christerd

Next one is a MVK III m Kr , this I have in a box from Christian Lauer

But I cant almost see W. C on the swords so I guess its a Weiss & Co ?

Christer

Another one MVK III , this one is in a box from Gebrüder Hemmerlie

The interesting with this cross is that the swords is marked GH 900 ? Is it a Hemmerlie Cross ?

Christer

Hallo all, I have some MVK´s in Boxes and need some help to Id the maker so I know if the boxes are the right one

I hope the pics are good enough to judge who the maker is

Christer

Here we go No 1.

Hmm nice bar and not hard to Id I suppose , I know how many Liberty Cross 2nd 1918 that was awarded and the combo must be unique

These crosses were made in Germany by the way , by the firm Otto Oertel in Belin, while the medals were made by Sporrong in Sweden.

But still 6600 Euro is a lot, but if I had that kind of money to spend on my hobby so why not

Nice catch

Christer

Wow , I missed him

Thanks !

Hi all, I bought a Victory medal but when looking at the rim its says 2. LIEUT. W . MANCER and nothing more ?

I cant find any W Mancer on the net , could it be to an South African or Canadian soldier ?

Thanks in advance from Sweden

Christer

Sometimes when you see Woundbadges in Gold it makes you wonder what the story behind it is

So here is a true story about a real survivor , at least until 1920

Lt Christian Phillip born 3 Sept 1893 , he was fighting from the beginning and

fought the whole war on the Western front from 24 Sept 1914.

He was in KB Inf Rgt 6

30 Feb 1916 he got his first award EK II and 6 months later he got wounded the first time of many... It was 4th Aug 1916 during fighting in Verdun that he was wounded in "Links oberschenkel" ? (1st Wound.)

He got MVO IV x 8 jan 1917 and of course got wounded again May 3rd 1917 by handgrenade in left side of head (2nd wound)

Sometime after that he got MVO IV mKr x and in Aug 1st another wound this time in Right arm by hand grenade (3rd wound)

March 9 1918 he was awarded EK I and .... yes he was wounded again by a bullet in the head

at Somme 28 Sept 1918 (4th wound) he got the Verwabz schwarz 1916, and in 1918 he got the one in Mattweiss and the war for Phillip wasn´t over yet ...

He was fighting in Munich April 1919 and later in the year he was in Kurland / Riga and

he was wounded again ! 10th Nov 1919 hit by bullet in the throat (5th wound) hmm

But he still kept on fighting

March 15th 1920 he got the final ? wound "Schwer Brustschuss Lunge" (6th wound)

If anyone deserved a woundbadge in Gold he must be the man ....

What I can see is that he was in "behandlung´" in July 20th 1920 and after that I lost trace of him....

Fascinating story

Christer

Thought I would bring up this old thread again with a couple of new documents

Maybe we can find more docs and finally get some numbers and dates together

BrK2 Document dated 10 June 1918 to Otto Bonhagen Erstaz Batl 40, 10 Ersatz Div ? doc numbered D1488/15 awarded 12 July 1915

BrK2 Document dated and awarded 20 June 1917 to Gefreiter Wilhelm Hulke Doc nr K 2652

BrK2 an Gelb Blauen Bande awarded 8 March 1917 to Otto Sievers Doc nr K 1184

any more out there ?

Christer

Hmm I found one LtdR Theo Röver that died in 1919 , could maybe one on the list .... the search goes on

still 14 suspects

Christer

I bought a very interesting ribbon bar from a forum member (hope you don´t mind that I borrowed your photo Christhope )

A five awards ribbonbar with EKII-HHO3x-OV3bx-FAII-EfF and of course its the OV3bx that makes it so unusual

With only 33 awarded during WW1 I though I would try to narrow down the possible recipients.

Here is the suspects:

OberLt Richard Suhrkamp IR 91

Lt Eckert IR 91

Lt Pflugradt IR 91

Lt Hess IR 91

Lt Schumann IR 91

Lt Weichardt IR 91

Lt Becker IR 91

Lt Wilhelm Conze IR 91

Lt Max Büschel IR 91

Lt Helmut Gabriel IR 91

Lt Ernst Peltner IR 91

OberLt Fritz Hellmuth IR 91

Lt Stolz IR 91

Lt Lueder IR 91

OberLt Ziegler IR 91

Lt Carstens IR 91

Lt Franz Smits IR 161

OberLt zur See Heino von Heimburg KM

OberLt zur See Max Valentin Uboat Com

Lt Eckert IR 91

Lt Georg Röver RIR 74

Lt Karl Geise RIR 17

Lt Karl Arnold IR 115

OberLt Georg Ruhstrat FAR 58

Lt Reinhard Murken RIR 79

Lt Walter Böning Jagd Staffel 76

Lt Edward Gesell Pioneer Komp 185

Lt Friedrichsen RFA 17

Lt Siegfried Harms Fus Rgt 86

OberLt Ahlhorn IR 82

Lt Wegmann RIR 229

Lt Thien FAR 62

Lt von Essen FAR 62

Of these 33 we can remove some

Thanks to Dave we are now down to : 14 !

Big Thank You Dave, from 28 to 14

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Lt von Essen is a top candidate because he had exact these awards but do anyone have any info about how many of the above 28 (22) who had HHO3x ? or was killed during war or anything other info

I will keep on searching !

Christer

I found max 19 candidates that wasn´t Commanders but still in U Boats

Now its just to find out who of the 19 he is

After looking into rank and other awards I now down to 6 possible

Gerd Suhren OberLt Ing U-37 RK 1940

Heinrich Petersen Stabssteurmann U-99 RK 1940

Carl-August Landfermann OberLt Ing U-181 RK 1943

Georg Olschewski OberLt Ing U-66 RK 1944

Hans Johanssen OberLt Ing U-802 RK 1945

Heinrich Prassdorf OberMasch U-1203 RK 1945

Got Him !

And it was not one of the above

I missed that he had the DKIG , its Rudolf Muhlbauer !

The only Maat (leading seaman) that got the RK while serving in Uboats. born in 1919 and died 2000. He was on U-123 and had a record ? of 748 days at sea

Christer

And last one :cheeky:

And another Pic

I´ve just got these photos , a Kriegsnmarine guy with a Uboat Badge given Knight Cross !

But who is he ?? There could be that many KM with Knight Crosses exept from U boat Commanders I guess ?

Anybody got a clue ?

Here is the first pic

Hmmm , a real mystery

I heard about the Ohio Ribbon faker but now a Berlin name faker

Christer

Hello Christer:

It looks like General von "Dauwitz" is possibly written and maybe not "Dallwitz".

Best regards

Ahh, you are right I read it as Dallwitz but it is Dauwitz !

Thanks , now I have a new name to search for

Christer

Hi, I just got this photot in the mailbox , but I cant find anything about a General von Dallwitz ?

Nor in my Rank lists or on the net ....

Could anyone have some info about him or any other officers on the pic ?

Bad Altheide is in Poland so I suppose this should be on the Eastern front 1917

The seller wrote " Gen Dallwitz with Flieger Offiziers"

Christer

Wow , could just be !

I actually don´t remember when I bought them but good chance that is was last year

Do you have the medal bar ?

And the backside with name ?

Thanks in advance

Christer

Hi, could someone help me with the name of thsi officer ?

He has a rather nice ribbonbar from WW1

First front

A small but still nice one , if I read it right ?

Lippe Detmold KVK , Preussen RK Med III , Würt Charlottenkreuz

And the little button with a HEK wo Swords . Could have been a Lippe Detmold Doc ? To bad he didnt got some more awards

Happy easter everyone

Christer

Regimentel histories seem to gloss over events in belgium 1914... the huge outcry over the sacking of Louvain is covered in 2 lines in the regt history of this unit..

http://www.kaiserscross.com/41815/77301.html

So... away from my books and just having the net, i am having some problems finding just which German units were involved in the mass Murders at Dinant in 1914...

I seem to remember they were Saxons...

Does anyone have an idea?

Thanks

chris

Hi Chris ,

I found on the net a chapter from the book "By All And Any Means " by Commandant de Gerlache de Gommery, 1915

In the article it says that Soldiers from INF Rgt 108 was killing the people in Dinant.

Could that be true , there was a Füsilier Rgt Prinz Georg 108 ?

Maybe someone else have more info

Christer

:jumping:

Wow , in service 1859 ! and died 1945 ...... Must been one of the longest military services I ever heard of.

He would have chocked the Russian troops in March 1945 if he had showed up in uniform

Christer

Aha , thanks !

What a family , a General, a Grüppenführer ( Oberst ? ) and a Oberst

I wonder if Felix had any children and what become of them .....

But his grandfather had the best moustache

Christer

And another big gun hit my mailbox today

Now a WW 1 one , possible German but it can of course be a captured French gun ??

What caliber could it be ? 210 -240 mm ?

anyone got a clue

Regards from Sweden

Christer