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And here a really unlucky ship ... Not only was SS Toran torpedoed in 1940 , she was hit by the British submarine HMS Sealion by mistake ... SS Toran was built for Christiansen Steamship Co 1918 and was on the way to England when she was torpedoed and two omborde died.

Next ship is SS Ionia 3102 t build in 1922 for Hamburg America Line , later to Deutsche Levant Line in 1923 She was attacked and sunk by a British submarine outside Narvik , Norway in April 1940

Torpedo Los !l Long time since I posted some unlucky ships here But now I have a lot of new photos and stories to tell you , here we go..... SS Sockaboemi 7051 t was built in Netherlands 1923 , she was torpedoed by U 356 in December 1941 but this submarine was sunk by Destroyer escort and all ombord killed, but then U 441 put a torpedo in the doomed ship and Sockaboemi sunk. Only one man ombord died in the attack while 69 survived. U 441 itself was sunk in English Chanell 8 June 1944 with all hands....

And of course the inside , with the cross itself

Here is my latest purchase The hardest to find box for Honor Cross ! The turtle coloured I know that these boxes wheren´t given out officially , instead people bought them private. Like the EK I and EK II boxes. But they are insane expensive , since we collectors make the value ourselfs ..... I mean in reality a 1939 Knight Cross maybe have a silver value of ? 20-25$ but everyone pays a LOT more if we can afford it Enjoy !

Thats a First Class Liberty Cross so only 72 Germans got it and after deleting Waffen SS, KM and LW and some who don´t look at all like your pic I´m down to about 40 .... hmm have to wait for a better scan of the ribbon bar then we got him Christer I

Ohhhhh I love the bars with Life saving medals on them ! And it must be rare with Braunschweig "horse" for frontline service to a Saxon officer or ? Just Super ! Christer

Wow , what a interesting unit Militär-Geographischen-Gruppe Saloniki-Ägäis . He sure is a candidate I must see if I can find anything about Pi Btl 9. Thanks Dave and Matt I will have you in first line if I´m going to sell it ! Christer

Recently I bought this from a well know forum member who was a fantastic homepage for selling Imperial stuff ( maybe I get a discount next time if make some advertising ) Well well , over to the bar itself .... A quite typical mid thirties ribbon bar with EK - Lübeck Cross - Bremen Cross - Hamburg Cross - Honor Cross This is my first eibbon bar with all three States and I belive its quite unusual . I started looking through the few lists I have and on the net and found so far only 7 with this combo, and yes one is von Ritchofen and No this isn´t his bar So far I got 1 Candidate who didn´t get anything more eccept a EK 1 but I suppose I have to wait for the Lúbeck-Bremen-Hamburg rolls to find this three city Soldier Does anyone have any names on officers awarded with all three Hansa ? So I can add to my short list .... Have a nice sunday all ! Christer

:unsure: Is it my computer or ? I can only see one ribbon bar , unusual made but looks good to me Christer

Aha ! One of the missing early 1914 ones Thank you Christophe , I will add him to the next supplement Christer

Aha , Thanks Dave , I don´t think I ever seen this on a ribbon bar ! But it seems to be quite often awarded to navy personal ? Christer

When reading "Marineverodnungsblatt " I found this award ? What is it and what does it look like ? What I can see it was awarded in Silber, Gold and like here with 50 ... Christer

Aha , so they were real I hate when they have secret bidders , you don´t know if you are outbidding some good friend or not I suppose the first one is for some High ranking Staff Off ? I´ve learned that the men in the trenches didn´t get much "bling-bling" but the guys far behind the front that drank a cup of tea with Prince zur so and so... and von that and that ... got a lot of awards. The second ribbon bar looks like a "real" fighter super nice ! Christer

Anyone here who was the lucky winner ? one eleven awards long with Sachsen, Braunschweig,Waldeck, and god knows what , and another 7 awards long with Sachsen goodies ... Real beauties but very expensive close to 400 Euro for two bars , but quite bad pics and no returns. Maybe it was this years best deal Have a good collectors 2012 everyone

Found out that Georg Röver LtdR RIR 74 got a HHoX sept 1917 so he is a candidate so far ! He brother was killed same year He survived the war ending in hospital with broncitis ? spring 1918 and was discharged from Army 27th Nov 1918 as Leutn dR Died 1960 in Oldenburg probably because of his war wounds (gas ) Christer

Thank you Dave Great work , if I were in that position I would give you a Grand Commander Cross of Sword Order ! at least I can give you a pic ..... ;)

A new update is ready for delivery ! app 100 names , now with Grand Cross ( among them Hermann Göring ! ) another famous Sword Order winner was Karl Dönitz , with this I think I have about 90-95 % of all Germans with Sword Order from 1914-1945 what I miss is the earlier ones and maybe a few from the above time frame. But I have already oredred a couple of new books so I will return with more updates. Christer

Thanks Chris and Glenn I wonder if Paetzke was glad to have this "idol-photo" on the wall ? And the later pic of Lange was perfect , he becam a real writer after the war and got the Bundesverdienstkreuz in 1958 ! (an early one there) Fantastic what story a lonely photo could tell Thanks again Gentlemen people like you make this forum :beer:

And last the backside with writing ..... Thanks in advance for any help Christer

And a closeup of the shoulderboard

I don´t think I have shown this pic before have I ? What I can see is that he is a Hauptmann and some sort of Artillery I think ? I belive I can see a copule of crossed canons on his shoulderboards but what unit had these ? There is some sort of writing on the back but I cant read it more than 33 ..... and the photo is taken in Kiel ? Could anyone help me with this mystery ? First Photo from the front

Hallo Ulsterman, right now I´m just trying to list Finnish awards and Swedish Sword Order to Germans , but I would like to look at Bremen, Hamburg or Lübeck since they are in so many groups and ribbon bars .... But maybe I will do something completely different , a much ignored award that I dont think anyone have make a roll for Württemberg CharlottenKreuz ... maybe I can then ID my small ribbon bar ?? se topic http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/48958-a-ribbon-bar-to-lippe-doc/page__hl__%2Blippe+%2Bdoc__fromsearch__1 It seems that the Charlotten Rolls are in the archive, so now I will try my Deutsch and see if I can get a copy in some way . Best regards from Sweden Christer

The main problem is that even the rolls published is impossible to find I have read that Württemberg WO 1x is published for example , but I have never seen it. Meanwhile I do my own databases piece by piece Christer

All quite on the Rolls front Anyone knowing something to be published 2012-2013 ? Meanwhile I keep on on my own Christer