webr55

Slava is correct. Here's a second pic of Oberleutnant Helmut Schmidt, taken in 1942. He's got the EK2, Eastern Front Medal (in the buttonhole), Sudeten medal and the Ground Combat Badge.

Brandt was a member of the resistance against the Nazis. He went into exile in Norway and Sweden. For a short time in 1940, he was even a POW of the Germans, while fighting in Norwegian uniform.

Brandt was in exile during WW2, never a member of the Wehrmacht.

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Chris

Guess you don't mean Brandt....

... does anyone recognize him? :rolleyes:

A new one - has anyone ever seen this NWB miniature?

Great work Stijn!! Looking forward to Bremen! :beer:

Can't be compared to this... :)

Stunningly beautiful, thanks for these scans!

The quality is simply !

There are a couple of other awards added here, among them:

- a second Red Star Order

- a "Banner der Arbeit" 1st cl. after the Red Star

- "Verdienter Seemann" at the end of row #4

- there is a device on the first ribbon in row #8 - the Friedrich-Engels-Preis for scientific merit. - This ribbon was on the first bar too, but without device.

More about the two obscure foreign - probably Latin American - orders here.

Only a tiny pic of the back:

After more than two years, a second bar of Ehm sold on ebay recently. According to the seller, this bar was made in 1986. It has the Karl-Marx-Orden on top - awarded to Ehm in 1983:

Here's a relative, Franz Weszkalnies, as an FP Beamter, Oberinspektor level:

here's a better picture! Any experts here for Latin American awards....?

Ah - that's him again. Didn't recognize it from the lower row. Really a sad case!

thanks webr55!

I presume then that this one is Godet made as well?

Yes, as Sascha said, that is Godet.

BTW, has this one been ID'd yet? Clearly the lower one of a double-row... I wonder if this is a Bavarian doctor (Luitpold Jubilee and Austrian Red Cross decoration)...

Regards

Chris

This is a later bar of Ehm, with the Karl-Marx-Orden on top - which he got in 1983.

And the red ribbon in the same row as the Ernesto Che Guevara (end of the row) - I bet this is the order of Miguel Larreynaga from Nicaragua, socialist ally at the time. Which would most probably make the one between those two South American as well. Here, the center stripe is clearly light blue, not dark blue as in his earlier bar.

Che 1st cl - in correct width now!

How 'bout this? (yes I know, the pic is tiny)

I don't think so, from the width of the ribbon. Also, that looks like a gray center stripe, not white.

Well, now IF... let's just suppose IF... there surfaced another bar of his... with the same ribbon... but the correct width....

The double-row bar is very interesting indeed! Great find!! :beer:

Nice stein! Just - this thread should be moved to the postwar Germany forum.

And now - the holy grail of ribbon bar fakes ---- I have to admire his creativity - maybe he made this one specially for our forum - it is JUST UNBELIEVABLE:

More ambitious - supposedly a German officer in Turkish service :

But our old friend is back, too:

(Make-them-as-dirty-as-possible style)

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