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It was really a small misstake but crucial to not finding him He was under HitzselSberger .... only an s but it did that he didnt turned up Right now I´m looking through old ranklists and Staatskalenders to find another "mission impossible" a soldier with all three Hansa Crosses , the search goes on Christer

Yes , That would be super ! Interesting to see how many that was awarded and in what numbers they went to foreigners like Swedes Christer

:jumping: Got him ! Puhh had to look through about 450 names before he turned up , and wrong spelling of course. Christer

Thanks Christophe ! I looked in my Swedish books and found 9 or 10 easily , maybe my next project should be Zährlinger Löwen Christer

Lovely Ribbon bar Christophe ! How many was awrded this combo , It couldn´t be that common could it ? And in this "super saxon" style Christer

a question about this wonderful Order , when I was looking through my books for Germans with Swedish Sword Order I noticed that it was also the other way around That a lot of Swedish got German State Orders among them Order von Zähringen Löwen. For ex Commander 1 st class wo X was awarded 741 times 1866-1918 if I have the numbers right ? Does this number include Orders to foreigners ? any experts on B ZLO out there ? Christer

And of course the backside of the Order, very nice enamel , almost like German ! Christer

Next is A Order of the White Rose , Knight 1st class I just love these orders , now I have to buy a Lion Order the give the Rose some company It came with a lovely mini , I dont know what year it was made , just that it not the first type. Does anyone have some info about White Rose Orders ? Cant read the marking in the ring .... Christer

a couple of new finds to my collection First the Bravery medal with Red Cross 1st class , not easily found with only about 5000 awarded but fits perfect to my award cert to a nurse?

Strange, maybe they missed it ? MVO III , EK II , Bremen HK, Heilige Michael III ,Jub M mit Krone, Landwehr JubM , Landwehr DA II , SaO III, Lippe Ehk , Schwarzburg Ehk , Reuss Ehk Not bad without being fired at Many soldiers in the frontline did not get more than a EKII .... His medalbar must have looked nice

Hi Peter , Congrats to the nice bars , I was interested but the price went through the roof The ribbon bar in post 3 shows exactly the awards to Frhr von Welser exept the Bremen Kreuz ? Can anyone confirm that von Welser did get a Bremen Kreuz ? He was not a Fighting officer , He was a High Staff "Ober Regirungs Rath" , I suppose a quite normal ribbon bar to such a person, with awards from a lot of different states. Christer

The worst thing is when the Medal bars change hands two or three times from the original "bad" seller When they are quite good they could easily fool some collectors .... I belive saschav is right about the Ebay one .... Ps Good catch Peter ! I really loved they Bavarian Bar Christer

And last one , showing the plane in quite good condition been towed away for further transport to F 3 (Flight Regiment 3) in Linköping.

And one more pic , showing the two British with a Swedish officer

And on this photo you can see how close to the bridge the Aeroplane really ended up Sept 22nd 1940

Just before Christmas I bought a book with some more Photos of the Emergency landing of the Skua in 1940 Fascinating story , I hope that Rebecka find this forum again and can find some more info about her grandfather. First photo shows the two Britisch Flyers outside the home of the local priest , between Lt Wigginson and LAC King stands the Priest and his wife. The aeroplane itself had a normal (for the time) but sad story . It was stored some time and after the war it was sold as scrap.....

Hi Dave , No I haven´t found him yet but I am looking for a earky Statskalender from 1903-1905 and possible he could be in that Thanks again for your info about Schrader Christer

:jumping: Wow Thanks Dave ! I´m just making a database for German with Sword Order and then I myself have a Photo of a man with Swordssign which was very rare !! And Decorations from China and Japan ? No wonder that I get lost in trying to find those ribbons out Thanks for a early Christmas present Dave Christer

Ready ! 97 new names and one date to an Sachsen Offz . Will be mailing out tomorrow if everything works out Christer

And the back with makers marking

Here is another "Verdienst" badge marked to C Poellath , Schroepenhausen What I could find these where given out between 1931 and 1933 is that correct ? Have anyone seen a doc ? Christer

It all started with me looking through my collection and found a couple of letters from 1914-1915 , since long time forgotten. They where sent from a Max Höfter in Mun Kol Abt 8 , and there I could start A search on Ancestry gave me Jackpot ! Max Höfter joined 7 Bayr FeldArt Rgt in 1910 as Einjahrfreiw August 1st he become Uoffz and in the end of September 1911 Offz Aspir In August 1912 he was promoted to Vize-Wachtmeister and in November 1914 he was Leutn dR At the end of war in August 1918 he was promoted to OberLeutnant dR He was awarded the EK II Aug 6th 1915 , BMVO IV x Aug 12th 1915 and EK I Oct 18 1918. He fought mostly at the Eastern front but also in Verdun and left the Army 31th Dec 1918 End of story ?..... No not quit , I kept on looking for Max Höfter and found him again, this time in a grave Max Höfter is buried in München after being killed at Petershausen April 28th 1945 He had then the rank of OberstLeutnant. So Max joinded the Wehrmacht and was killed during the last days of his second war. But what happened those last days in April 1945 in this area ? Petershausen in probably more known by its close neighbour Dachau who US troops liberated April 29 1945. I have no reason to belive that Max Höfter had anything to do with the camp,but I cant find anything written about fighting going on in this area at this date. Does anyone know what German forces that was in the area in late April 1945 ? A strange story and I will probably never get the answer .......... Christer

Thank you Kim , I have a new update soon ready , right now about 50 new names . Hopefully I will be ready before christmas I send the addition to all that have got my list before , if anyone else is interested just send me your email adress and I will send you the latest version. Christer

Thanks Dave , so he was i Poland in 1942 . I keep on looking for more clues Christer

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