webr55
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Certainly a political statement, then. -
Very nice picture of Alfred von Randow (of the Detachement) with his full "I don't care what regulations there are..." medal bar:
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Oberstarbeitsführer #3, Wilhelm Faatz:
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Generalarbeitsführer #11, Hermann Tholens:
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Generalarbeitsführer #3 on the list, Ludwig Schröder:
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Some more: Generalarbeitsführer #2, Hans Baumann:
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And from one of the party rallies... Hierl to the left, but the others? The one to the right seems to have a Navy WB.
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Bar:
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This Bavarian postman uses the double LS awards. Is that a postwar uniform, with the Treudienst M1957?
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Congratulations on the first ID based on the new sources!
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As a teaser, here are the General and Colonel ranks:
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But for the identification of bars, Volume 1 will be the most important one by far. This is the way it is laid out - and by coincidence , this is a page Rick has been waiting for a long time...
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I couldn't get Volume 3 (Oberfeldmeister), but I have Volume 4 (Feldmeister = Leutnant-equivalent) for 1940, with handwritten additions until 1943.
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Second volume, all Oberstfeldmeisters (equivalent Hauptmann):
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This is the most interesting volume, I think. It contains the names (with first names), assignments and seniorities of many WW1 officers who are otherwise totally invisible during the Third Reich.
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Finally got it! The Dienstaltersliste 1938 of the RAD/Reichsarbeitsdienst. Apparently totally neglected and never published. It comes in 4 volumes, first one Generalarbeitsführer (Generalmajor equivalent) down to Arbeitsführer (equivalent Major):
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There is a fairly new Wikipedia page on veterans of the Spanish Civil War that are still alive: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surviving_vet...anish_Civil_War Maybe anyone here knows more veterans, including those of the Legion Condor?
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In the interest of future collectors, I would suggest not leaving it this way. Those are all nice pieces in themselves, when separated...
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hmmm... this bar raises a number of questions, most importantly: A XXIV officer's cross, but no Jubilee medal? I think this is an NCO's bar that has been monkeyed with. Maybe that should not even be Strelitz, but Schwerin... Regards Chris
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Here's a better pic of Josef Kammhuber, showing clearly his interesting postwar Bundesluftwaffe ribbon bar with Imperial awards. The two bottom rows seem to be all foreign awards, with at least two commander grades:
