Daniel Krause

nice one!

Adolf Karl Ludwig Theodor von Berckefeld, 1872-1920

Artillery guy, "finished" as half colonel, commanding FAR 183 in WW1.

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Daniel

Komtur,

might that be Johannes Wilkens, born Bremen, 17.12.1883

He's got the Bremen Hanseatic 10.12.1915 as Lt in 3.Kp/RIR 75

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Daniel

Holy sh...

Thats definetly a fake.

Completely impossible combination.

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Daniel

Nice pics!!

Thats the Hessen military merit cross.

Baden 1914?? Sorry. No.

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Daniel

Who knows?

Adolf v.S. was already a Lt at the outbreak of the war.

A Württemberg Cross of Merit would have been awarded to an NCO type, so it is simply impossible that he's  got one.

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Daniel

Goodness, Claudio...

Thats the normal jubilee medal which EVERY active Officer got...

The painter was not overly careful.

I am very sure, no bavarian would leave away his homeland jubilee medal but wear a foreign centenary medal.

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Daniel

Hi Twin,

the publishing date in the Staatsanzeiger was the 07th. September 1918.

The Staatsanzeiger was always a bit faster than the Militärwochenblatt.

So he's got it alive and most likely already end of August. :-)

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Daniel

Bravery medals and merit crosses to non Austrians -yes.

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Daniel 

Me. ?

there are all, or most, of the Austro- hungarian awards files of WW1 still in the war archive Vienna. 

Unfortunately,  for this case, I have had only access to the lists for Prussian officers.

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Daniel 

Hi Twin,

thanks!!

Franz Francke is a period mistake - actually not himself, but this award listing...

He's got a Red Eagle 2nd class with cutlery in 1916.

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Daniel

Major Franz Bernhold from IR 125, lived 1873-1940

EK, Württ. Mil.Merit Order, Württ. Frederick knight 1st with cutlery, Württ. Officers long service cross, Bav.Mil.Merit Order 4th class with crown and swords, Saxon Albert knight 2nd class, Hamburg Hanseatic.

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Daniel

Hello friends,

It seems there was a need for Tamara ribbons in germany in the 20ies and 30ies.

This is from the stock of a well known German outfitter.

27mm, 15mm and 9mm Tamara ribbons. 

Funny enough, Mr. G. sorted these among "Russia",

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Daniel

It MIGHT be Lt d.R. Franz Schweitzer, the only Officer who got the Wilhelm Ernst Cross serving in MWK 221.

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Daniel

Fake news!

If Rick said, Ludendorff did never smile, he did not!!!

That are definetly photoshopped pics!! :-)

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Daniel

David,

Lübeck and Bremen are in progress...

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Daniel 

Hello twin, its the military merit order on the bravery ribbon.

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Daniel

Hello Friends, 

As I sm a ribbon bar freak too, I would like to show you one of my favourites.

It is a Godet made piece and was worn by Colonel Christian von Pentz, son-in-law of Field Marshal von Hindenburg.

In WW1, the then-Rittmeister von Pentz served as Hindenburgs Adjutant.

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Daniel

thats great!

Thank you!!

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Daniel

Wow! 

Never heard of posthumous awards like that!

Will check if I have anything more about him.

I think it is possible, that the award was already done as he was still alive but the procedure took too long that that nice cross reached him in lifetime.

BTW, 117 and 118 were both Hessen  regiments and in the very same brigade, so a transfer was quite thinkable.

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Daniel 

Hi Gunnar,

thanks a lot!

Albrechts were indeed handed out during the end of the war without being properly published.

All the best and stay safe!

Daniel

@Gunnar, do You refer to Fischer or to Ammon?

In my files I do not have an Albrecht for Ammon, but I have some "suspects" units for Mr. Fischer.

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Daniel

Its Karl Will.

He commanded 2nd Reiter Regiment in the early 30ies.

3rd Ribbon is the Hamburg Hanseatic cross.

Plain red is the Franz Joseph knight.

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Daniel

Claudio....

You need Liebeskind...not Loewenfeld...

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Daniel

I will wait until it is sold to make it public.

Might influence the price.

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Daniel 

Claudio,

I would not care for the 70/71 stuff. His more interesting career path was in the colonies... :-)

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Daniel