Mike Dwyer

Thanks, Glenn!

Wow, thanks David, that adds quite a bit. I see von Lindeiner was associated with another sad event of history (SKH Joachim Prinz von Preu?en).

Rick, I don't know how reliable this is, but I saw on a web site devoted to Stalag Luft III that von Lindeiner died in 1963, aged 82. His memoirs are in the possession of the US Air Force Academy.

This is just idle curiosity. I was looking through some old Military History magazines a friend gave to me and there was an article about The Great Escape from Stalag Luft III. This is the one that the movie, The Great Escape, with Steve McQueen, was based on. The article had a photo of the prison camp commander, Luftwaffe Oberst Friedrich Wilhelm von Lindeiner-Wildau. Guessing that he probably served in WW1, I went and looked in the 1914 rank list and found four entries. In all of these the name was listed as von Lindeiner gen. v. Wildau (not sure what the gen. v. stands for). Two ranked as Major z. D. at Landwehrbesirks, so they're probably too old. One was a Hauptmann in the 1. Garde-Regiment zu Fu?. One was a Leutnant der Reserve in Feld-Artillerie-Regiment von Puecker (1. Schlesisches) Nr.6. Anyone know which one, if any, is the future Stalag Luft III commander?

Wow! Very nice!

Gordon, I don't know it this might be a old "misspelling" of the family name, but there are a ton of Calicotts, Calicottes, Calicoates, Calicutts, etc. who served in the Confederate Army. Perhaps you have ties to both sides.

Well, since I'm a monarchist at heart, I don't think that's a bad thing!

I have several ancestors who fought for their country during the War of Northern Aggression... Henry Partlow Hartley Corporal, Captain Burroughs? Company, Tennessee Light Artillery, CSA John Washington Lawson Private, Company F, 21st North Carolina Troops, CSA Thomas Jefferson Hartley Private, Company B, 6th Virginia Cavalry, CSA Francis Compton Hartley Private, Company E, 49th Virginia Infantry, CSA Stephen S. Corvin Private, Company A, 63rd Virginia Infantry, CSA Gordon C. Corvin Private, Company A, 63rd Virginia Infantry, CSA ....and like Dave Danner I also have one who was on the winning rebel side against Mother England.. Michael Krieger, Sr. Private, Captain James Fenley's Company of Montgomery County, Virginia Militia

Surgical scrubs!!! We don't need no stinking surgical scrubs!!!!

WOW!!!! Much, much better looking now!

Dante, I apologize, I didn't realize you were already a member of pickelhaubes, but I see that you are!

Dante, I would highly recommend you join the forum at http://www.pickelhaubes.com/ there are some fellows there that do some amazing things with pickelhauben!

Absolutely beautiful, Scott! The Royal Prussian and the Princely Hohenzollern House Orders are two of my favorites, but I seriously doubt I'll ever be able to own one! I'm happy for you.

According the reference work I have, Imperial German Headgear (1888-1914) Field Guide, by James D. Turinetti and Jn. Albert O'Connor the Grenadier-Regiment K?nig Friedrich I (4. Ostpreu?isches) Nr.5 wore the old style grenadier eagle that looked almost like the line eagle except it has the oval on the chest with the FWR cypher on it. They changed to the bigger grenadier eagle in 1913.

This is about the best I can do right now. I can try to re-scan it at work tomorrow.

Some other possible candidates, King Friedrich August III of Saxony died 18 February 1932, the last reigning duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Bernhard III, died 16 January 1928 and his heir, Prinz Ernst died 29 December 1941.

Christophe, I have this one postcard........

No, Dave, I'm highly interested................just too dumb to try to answer it!!!

I'm afraid this isn't my area of collecting either, I just happened to see your posting. I would think there would be a collectors market, but I have no clue about it or what the price would be. Sorry.

What a beautiful piece! About all I can tell you is it has the eagle of a Scottish Rite 32nd degree Mason on one side, and the emblem of the Mystic Shrine on the other. There are also some other Scottish Rite emblems there too.

Well, Chris, I'd have to say I have two favorites. They're a bit pompous to say the least, but I don't think you can get much prettier than either a Prussian Garde du Corps helmet, or a Saxon Garde Reiter helmet!

US Army Corps of Engineers officer (lieutenant colonel). Here's a link to the US Army Institute of Heraldry page on branch insignia http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Branches...larInsignia.htm

The badge on the grip of the sword is the star of the Prussian Order of the Black Eagle which is normally associated with Guards regiments. I'm no expert on German swords, but on the one I own the emblem in on the opposite side of the grip so that it would show while being worn.

In the rank list the award is named simply as Afrikanischer Dienststern. This is all they have, they don't show any grades.

# 2 Hard at work!