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It seems the Charpentier family was from Alsace, Strassburg. A Baron Charpentier is listed in the DOA 1908 as director of the "Landesgestüt Elsass-Lothringen". Not Ferdinand, I think, must have been older as he had the RAO3mSchl. Could Baron Ferdinand have been the father of future Knights' Cross recipient Hans Georg von Charpentier? He was born in Strassburg in 1902, served briefly in his father's regiment (HusR 9) in 1919, later went into SS Cavalry. Killed in action as Sturmbannführer 1945.
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Paul: sorry my wording was unclear. I don't have his file, but that guy on the Swedish forum has it. If you follow the link above, you see it. However, I also have my experiences with the Militärarchiv Freiburg. I can say that they have been very friendly - and they seem to have LOTS of information (personal files etc.) that is not yet "out in the open". Kriegsmarine however I don't know, I doubt they cover navy as well. Christer: it seems nothing spectacular happened, he returned home probably after a short time as POW. Rick: this doesn't help, but I have a picture of very similar, but not identical bar, auctioned sometime (haven't researched it however):
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Schumburg? That would be interesting! His story is quite fascinating, many details can be found on the net. Full name Jean Robert Henry Schumburg. He was Swedish, born 20.12.1886 in Stockholm. Died 15.3.1976 and is buried in Stockholm (http://hittagraven.stockholm.se/sv/Norra-Begravningsplatsen/2/21A/71/1/). Lots of info on a Swedish forum: http://forum.skalman.nu/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=29545 18.05. 1908 Leutnant (Seems he went back to Sweden during the wars.) 01.06. 1933 Major 15.06. 1934 Luftwaffe Ergänzungsoffizier 1934 Reichsschule für Luftaufsicht 1936 Reichsschule für Luftaufsicht 01.10. 1937 Oberstleutnant 1938 Kommando Fliegerhorstkommandatur Uetersen 15.03. 1939 Kommandant Fliegerhorstkommandatur Hamburg 15.05. 1939 „Fremdsprachenprüfung Schwedisch abgelegt“ (!!!!) Until 11.1939 Fliegerersatzbataillon 16 27.11. 1939 „Kommandant des Hauptquartiers des Oberbefehlshabers der Luftwaffe“ 08.06. until 30.06.1940 „Kommandant des Hauptquartiers des Oberbefehlshabers der Luftwaffe in Belgien“ 01.01.1941 Oberst From 27.11.1939 to 31.10.1944 „Kommandant des Hauptquartiers des Oberbefehlshabers der Luftwaffe/Oberkommando der Luftwaffe“ They even have his military file from the Archive in Freiburg, not sure if I should post it here. It can be found via the link above. Yes, he was (E), his service time would fit, BUT... the file lists his WW2 awards (only those, no WW1 awards shown): KVK2 w/sw. 1.8.41 KVK1 w/sw 30.1.43 no EK Spange...
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EK 2 with Spange 1939, HHOX, Saxon AlbertX (1st or 2nd), Hamburg Hanseatic Cross, War Honor/Hindenburg Cross, 2 Long Service eagles, Sudeten Anschluss Medal, Austrian Military Merit Cross 3rd cl with war decoration. On the back, you see that the second eagle obviously has been replaced. It might not have been gold, but silver. In that case, not improbable, this officer would have had only 12-17 years of service.
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My vague suspect is: Hermann Hübner, Char. Torpedo-Oberingenieur. Born 1884, went up through the ranks during the war. 31.10.1917 commissioned as Torpedo-Ingenieur. 1919 aD, 1920 char Torp-Obering. He was in Spezialkommando Pola during 1915/16, so should have had Austrian awards before being commissioned. BUT no further proof.