskreuz, II. Klasse (BD2)

Heeresbergführer-Abzeichen

Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer

Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung, IV. bis I. Klasse

... I. Klasse am 2. Oktober 1936

Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938 mit Spange „Prager Burg“

Wiederholungsspange (1939) zum Eisernen Kreuz II. und I. Klasse (1914)

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes am 24. Juni 1940 als Generaloberst und Oberbefehlshaber der Heeresgruppe C

Namentliche Nennung im Wehrmachtbericht am 21. Oktober 1941

Medaille „Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42“ am 19. August 1942

Großkanzler des bayerischen Militär-Max-Joseph-Ordens, 1954

1965 benannte die deutsche Bundeswehr die „Ritter-von-Leeb-Kaserne“ in Landsberg am Lech nach dem Generalfeldmarschall.