[ Glenn.Tremendous!Could you organise a colour scan of him in full dress uniform please? Seriously, I do appreciate your information.A beer (or two) awaits you when next you visit Down Under.Would you think I might have any hope of finding an image of him? Again thanks. Mike quote name='Glenn J' date='Nov 3 2005, 16:57 ' post='28828'] Mike, Karl von Lobenthal retired as a char. Oberst and Brigadier in the Gendarmerie on the 30th of October 1888. The 1886 Rang- und Quartier-Liste shows the following: OPLM RAO4 PKO3 EK2 Johaniter Ehren-Ritter Officers' Long Service Decoration Following his retirement he received the RAO3 with Bow in November 1888. He served at the following actions: 1864: Satrup, Eritsoe, Fridericia, D?ppel, Sonderburg 1866: Soor, K?niggr?tz 1870/71: St. Privat, Beaumont, Sedan, Paris Regards Glenn