christerd

And the pic itself

christer

Hallo, anyone who can see or guess what name this U-Boot man had ?

Johannes ? something ?

appreciate any suggestion

christer

Hi all, tis is the newest addition to my collection, three ribbon bars to the same man , An Australian Brig Gen D H Compton

He has OBE , 1939-45 star, Pacific Star , 1939-45 Medal , Australia Service Medal , Vietnam Service med .

Does anyone have any info about this guy ?

And another piv of the front

What about this one ? Can´t rembember I´ve seen a screwback Oldenburg Cross before

Could it be an old repair ? Or .....

Christer

Almost 10 000E Wow someone with a big wallet out there

Collecting is a lot easier when you can buy everything you want , well well back to the fleamarkets I go...

:jumping:

Thanks Odulf ! i haven´t been able to find any pics of the officers yet so this is perfect

I agree with you , this look like Schubert , same ears

Now I have to look for some more info about Günther Schubert

Thanks again

Christer

I can not confirm an HOH3X for Lt Frhr Spiegel v.u.z Peckelsheim. Where did you get the name and date?

Ohhps I just realized that I looked at The Princely House of Hohenzollern

Well well, now I hav eto wait until someone publish a list of the Royal House Knight orders .....

hmm probably a long wait. Well I hope they will have Internet connnection in Old Folks home too

The bar feels good , smells good and of course doesn´t react on blacklight , it don´t have any of the usual bad signs of a fake bar. And since I´ve been collecting since stoneage ..... I´ve seeen quite a lot of fakes.

have a nice weekend all , and hopefully you have less snow then me :cat:

Aha, I see that the Flash from my camera make the ribbons look much "worse" than in real life

I will scan it tomorrow so the real colours show, it looks very nice , a olive green tab backside marked DRP

and 100% not tampered with.

This bar has been up on this forum before a couple of years ago , I will see if I can find the old thread

I´ll be back :cheeky:

This bar has been out on the forum before, and now I bought it

I thought I would give it a try to Id the owner of it

Set my right if I´m wrong here , but my thoughts is

HOH3X - EK II - LS - Peacetime BMVK ? - Schamburg Lippe Cross for Loyal service

Ok , Schamburg Lippe Loyal Service Cross 2174 awarded to Officers hmm a lot of prospects

But HOH3X 946 Awarded , somewhat better

Then Ludwigsen says in " Prussian and other Imperial German award statisics" that primary candidates for the Lippe

Cross was members of the Westpfalian Jäger Btl 7 .

The hunt is on and the first suspect is : Lt Frhr Spiegel v.u.z Peckelsheim (I just love that name)

He was an Lt 1913 in Westpfalian Jäger Btl 7 and got a HOH3X 26.7.16. A EK II is quite natural but could anyone find out if he had a BMVK or BMVO ?

Now I have something to do during the looong vinter evenings in Sweden

Christer

Hmm very unusual with Civilian Liberty Crosses 1918 to Germans but not impossible

The Following Germans got Liberty Cross without swords 1918 (and I dont have all names)

von Kotze Hans Ulrich R W 2nd Class

Goldbeck-Löwe Hans A A 2nd Class

Bachem Max Arzt 3rd Class

Euler Stefan Arzt 3rd Class

Oppenheimer Stefan Leut 3rd Class

Best regards Christer

I thought I give another puzzle pic

Two man on Scharnhorst , I dont know the year but it says on the back IO and there was only four IO during Scharhorst live...

01.1939 - 09.1941: Kapitän zur See Günther Schubert

09.1941 - 03.1942: Fregattenkapitän Hilmar Schroeter

03.1942 - 04.1943: Kapitän zur See Helmuth Gießler

04.1943 - 12.1943: Fregattenkapitän Ernst Dominik

The question is , which one is it one the photo ?

Both Officers have the HIgh Seas Badge and EK I , EK II , I think the IO also has a 1914 EK II ?

any Scharnhorst gurus out there ??

Christer

Wow !

Three ribbons , Fantastic! I had give up before I started with that one

Gratulations to a super work !

Christer

Alfred Saalwächter

Here is a pic of him , what do you think , have I found my admiral ?

Got this Photo in my mail today , but who is it ?

He has EK I 1914 and 1939 and Uboatbadge 1914 , and on the back feldpostnr is for Kreuzer Köln ?

Any ideas ? I was thinking about Otto Ciliax but did he has any connection to Köln ?

Í have found only 4 German WWII Admirals that had U boat experience during WW I

Walter Warzecha

Alfred Saalwächter

Wilhelm Marschall

Otto Ciliax

Now I put my bet on Wilhelm Marschall , he was ombord Gnesnau during the invasion of Norway and the seller states that this pic was taken on a big ship in Norweigian waters...

or Alfred Saalwächter ?

Christer

Another time another war .... These Swedish NCOs is on a trip to the Frontlines

Picture taken in Berlin 1915-16 ? Not sure.

Some well awarded German officers with the Swedes

Christer

Hmm, strange one this, I´ve looked for Soviet ones but the biggest Mortar was 240 mm and it dosnt look a bit like the pic

But I agree that it seems to be at the Eastern front , but what in heavens name is it

I found another candidate ! 38 cm schwerer Ladungswerfer This gun does not exist today what I can find and I haven´t found any pic of it yet ....

maybe ?

Christer

Could it a KARL Mortar ? I can´t find any good pics from the front of that one .....

KARL was made in 60 cm and 54 cm if my info is right ?

I looks really awsome

Christer

Here is the pic of Ernst von Hülsen , Capt in 1918

Christer

Got this Photo recently, but do it show ?

Is it one of the gigantic mobile Howitzers ? Or is it some super mortar ??

Nothing written on the back

Christer

Hmm , this was strange There was not may 1 st class Liberty Crosses awarded in 1918 to Germans

but here is one name ?

Kapt Ernst von Hülsen , I will try to enclose a pic of him in 1918 tomorrow ( my Excel is giving a hard time right now)

Christer

Thanks all for the interesting discussion

I will mail the pic to the SHAEF Vet site and see if can get some info there , I´ll keep you updated

Here is a better scan EPSON) of the medals and ring

Christer

:jumping:

Aha , Then I can cross out some candidates !

The search goes on

Big Thank you

Christer

Thanks all for your help with this photo

I searched the net for SHAEF but could only find some info, there was 1495 US officers i April 1945, the question is, if this pic is from 1946-47 Was he Colonel in 1945 ?

I found some Colonels at SHAEF 1944-45

Dan Gilmer Howard A Malin Emil C Boehnke Charles H Wilson

Ford Trimble Wilbur S Elliot Alan B Jacobs

Carter Burgess Walter C Pew John B Sherman

J.B. Moore E.K Clark F. E Frazer

Now I have to search theese names to se if anyone match the photo

Christer

Great work ! Any moore to be published ? I thinking on Hansa Kreuzes , Würtemberg ?

Christer