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Some more additions to the database : 1. Lt Hepe , 2 Jäger Batl , 2 Radfahr Komp 2. Three officers from Bayr Geb Art Abt ? Lt Oppenheim , Lt Viereck, Lt Hausbrand 3. Three from 11 Radfahr Komp , Lt Jeschkeit , Lt Lassen ( Komp Führer) , OffStellvtr Zilgit 4. Rittmeister Merz , Führer Sachsen Karbin Rgt 1 Skvadron 5. Major Hans Butz , 2 Bayr Geb Art Abt

Hi , there is some mentions about the flying units but only in the end of the volume VII ( I am buying shortly a complete set of all 8 books , and maybe there is more to read there, I only have three volumes right now. But they are rare as hens teeth to find ) Here is some info about Planes and personal : March 15 1918 two aeroplanes started from Reval , Dfw C.V 3842/17 pilot Uoffz Schopkowski and Dfw C.V 6978/17 pilot Sgt Brämer, observer Lt Haehner. Both planes where destroyed after emergency landings. I can´t see what unit they belonged to , but they was taking photos of Russian naval forces in Helsinki , also mentioned is Lt Hosmann , Uoffz Rippich , Lt dR Lehmann. FA 37 was stationed in Hapsal and FA (A) 214 in Windau , FA 16 was stationed in Reval . There is some pictures taken from this planes in the book if you are interested I can scan them . The weather was very difficult during the operations so of 47 days of combat the could only fly 29 days with 70 missions in all. They had one KIA during the conflict and that was in April 29th when a plane from FA 16 crashed in bad weather killing pilot Uoffz Rippich and wounded observer Lt Hahner. Christer

Hi Dante , No I can´t find anything about him ? Are you sure he was in Finland 1918 ? Christer

A new day and some more Officers 1. KonteAdmiral Ludolf von Usslar Befehlshaber der Aufklärungsstreitkräfte östl. Ostsee 2. Major Gilbert Hamilton , and this officer needs a special mention : Count David Gustaf Gilbert John Wilhelm Hamilton was born in Sweden March 20th 1869 and died August 11th 1947 on the mansion Hedensberg. He started his career as an officer in 1891, in 1897 he tried to join the war between Turkey and Greece but was denied service. The story goes the he also was trying to enter the Russian-Japanese war and the Boer war. In 1914 he was in the Cavalry but left and joined the Prussian Army in Lieb-Kürassier Regiment Grosser Kurfürst . He was awarded the EK II in Sept 13 1914, early 1915 he was in 223rd Reserve Inf Rgt and after been wounded he took command in Nov 1915 of 22nd Reserve Jäger Batl. Spring 1918 he was fighting in Finland under Oberst Frhr von Brandenstein. But Hamiltons was wasn´t over yet , he was Commander of the 3rd Kürassier Rgt Graf Wrangel in June 1918 and fought against partisans in Ukraine late 1918 -february 1919. He was among other things Honorary member of Königsberg and he was appointed Honorary GenMaj in dR August 25th 1939 in Wermacht. 3. Hauptmann Roeder , 1 Radfahr Komp /Pommersches Jäger Batl Fürst Bismarck nr 2 4. Hauptmann Carp , Stabsoffizier Ostsee Div 5. Hauptmann Maenss , Stabsoffizier OsteSee Div ( Feld EisenBahn)

And more Navy ...... 1. KapitänLt Kurt Ihssen , Admiralstabs Offz 2. KapitänLt Richard Eckerlin , SMS Posen 3. KapitänLt Franz Weidgen , 3 Minensuch Flottille 4. KapitänLt Max Doflein , 2 Minensuch Flottille 5. KorvettenKapitän Alfred Reuter , Admiralstabs Offizier

And some more Navy officers , I think I have pics of most of the higher ranking German Officers , but still miss some. So if anyone have photos of Germans participating in the war in Finland 1918 please show them here . 1. KonteAdmiral Johannes Hartog 2. KapitänLt Leisler Kiep , Admiralstabsoffizier 3. KapitänLt dR Erich Müller 4. FregattenKapitän Hermann Bendemann , SMS Stralsund 5. Kapitän zur See Hermann Bauer , SMS Westfalen 6. Kapitän zur See Wilhelm von Krosigk , SMS Posen

Maybe some Naval Officers , 1. Kapitän zur See Kurt Irmer , Chef der Seetransportabteilung 2. Korvetten Kapitän zur see Paul Wülfing , Stab Offizier 3. Fregatten Kapitän Hugo von Rosenberg , Suchverband OstSee 4. Navy Staff Officers probably ombord SMS Westfalen From left to right : KapitänLt Kurt Ihssen , Lt zur See Rieckhoff , 1st Marine Ing Schäfer , KapitänLt Leisler Kiep , MarinRat Korsch KonteAdmiral Hugo Meurer , Kapitän zur See Hermann Bauer , KapitänLt Max Bastian, Marin Int Kleemann ,Finnish Off Osolin ,OberLt zur see Wehrmann, OberLt zur See Hans Bayer 5. Kapitän zur See Kurt Franck , SMS Kolberg

And here a group of officers from 2 nd Bayern Gebirgs Art Kan Bat 7. From left front row : Lt Beyschlag , Vet Seberich , Dr Schneider , Hauptm Beschke ( C Bat 7 ) , Lt Moser , Lt Johler , Lt Gran in the back row , from left : Lt Anwander , Schwarz , Kachler Christer

HI Jan , Here is the book I´m talking about , this is the simple bounded version there is of course also a leather bound version of them. Christer

Hi Dante , and happy New Year ! Yes Franz Weidgen is in the book , a Photo of him is coming up today together with some other Naval Officers Christer

And some more , the last for 2013 probably a couple of Lts from Sachsen Karbiner Rgt 1. Lt Koerner Sachsen Karbiner Rgt , MG 2. Lt Lange Sachsen Karbiner Rgt , MG , KIA April 27th 1918 3. Lt Schintling-Horny , Kom Sachsen Karbiner Rgt MG unit 4. Lt Hahne , Sachsen Karbiner Rgt , Kom 2 Skvadrone 5. Lt Frentzel , Sachsen Karbiner Rgt , 2 Skvadrone

5 more 1. Leutnant von Schierbrand , Stab Sachsen Karbiner Rgt 2. Leutnant Günther , Stab Sachsen Karbiner Rgt 3. Leutnant Lassen , Kom 11 Radfahrer Komp 4. Leutnant Mummert , Sachsen Karbiner Rgt , II Skvadron 5. Leutnant Schimmelmann von Lindenburg , 3 gardes Ulan Rgt If anyone has any info about Finnish Awards to someone in the pics I listed I would be most thankful to know it. Christer

Here is some more of the Germans in Finland 1918 , 1. Rittmeister Heckmann , Div Stab 2. Hauptmann Karmann Stab , Hptm von Falkenhorst , Lt Frhr von Uckermann Stab OstSee Div 3. Lt von Luttitz , 3 Garde Ulan Rgt , 1 Skvadronen 4. Rittmeister Frhr von d Bussche- Streithorst , Sachsen Karbiner Rgt ( KIA 29th April 1918) 5. Lt Eisentraut , Sachsen Karbiner Rgt

Thanks Dave , the book all pics are coming from is from a book printed in Helsinki some years after the war , in eight volumes. named " The Independence war in Finland 1918 " Christer

After a cup of coffee I uploaded a couple of more pics 1. MarinFlieger Lt Droege 2. KorvettenKapitän Pfeiffer , Kom SMS Nautilus 3. Lt von Bülow , Kom 2 Komp , 14 Jäger Batl 4. Rittmeister von Saldern , 1 Garde Ulan Rgt 5. Hauptmann ,Stab Ostsee Div , von Falkenhorst

Some more .... 1. Lt von Leonhardi , Sachs Karbiner Rgt 2. Lt Merkel , Sachs Karbiner Rgt 3. Lt Riedel , Sachs Karbiner Rgt 4. Hauptmann Schweinfurth , Kom 14 Jäger Batl 1 Komp 5. Maj von Reden , Kom Sachs Karbiner Rgt The scans is not the best , since the pics are all from old books but still you can see some awards and maybe use them to id some other photos .. If you like them I have more Christer

And some more .... 1. Lt von der Knesebeck 1 Gardes Ulan Rgt 2. Lt von Braunschweig , 1 Gardes Ulan Rgt 3. Rittmeister von Berchem-Königsfeld , 3 Gardes Ulan rgt 4. KapitänLeutnant Bastian , Admiral Stab 5. Lt von Ahlfen , 2 Pioneer Batl More will come Christer

There is quite a lot of threads about Germans in Finland 1918 so I thought it would be interesting to give the names a face Here is a small gallery of pictures of German Officers who was participating in the Independence war in Finland Enjoy , Christer !. Gen Maj Wolff 2. OberstLt von Luck Kom 255 Res Inf Rgt 3. Major Schenk zu Schweinsberg Kom 14 Jäger Batl 4. Lt Herfurth , Kürassier Rgt 5. von der Schulenburg-Lieberose Kom 3 Res Jäger Batl

Hmm, Yes you are right Dave , I found all three and Georg Fett was in Torpedoinspektion, Referent für Funkentelegraphie in April 1918 he was earlier on Torpedoboot S 147 Hermann Kranefuss was Navigationsoffizier on SMS KronPrinz Wilhelm in spring 1918 I´m not sure if the Kronprinz was in the Baltic Sea in April 1918 ? Gustav Wehr was Wachoffizier on SMS Moltke in February 1918 and she was in drydock for repair from Late April. I would bet my money on Georg Fett I can´t find any Finnish awards to him , but of the three he could have been in the Baltic sea in 1918. I will keep on looking and see if I find something I found another Naval Officer Leisler Kiep KapitänLeutnant who had a Finnisch Freiheitskreuz ? I dont know what grade , does anyone know anything about him ? Christer

I have account on Ancestry but there is a lot of Herzogs Do you have any other info on him ? First name , born year ? I have not found any Cavalry Leutn yet , only Inf Rgt Christer

I have not found any of the names in my sources , but Navy is always more complicated than Army... They have quite high rank (Kapitänleutnant) so I think they will turn up if they where in Finland . I would expect a FK3X on the ribbon bar for a rank like that , but maybe he was in sort of staff or similar ? I keep on looking Christer

Hmm, I think you are right Glenn Look at this pic of Balck , sure it is the same guy ?

OMG Christer

Thanks again Dave ! In June I had 20 names for Germans with FK3X 1918 and now I have 65 Most of the Bavarian Officers I had from Ancestry , but at least four names was new to me ! The somewhat mystery one is Bernhard Schwarz LdR who got a FM2 inspite of being an Lt ?? He would normally be awarded an FK3 Keep them coming Dave if you have more I dont have any numbers of FK3X given to Germans in 1918 , the only total I have is 509 FK3X 1918 and I have names on 152 right now , probably most of the missing ones is Finnish Capt/Majors . The search goes on Christer

Very nice bar Miguel ! There was 1394 FFK3X ol awarded so it not that many from the beginning and of those we can take away some that have a other awards the difficulty is that are no rolls what I know of for the Summa and Dragoon Brigade Cross. I can start to look for candidates but it can take a while Christer