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What medal is this?
Douglas Jr. replied to Douglas Jr.'s topic in Great Britain: Orders, Gallantry, Campaign Medals
Dear friends, Very interesting information! I really appreciated all the effort from the forum members in order to identify this medal. Thanks a lot for all your time and attention. Douglas. -
What medal is this?
Douglas Jr. replied to Douglas Jr.'s topic in Great Britain: Orders, Gallantry, Campaign Medals
Stuka, If you could do it I'd appreciate it. Douglas. -
Hi, A friend of mine bought this small medal while in London. Looks like a commemorative/patriotic medal, that clearly resembles the Victoria Cross. I have no clue about what it is so any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance, Douglas.
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Hi, This is my first British WWI medal group. I got them in an auction and it is a typical "Pip, Squeak an Wilfred" group comprised by the 1914-1915 Star, the British War Medal and the Interallied Victory Medal. All of them are marked to Private (later Corporal) L. TOMBLIN, service number 15944, from the North'n. R., which it seems to mean "Northamptonshire Regiment". I would like to know if it is possible to add more information about this chap from the British War records. Thanks in advance. Douglas
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Here are some of mine. My major focus is handguns (mostly Luger and C96 pistols) in use, so trench pictures are not so easy to find. The first one, show a bunch of guy (maybe two brothers among them) with their gas masks and their Mauser C96 pistols tucked inside their holsters stocks. The reverse is blank, unfortunatelly. Here is a MG crew, some of them armed with Artillery Lugers (Lang Pistole 08). Nothing written in the back. Last one. Another MG08 crew, now with some of them armed with Mauser C96s guns. Again, nothing written.
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I made a research at the Volksbund site, where the German war graves are registered. It seems that the postcard sender - which I assume was named Karl Göttel - didn't survive the war. Although there are 10 individuals listed with the same name, eight of them died during WWII and were too young to have fought during WWI. From the others, one was KIA in 1914 - before the mailing date of this card. The final one, KIA in June 6th, 1918, is, unfortunately, a close match, as his rank was Kanonier and he is buried in France - according with some on line references FAR 55 was engaged on the Western Front at that time. Sad ending, I guess. Douglas
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Imperial Order of the Rose
Douglas Jr. replied to lambert's topic in Rest of the World: Militaria & History
Nice topic, with great pictures. Lambert, I'm glad you managed to grab this one. Congratulations! Douglas.