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    webr55

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    1. Siegfried von Rekowski, 1896-1990 Luftwaffe sources and Generals' Bios Series credit GL Hilmer Freiherr von Bülow with HHOX, hard to tell in the picture:
    2. According to the Generals' Bios Series, GM Arthur von Briesen got the HHOX as well, not just GdI Kurt von Briesen.
    3. Did GenLt Carl Briese receive the HHOX before his PLM? He is credited with it on Wikipedia (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Briese), and the picture shown there might have the HHOX in second place:
    4. Hermann Beeken was KIA in Demjansk 1942: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Beeken Can't find him in our list so far: Prof. Dr. med. Wilhelm Berger https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Berger_(Mediziner,_1895)
    5. Erich Bientz: 1874-1950 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Bientz One of the OltdR Becker (maybe the one from RFAR 20?) is Richard Becker, 1884-1969: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Becker_(Politiker)
    6. Georg August Balduin Auenmüller, born 1893 in Dresden, died 1939 in Berlin, death certificate at ancestry. Also listed in Adressbuch Dresden 1925 as Olt aD.
    7. Did Olivier von Beaulieu-Marconnay receive the HHOX before his PLM? The German Wikipedia explicitly mentions this: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_von_Beaulieu-Marconnay
    8. Hugo v. Abercron, later char. GM, 1869-1945, also more awards here: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_von_Abercron
    9. Lt Otto Buurman(n) is this one, matching birthdates with Verlustlisten. He became a doctor, DRK "Bundesarzt", 1890-1967, other awards also listed here: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Buurman
    10. Lt dL Emil(e) Cabayot was born in Metz on 19.12.1879 acc. to Verlustlisten, died there on 23.2.1966: https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L5TQ-F84/emile-cabayot-1879-1966
    11. WIlly Kölker, credited here with HHOX, would be another new one: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Kölker Stumme would be Gerhard, at least he is credited here: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Stumme_(Landrat)
    12. Good find! A new one who is probably listed in the Königsberger Hartungsche Zeitung - only that I currently don't have access to digitized issues after September 1918!
    13. Lt dL Klatt from LIR 8 should be Fritz Klatt from Niedzwedzen, Johannisburg (as per Verlustlisten).
    14. Konrad/Conrad Kleinekuhle, former Hptm dR in IR 161, retired as Oberpostrat in Koblenz in 1938. From Kölnische Zeitung, 24.10.1938.
    15. Willy von Klösterlein died 16.7.1945 in Berlin (death certificate at ancestry). Major a.D. Hugo Klemmert was born 8.10.1880 in Würzburg, died 20.7.1957 in Halle/S (death certificate at ancestry).
    16. Martin Rocholl died in Reservelazarett Heidelberg as Oberst on 6.6.1944 (death certificate at ancestry). He was born in Köln on 30.8.1883. Went into Polizei after WW1, in the Schupo RL 1933 as Polizei-OTL in Magdeburg. Also had the Hanseatic Cross.
    17. Lt Rödenbeek must be Eduard Karl Adolf Rödenbeck from IR 64, born 1892 in Coblenz (acc. to ancestry), died from his wounds 15. Nov 1918. No other active officer in the ERL who would fit.
    18. The Hptm Deutschmann in our list from RIR 227 should be Gottfried, not Georg. Originally from GrenR 6.
    19. We had the first name of Lt Bogislaw v. Dewitz gen. v. Krebs of IR 21 already. He was born in 1893 in Groß Jauth, KIA in Nov 1918: https://www.einegrossefamilie.de/egf/abfrage.pl?aktion=stammbaum_tabelle&person_id=70896&anzahl_generationen=3&sprache=da
    20. Assistenzarzt dR Wien from 4. GzF is Rudolf Wien, born 3.6.1890 in Eisleben, died from his wounds 27.9.18 (acc to Verlustlisten).
    21. Lt dR Zibis, flyer, is Georg Ferdinand Zibis, Bankbeamter. Born 22.4.1890 in Ober Lagiewnik. His marriage certificate from Oct 1917 lists him as Lt dR in Flieger-Abteilung (A) 245. Can be found in the Adressbuch Hirschberg/Riesengebirge 1927 as "Bankvorsteher".
    22. Olt Madlung is Hans Andreas Karl August Madlung from IR 116, born 10.5.1887 in Wiehe, acc. to Verlustlisten and ancestry. First name of Maj Ziegert, commander of FußAR 16, should be found in their regimental history: https://books.google.de/books/about/Das_lothringische_Fußartillerie_Regimen.html?id=qnQjlAEACAAJ&redir_esc=y
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