Mike Dwyer

I figuered you were correct, but I thought I'd give it a try just to be safe! I wasn't trying to be difficult, I didn't realize that Erbprinz Bernhard was the chief of Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 10. That all makes sense to me. The cypher on his shoulder board, as fuzzy as it is, does seem to have a curved "rocker like" bottom which fits perfectly with the bottom portion of the EG cypher of Infantrie-Regiment Nr. 95, and to me at least, doesn't look anything like the bottom portion of the FWR II cypher that Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 10 wore. That is mostly what led me down the wrong path was the appearance of the cypher. Between you being sure the name is Kummer and Glenn saying Leutnant Kummer received the Sachsen-Meiningen Ehrenmedaille für Verdienste im Kriege I believe his identity has been confirmed! Sorry for clouding the issue. :unsure:

I'm not sure what you mean, Chip. The Leutnant KUMME in 6. Thüringisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr.95 had a date of rank of 22 March 1914 so he could be pretty young.

Jens, You are much, much, much better at reading this writing than I am, but are you sure about KUMMER? In the 1914 Rangliste there is a Leutnant KUMME in 6. Thüringisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr.95.

I'm not the most knowledgable person here, but the Saxon ribbon looks like the ribbon for the Ehrenmedaille für Verdienste im Kriege of the Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen. From what looks like the curved bottom of the cypher on the shoulder straps, I think he might be from 6. Thüringisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr.95 which included troops from both Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and Saxe-Meiningen.

Here is the challenge coin I carry around....

She appears to be a police officer of the South Korean National Police Agency. It may be an older photo because the ones on their web site show them wearing white shirts. The badge is exactly the same as the one on their web site which states that badge was adopted in 2001. According to their web site, her rank is Police Officer. Why the lowest rank has two rank emblems is, to me, a bit odd, but the next highest rank, senior police officer, has three. :unsure:

These are absolutely fantastic, Mervyn! You have some truly great portraits there! :jumping:

I tend to think Kev is right. Although there is some similarities in appearance, I'm fairly certain that is not a German hussar uniform.

Yes, they were both awarded to him. I'm afraid I can't really remember too much about them, sorry to say. I know he told me all kinds of stories when I was a child, but the details have become fuzzy over time. He was a US Army Infantry officer in both WW2 (2nd Lieutenant) and the Korean War (Captain). I believe he may have earned one medal in WW2 and the other in Korea, but I just can't really remember. He was in the 8th Infantry Division in WW2 and the 25th Infantry Division in Korea. I do recall that sometime after landing in Normady in WW2 his unit was involved in fighting at Brest, France and he had a German grenade blow a hole in his lower leg for which he received the Purple Heart. He was hospitalized in England for a good bit of time. The army was going to medically retire him as a 2nd lieutenant, but luckily his sister was an army nurse stationed in the same hospital and she helped him get a second opinion from another doctor that saved his army career and he finally retired in 1959 with 22 years service. I wish I knew more to tell you.

Very nice. My father had both.

The two photos certainly appear a lot alike.

The only thing I know about him is he certainly has a wonderful mustache! :jumping:

Mervyn, Graf is the German equivalent of Count, a duke is a Herzog.

Well, I glad to see the ship's dog didn't suffer from malnutrition! Extremely wonderful photos!!!

By any chance did you notice the misprint on the title page? The First Duke of YOR'S Own Skinners Horse instead of Duke of York! :rolleyes:

Unfortunately I don't have any references here at the office, so I can't comment on every medal he's wearing. I'm with Paul that the gold badge is probably a General Adjutant's badge. The huge cross at his neck is the grand cross of the Order of the Red Eagle and goes with the breast star on his chest. He's also wearing the Grand Commander (Großkomtur) collar of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern. He has a EK2 on his medal bar and an EK1 on his chest below the Red Eagle star. I think the medal right after the EK2 on his medal bar is the Knight's cross of the Royal Hohenzollern House Order. The rest I'm not sure of at all.

You're very welcome, Chris! It's the only place I know of to go to for information on Schutztruppen. :cheers:

Sadly, in my opinion, the last birthday parade they had to have.

Mervyn, Not really applicable to your discussion I guess, but here in the States, under a fairly recent federal law, honorably retired officers can obtain a special permit that allows them to carry a firearm. Many agencies here allow retired officers to retain their badges and photo ID.

WOW! I'm so astounded by the beauty of that piece, I can't think of anything else to say. :beer:

Beautiful, absolutely stunning! :jumping:

I honestly don't know, but it sounds very reasonable to me.

Many years ago I read his autobiography "The Moon's a Baloon" and enjoyed it thoroughly, especially the parts about Sandhurst and his time in the HLI.

Sorry, I just saw the name and thought perhaps he'd left the v. off in his signature on the photo, but I guess back then no German noble would have done that! Just as an interesting aside, I served in the US Army and met an officer named Unruh.....I wonder if there is any family connection.

Hardy, I don't know if it's the same fellow or not, but in the 1914 Rangliste there's a Leutnant von Unruh listed with this regiment. No awards listed. Rank date 1.6.10 D5.