christerd

Hi , just got this one , a Liberty Cross 4th class wo swords 1939 ?  medal for Winter War 39/40 , medal for war 41/44 , Austrian Decoration of honour in Gold, French Legion of Honour Officer,

                                  Sweden North Star Commander.

I tried to find the guy through the Northern Star Commander Order , I have the names of 78 Finnish recipients , but no match so far

The search goes on

Here is a new miniature chain , a noncombattant in 1864 war but fought in 1870/71 war and then a 1897 medal. What do you think is missing ? Some award from another country 🤔

On 12/10/2023 at 15:44, AleksiL said:

Hey Christer

 

Did you also manage to get the larger medal bar? It is possible to find out the recipient with the numbering on the civil guard merit medal.

 

Hi , No only got the mini 

This is an quite interesting chain of miniatures , 

First he was in The Independence War 1918 , i guess not as an officer because no Liberty Cross ,  But Medal 2nd class 1918 and commerative medal with Rose and two battle bars 

He also has the Helsinki commerative Medal 1918-1938 so probably he was in the fight for the Capital.

He joined the Civil Guard and got the Merit Medal , he also has the Blue Cross with Bar 1917-1918 fpr servid during the war.

Then he got the com medal for the Winter War 1939-1940 so in some way he was in this war too.

But last but not least he was in the 8th Division during the continuation war 1941-1944 , he also got the Pro Benignitate Humana , about 4500 medals was given to foreigners for helping Finland during the 1941-45 wars, but only about 800 to Finnish people.

I wonder who he was , to bad he is not possible to identify .... 

On 08/06/2023 at 10:30, AleksiL said:

Hey Christer, old stuff but great!

 

Would it be possible for me to use the photo of colonel Gilbert Hamilton, in an upcoming book about military history of Vihti, Hamilton is in a crucial role aswell as he tried to breach the defences of Kalkkimäki here. So there will be a section about him. Let me know!

 

Regards

 

Aleksi

Hi , sorry for late late answer 🙂 But no problem Aleksi , feel free to use the photo / Christer 

Yes , thank you after looking more closely it is really dark blue and green . So Inda General Service 👍

Christer 

Found this long forgotten ribbon bar in my collection 

BWM, Victory M , ? And LSM Police ?

But what is the green/ black ribbon for ? Anyone 

Christer 

On 17/12/2022 at 10:24, AlifRafikKhan said:

Hi. The officer in the middle is Curt Pflugbeil. And it's not Galland at right.

Thanks !  At last we have him Id

On 09/12/2022 at 16:40, JohanH said:

I would say that the last two are definitly ID:able. The others might be possible but a lot of work. 

 

Is the Liberty cross with red cross hallmarked for silver? If so, what year is it from?

: can´t see any silver marks , but it looks like silver 

Sharper Pic of the last one 

A seven medal mini bar with someone from Stockholm who helped Finland in some way during second World War ( last medal)

And a Six medal bar , with medals from the Swedish Homeguard and a Sword Order

Another five medals bar , no possible to id like most of theese with common medals 

This is a little more interesting , both the Order of North Star and the Finnish White Rose is made of gold .

Probably to little to id , but still nice 

Last one for today is also interesting , belonging to a member of Royal Court , some low grade servant.

The man in the right is Alfred Kehrer , on of the lucky U-Boat men who survived. 

Photo taken sept 15 1945 in a pow camp in USA. Alfred was ombord U-971 when the sub was sunk in English Channel June 24 1944.

U-971 was a type VIIC launched feb 1943, had only one patrol, June 1944...

Finlands Frihetskrig , I think its vol 7 or 8 

christer

Here is Franz Cohnitz , the man on the far left ( no 1) 

Not very good pic , but I will see if I can find a better one 

Christer

Dr Friedrich Börgermann Mar Ob Ass Arzt.  The photo is taken in April 1939 , when he belonged to 1-R Flotiile , later he was ombord U-860 when she was sunk on her first patrol 1944. There was 20 survivors, Dr Börgermann wasnt one of them….

This is a quite interesting small ribbon bar , belonging to an Austrian who participated in WW1 and got a Red Cross award and then was in Finland 1939/40 

What I know of there was only two Austrians in Finland as Volunteers in Finnish Winter War but he could of course been there as Doctor or Medic of some kind.

I have a Feldpost letter posten in Memel April 1942, by a Kapitänleutnant with a name of ?  von Bischotti ? Or ?

the Feldpostnumber is M03184 but on the front i looks like M06121 ? 
I Know that it was a Uboat base in Memel , but of course he could have been anything in Kriegsmarine. 
 

Have this photo in my collection, could anyone tell of its a Gotha 242 Glider ?

Must be quite unusual , I haven’t found another ?

Two friends in the U-boat service who survived the war against all odds 

Left is MaschGefr HelmutGremerath , he was ombord U-131 when she was sunk by her own crew after being hit by 

depth charges in December 1941 and he become pow.

Right is Heinz Langen MaschMaat on U-312 she surrended in May 1945 and was later sunk as target by HMS Onslow in November 1945.

The man sitting in the conning tower ombord U-117 is FregattenKapitän Hans Werner Neumann 

U-117 was a type XB minelayer U-boat of which only eight was built.

She sank only one ship , Empire Morn 7092 brt. Empire Morn sank April 25th 1943 and one of the victims ombord was Raymond Steed who was the youngest kille in service only 14 years and 207 days old...

U-117 with Hans-Werner Neumann and all her crew went missing Aug 7 1943.

This card show two matrosen ombord U-3018 a type XXI uboat. The boat entréer service January 1945 and was scuttled by her own crew May 2nd 1945.

A matrosen from U-336, picture taken in Kiel 1942. U-336 was sunk in Denmark strait October 5th 1943 by tickets from a Lockheed Hudson, all ombord was killed. 

Another crew member from U-618. A type VIIC u boat in service April 1942. She was sunk by depht charges in Biscaya August 14th 1944, no survivors.

And here is Oblt z See Gunther Freudenberg , he was ombord U 536 when she was sunk Nov 20th 1943. He survived and become POW 

Can anyone id the type of Gun mounted on the halftrack ?

AA Gun or is it a Anti Tank 37 mm pak 

christer

And last for now a happy survivor , MaschMtr Walter Hach , the pic show him as an POW in Canada 1945

He looks quite alright. U 190 sunk one of the last ships in WW 2 April 16th 1945  HMCS Esquimalt.

The submarine surrended May 14 1945 and the crew become POW in Canada.

Anyone else collecting U Boat photos , I especially collect photos of crew members .

Here are a couple of Photos .

The man on the right was Obermaschinist Friedrich Iffinger , and the other man is probably Willi Büttner , pic should be taken on U 561 early 1943 

Willi Büttner was a  man with luck , he left U 561 for Marineschule in Flensburg and was later on U 1229 which was sunk South East of Newfoundland  Aug 20th 1944, he was the only surviving officer.  U 561 the boat he left was sunk in the Straits of Messina July 12th 1943 with only 5 survivors, his friend Friedrich Iffinger was not one of them.

The other Photo is of another unlucky member of U 561 , Bootsmaat Walter Gillo, he went down with the submarine after it had been hit by an torpedo from the British MTB-81 

Another pic shows some of the crew on U 354 , probably after a patrol 

Maschinenmaat Albert Kern from Forcheim was one of the crew. U 354 was sunk by depth charges from the British HMS Mermaid and HMS Loch Dunvegan Aug 29th 1944 all hands was lost on the sub.

I haven´t find anything saying that Albert Kern died then , so probably he left for another boat before the fatal day.

17 hours ago, JohanH said:

I have both 1906 and 1907 and Hullström has the Verdienstkreuz in both of them. 

 

Hullström was forrester in Örbyhus which was owned by the von Rosen family so perhaps the Waldeck's was visiting and hunting on the estate?

 

Another interesting thing is that Hullström lived in the town of Marma, in a house called "Villa Waldeck". So there is some kind of connection there. 

Here is a picture of Hullström.

 

 

Wow , Thanks for the pic Johan , interesting to get a picture to the name.

" Villa Waldeck" is an interesting name for a house in Sweden   Must see if I can find any more info about this man . Thanks again