Kurt Donch

Hi all, Nothing further on the W?rttemberg officer Alexander v. Brandenstein's military career I can add, but the following on how the double-barreled name came into being: After having bought back the castle of Brandenstein (in Hesse near Schl?chtern, not too far away from Frankfurt) in 1905, he married the legendary Graf Zeppelin's daughter in 1909 and was then elevated to "Graf" by the King of W?rttemberg, taking the title of Graf von Brandenstein-Zeppelin. This should explain the name change in the ranklist. This is just taken from a website on Brandenstein castle, but should be accurate. Regards, Kurt

Hi all, A great thread and about time to show some of these beauties. As my first post in this forum, I thought I would a picture of the special Sch?rpe for Naval medical officers, to my mind one of the most striking designs around. Regards, Kurt