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What exactly is that, btw?

Another chance find: Vizefeldwebel Philipp Ahlheim is listed in the Waldeck Ehrenkreuz lists, but without first name: From Bergsträßer Anzeigeblatt, 27.8.1918

Chance find: Olt dR Scheibler is listed in our Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha lists with his Card Eduard-Medaille mit Spange only, but he also got the Carl Eduard-Kriegskreuz: From Bergsträßer Anzeigeblatt, 5.10.1918

Here is the newspaper notice for Oscar Bornheim. From Mülheimer Volkszeitung, 4.11.1918

Very interesting. He got his Dr. med. from the University of Frankfurt in 1918.

Wow what a spectacular bar! Do you know the name of the wearer?

Thank you, that’s what I thought! I have never seen it on a German bar though. Do you have examples where it was awarded to Germans?

Yes, right. The second to last ribbon in the bottom picture is the Bulgarian war medal. The stripe in the middle of the last ribbon is blue, so yes, it could have been this ribbon for the Slovak Bravery Medal:

We have two Lauteschlägers in the list, but I think this is a new one. In the list, we have: - Reinhard L., born 1872, in 1914 Hptm in FAR 61, held RAO4X and KO4X, among others. - Ernst L., born 1869, in 1914 Maj in IR 81. Both got the HHOX already in 1917. But then there is another one, in 1914 Olt dL in Landwehrbezirk II Darmstadt, from Artillery. It must be him. Regierungsrat and Hptm dL R. Lauteschläger (I don't find his full first name.) From Darmstädter Tagblatt, 9.11.1918 Ah - it's Rudolf, as per Adressbuch Darmstadt 1918:

Lt Höhn also had the Hanseatic Cross: From Wiesbadener Zeitung, 4.6.1918

Not sure if this has been posted before: here is the link to the digitized 1918 journal "Suomi Finnland: Nachrichtenblatt für das deutsche Militär in Finnland": https://digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/werkansicht?PPN=PPN780157494&PHYSID=PHYS_0001 It also mentions Finnish awards to Germans.

New first name: Lt Albert Norgall From Frankfurter Zeitung und Handelsblatt, 13.12.1918 We may have this first name already, not sure: Hptm dR Robert May From Frankfurter Zeitung und Handelsblatt, 24.7.1918

I recently got these two ribbon bars, which obviously belonged to a Baden native. The last ribbon on the longer bar has been puzzling me since then, I had never seen it before. It was obviously improvised by the outfitter, see the picture. Could this be one of the ribbons for the Slovak Bravery Medal?

KRICHLER, Reinhold. 1940-41 Maj., Kdr. II./Flak-Rgt. 36 (to 03.41). 03.41 appt Kdr. Flak-Abt. 121. 01.04.42 promo to Obstlt. 01.44 Obstlt., Kdr. Flak-Abt. 214 (still 09.44). It seems that he was in IR 161 during WW1. He is not in the list above as he was not commander of a Flak-Regiment, only of an Abteilung. The source I used does not cover Abteilung commanders. But it is a good point, I will see whether I can extend the list to include those as well.

Update: While the Royal HHOX didn't come with oak leaves, it seems that there was a version of the Princely no-swords Hohenzollern with Eichenlaub, see below one that was sold. I didn't know that, what do the Princely statutes say about it?

Some more info on Lt dR Dr. phil. Klausmann. The name is probably Dr. Gustav Klausmann, who is listed as Lt dR in the Verlustlisten (wounded in 1917) and who received a Dr. phil. from the University of Greifswald (same birthdate: 17. April 1888 in Heißen). From Stralsundische Zeitung, 10.10.1918

Some more info on Bavarian Olt dR Dr. Sonnenschein from FAR3, prosecutor and flyer. From Münchner Neueste Nachrichten, 29.6.1918 I find two Dr. Sonnenscheins before 1919 who would fit: Dr. Wilhelm Sonnenschein from Werden a.d. Ruhr, who received a Dr. iur. from the University of Erlangen in 1904. (NOT him) Dr. Adolf Sonnenschein, 1886-1965, who received a Dr. iur. from the University of Greifswald in 1913. He was also Regierungspräsident in Osnabrück from 1922 to 1933: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Sonnenschein_(Verwaltungsjurist) ---> and yes, I can confirm that he is the Bavarian Reserve Officer "Adolf Sonnenschein genannt Wasserfall" in FAR 3. His file is in the Bavarian Hauptstaatsarchiv, with the same birthdate as the Adolf above: https://www.gda.bayern.de/findmitteldb/Archivalie/1095776/

More info on Lt dR Röhl From Stralsundische Zeitung, 21.8.1918

Very interesting, a flying ace, even Staffelführer of Jasta 51, whom we didn't have yet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Plauth

Another one from the 1st Garde Ulanen, Willy Klein. Bromberger Zeitung, 27.11.1918

New first name: Lt dR Hans Berndt from Bromberg, FAR. From Bromberger Zeitung, 5.11.1918

We have him in the list, but here is some more info on Olt Diethelm from FAR 233 / FAR 53: From Bromberger Zeitung, 19.10.1918

New first name and more info: Olt dR Alfred Grabowski from Posen, obviously from artillery. From Bromberger Zeitung, 6.10.1918

Major Wilde was formerly in Bromberg: From Bromberger Zeitung, 18.9.1918

Medal of Liberty 1st class to Gefreiter Ernst Wollenberg from Kreis Graudenz: From Die Presse (Thorn), 22.6.1918 Same (probably) to Ulanen-Gefreiter Paul Wrobbel from Langenau: From Die Presse (Thorn), 3.8.1918