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More who got the HHOX:

Oswald von dem Hagen

Leo Pfeifer

Willi H?ussler

Alfred Edler is listed in the Navy RL 1918 with only an EK1 and GSF3bX, so unlikely - but not impossible - that he got both Hamburg and Mecklenburg.

Has someone checked whether he is one of the 23 White Falcon aviation recipients listed by Neal O'Connor?

He belonged to the battery of FAR 10 that was stationed in Wolfenbüttel, Duchy of Braunschweig. Here he is as Leutnant dR with EK1 and 2. There is a second ribbon in his buttonhole, I guess it is the Ernst August Cross.

I have some pictures of a relative, Leutnant dR Erich Beutnagel (1894-1966) of FAR 10. He was commissioned sometime during WW1, probably rather 1917/18. Any chance of finding his commission date?

Here are the pictures. He is still Sergeant/Vizefw. on the first one:

Another page:

Well spotted, Rick! He actually had a motorcycle accident during the Poland campaign which apparently had grave late consequences. He spent quite a lot of time in the Lazarett. Here is his WP page with the sickness entries - most probably, those "Ekzems" disguise something else.

And he died of late consequences in 1955. Sorry Paul, no first hand account of his.

Godet backing:

Rick Research said:

Yassums. Those were individually rescued and reunited though I have subsequently found in my Scan Archive THIS bar, brought to my notice by Claudio Ortelli December 26, 2002, and I don't know if he or his brother ended up with it as a FOURTH one to Baron Rechenberg!!!--------->

And now Baron Rechenberg's MEDAL BAR has surfaced: Made by Godet, with the 12 year RAD award and the Duke Ernst medal. It comes together with a ribbon bar with the Tamara ribbon. The bar is right now being sold by Straube - for 1100 euros:

Link to Rechenberg bar

The first page of his Wehrpass, not in the best condition, as you see. Signed by a Major (E) Luyken, commander of WBK Berlin X. Any other information on him, maybe?

EK2 entry:

Battle entries:

Entries in his Wehrpass - the units he belonged to:

He took this pic of a smashed tank, probably a Polish Tankette, I was told.

... in the sidecar:

... with a car, in France:

This is a photo I particularly like:

Close-up, hard to make out, I admit:

Thanks! Some incentive to continue, so here we go again:

A picture with the Feldgendarmerie cufftitle:

Thanks Glenn, exactly what I was looking for!

Thanks Eddie also!

In the DOA 1908/09, there is a Karl Graf Lehndorff, Oberlt dL aD, born 7.8.1860, Majoratsbesitzer in Steinort, PrLD2. (His first name is sometimes also spelt Carol.) He died in 1936. Is it possible to find out which regiment he belonged to? Must have been during the 1880s, probably.

More to follow tomorrow.

Another one, taken in France.

He was then transferred to the Wehrmacht Feldgendarmerie and promoted to Stabsfeldwebel. This is him, bottom left, with others, wearing their gorgets.

Close-up:

This one was taken between August and November 1939, maybe in Poland. He is wearing the Deutsche Wehrmacht armband.