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This. Could be for a kid.

Well, a "minden cross" would be the "queens gold". https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindener_Kreuz

With this pin and how it is attached, its <=1918?

Nice picture, the more well versed gentlemen in this field might tell you his awards. I only can tell you this: Er war ein Offizier wie er im Buche stand.

Its Grüße dich Gott, which is a long form for Grüß Gott, but I have to admit, I never heard of this, but wiki provided the answer: Grüß Gott ist eine Verkürzung aus grüß[e] dich Gott, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grüß_Gott#Form_und_Herkunft Sturmbatterie seems to have been a WW1 word: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kriegspressequartier_Alben_1914-1918_(Ausbildung)#/media/File:Sturmbatterie_bim_Angriff_(BildID_15651521).jpg Sturmbatterie wenn uns der For the other words I have no glue, sorry.

Whats there?

Could be Post Oberreitnau, because there was no post office in Rickatshofen. but Im not sure. s is different form the one in Rickatshofen. But for Richt its also a different c when comparing with Rickatshofen, and the R is also different.

This "Gott sei Dank geht es mir ganz gut." means him being well. This "Haben es bisher noch ganz gut." is IMO about he (and his unit) is not at the Frontline, but at the shooting range in Elsass, where life was much better. "Lass wieder was von dir hören." is not literally about to hear is voice, its: Send me a card.

These are the patient files: https://www.apotheken.de/medikamente/lexikon/k0437-krankenblatt-patientenakte Most Lazarett pictures show patients, while there are more likely workers like Militärkrankenwärter or something similar IMO

Google Lens can be also helpful sometimes.

Lieber Bruder. Na du altes Haus ? das du dich gut amüsierst. Wie siehts denn in der Heimat aus (?)

The one with the slip on over his shoulder board a Zahlmeister-Aspirant while the one with the (pay)book in the cuffs is a Zahlmeister? But Im not an expert.

Then, IMO the seller excluded the locations. You should have tried to write him a PM at eBay and explain this. I guess he was not aware of this. You can exclude locations when starting the offer, and you can change it later.

Fro the ear its clearly him. Compare the big part above the earlobe and especially the fold onto the earlobe.

The belt buckle is the Hessian one. The Litzen at the cuffs are for the guard regiment. There were no other Hessian regiments with this Litzen at the Brandenburg cuffs. So its I.R. 115 Ok, then its likely for a WW2 wounding. Was confused by the almost two years in hospital, but perhaps the wounding was not so bad and he had to stay because of further infections resulting from bad hygienic habits. My great grandfather was several years in hospital and almost lost his leg w/o any wounding. Just a result of bad hygienic in the trenches.

And also because of the breast pockets? If I remember right, I read somewhere, before November 1918 breast pockets only for Generals? MGSS badge look like it has a black background, which was common among Freikorps.

In the picture is is wearing the Uniform of the Hessian I.R. 115. After his wounding at the leg he was almost two years in hospital. IMO it would be a no-no to wear a WW2 wound badge if you received the WW1 one, also it was IMO not necessary, WW1 awards were available during the Weimar Republic or the 3. Reich. Perhaps he got this late WW2 or early FGR when there was nothing available, but its also strange, because I never heard about some shortage for awards in these times.

In his TOS he write, all the stuff is sold as manufactured for collectors or museums, because he can not check the age or authenticity. Hes just a dealer and no sworn appraiser. Sworn appraiser is a German law term, if he would sell stuff as genuine and you want to proof him wrong in court, you need a sworn appraiser. They are very seldom when it comes to militaria.

Württemberg Ulanen-Regiment Nr. 19 IMO https://wiki.genealogy.net/UR_19 The black / red flag is Württemberg. But UL and not UR for Ulanen Regiment is strange. Also the chipper is IMO just FR for Fridericus Rex. While the Ulanen-Regiment Nr. 19 had a different one, see the shoulder boards shown here: https://www.kaisersbunker.com/dunkelblau/tunics/dbt19.htm

Its Its: Im still fine. It has nothing to do with walking.

These are just buttons, IMO never used by Freikorps, even if the design resembles somehow the Freikorps insignia you mentioned. But, its not the same. The stag is far more elaborate and the Eagle is holding nothing in his hands. I doubt a small insignia like the oak leave collar tabs would have served the purpose to distinct the own men in combat. Whats for sure was used for this purpose it the swastika worn by Marinebrigade Loewenfeld onto the left side of the helmet during the Red Ruhr Uprising. But it was cast-off very quick, because it did not succeed for the purpose of distinction. So, from this, its to assume the arrow worn by Jäger-Battalion 37 (Roßbach) at front and side of the helmet, served the same purpose. Klietmann suggests this in his work on Roßbach. And also the white armbands worn in late 1918 and early 1919 in Berlin an Munich, might have served this purpose. The "Reds" wore red armbands at this time. During the Munich soviet Republic and the Uprising in Wilhelmshaven. Out of: https://www.armeemuseum.de/images/publikationen/2018_Katalog_Friedensbeginn_online.pdf Perhaps also the SSOS armband served the distinct purpose. It was widely worn by the Selbstschutz, but seems to have been not mandatory, because Klietmann mentioned for the Schwarze-Schar Bergerhoff they did not wore it. The small insignia, like the oak leaves collar were IMO mostly worn because of pride, see this period ad for the Landesjägerkorps. Its mentioning the oak leaves collar and that they are troops under the command of Noske.

This is the later Einwohnerwehr armband. In the early days, when fighting the Munich Soviet Republic, Freikorps Passau had no insignia. At least no insignia are mentioned in this period secondary source, while the book mention the blue white armband for several other Freikorps. https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Germany_Heer_Kriegsgeschichtliche_Forschungsanstal?id=1zcDAAAAMAAJ

frdl. = freundliche My Guess: Lilli is Ottos wife and sended the card showing Otto, to their friend (perhaps Ottos Brother) Karl.

OK, so also in the first picture. Did not see this. So not award like. Are you sure about swords? Or are these the crossed cannons for artillery? There was a Haubitzenbatterie Weickhmann.

IMO its Flösser perhaps also Flößer. Here is a topic for this kind of questions: