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That should be a unique distinction!

Now here's something interesting: Theodor von Bomhard died after 1911, indeed, but quite a number of years after. By pure chance, when looking through the Heer 1944 ranklist, I noticed that he is still (!! ) listed among the Generals zV! By far the oldest one of course, he still had the right to wear the uniform of Art Reg 7. Wonder if he could at 103!

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I'm still unclear about the exact difference between the A1 and A2 lists, so I have scanned the entire introduction to the published Luftwaffe 1945 ranklist, which seems (?) to explain the difference:

#3: Godet tag....

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These are being sold as a General's awards:

One problem is that he does not advertise them as "original bars", but only the pieces as original ones: "Alle St?cke in sehr gutem Erhaltungszustand".

...however, none of these 19 seems to have got the Saxon Honor Cross. Probably that list is not complete.

Ahhh! I'm just wondering what rank he went out with, having had 25+ years in 1939? Can't have been Deckoffizier anymore, can he? And if I'm counting right, there were only 19 Navy recipients of the MKVO Verdienstkreuz...

There was this lapel bow which came with it: Apparently a former Deckoffizier (?).

Browsing through my files, I found this image of a strange ribbon bar. It was on ebay sometime ago, and the seller said it was made for his grandfather in the 1950s. Did anyone here buy it, by chance...?

I think this is Dr. Hugo Weller, who got his Dr. med. from Berlin on 30.3.1906. He is listed as "Arzt aus Osterode am Harz, einj.-freiw. Arzt beim Eisenbahn-Reg. Nr. 1". (The only alternative would be a Paul Weller, Dr. med. in Jena 1902.)

And what would you think of this one, offered by the same seller?

Last ribbon is plain blue. But if NCO, that would mean someone who had exchanged his old-style brooch for the LD2 medal in 1913. I don't think it can be a lone RAO4 without any grade of the Crown Order - for someone with service in 3 wars and more.

Memel w/ Romania:

Slovakian ribbon:

Italy and Romania:

And he's at it again - advertised as a Diplomat w/ Siam bar:

I recently got this heavily worn lapel bow. It's got the following awards: 1) RAO (grade?) 2) Düppel Cross 3) Alsen Cross 4) 1870/71 medal 5) 1866 medal 6) 1864 medal 7) Centenary 8) DA (must be XXV, I think) Surprisingly, he did not get an EK. And there is no Crown Order - which makes me think... Could #1 be an RAO4mKr left over or an RAO3mS not yet moved up?

There are a number of articles in English on him today, for example: http://www.spiegel.de/international/german...,530319,00.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/arti...ticle_id=509925

Many thanks!

New information has surfaced on Kästner, who died recently (http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=24481). He was Saxon and was drafted after his Abitur in 1918 into an infantry unit, but did apparently not make it to the front. He also said that his commander was "Stallmeister" of the King of Saxony, whoever that might have been. I cannot find a fitting Hauck in the Saxon army. However, it could have been Erwin Haucke, 1920 Hauptmann aD and St. Henry winner, originally from FAR 32.