Stijn David

Hi Ricky, Indeed this one must have been very young back then (Silesia Affaire) and i also found it interesting to see that he was not wearing the mass awarded Hindenburg cross ;-) Sadly no writting on the back etc ... so no possibility to find out who he is at this point. Cordial greetings,

Hello, Thank you very much for your neverending help, so we have one person that seems to become a suspect, namely Fritz Crienitz. But we are still not there as we must rule out or confirm the other remaining officers. So at this point certainly a good candidate: * Crienitz Fritz- Hptm. The remaining names * Engel, Hans - Lt. * Fraunberg (Freiherr von und zu), Hans - Lt. * Goltz (von der) - Lt. * Haeseler (von), Kurt - Lt. * Heyden (von), Helmuth - Lt. * Ihn, Max - Olt. * Neumann - Hptm. * Peters, Emil - Olt. * Plagemann - Lt. * Werder (von), Claus - Hptm. Thanks in advance

Hello, Hehehe, Bulldog David (thats a new one ). So Crienitz is one of the more suspected ones, he will stay on the list untill the Mecklenburg & Halburg roll are present. But now lets check the otehr prime suspects that are still on the list and see if we can rule them out Cordial greetings,

Hello, And yes this one has a very strange (it was a first for me) award combination. We can see: * Silesian Eagle 1 e class * Silesian Eagle 2 nc. class (Ribbon) * DRL Sportsbadge * Lw. Glider pilots badge ( ) * Silver C badge (bullion form) So the Feldwebel we see here was most probably a young volunteer after WWI who was part of a Freikorps and distguished himself with these. Then he went into glider flying and was very succesfull during the 30's as he earned himself the Silver C profiency badge. Then he was drafted into the Luftwaffe and did get his LW. glider pilots training and was most probably used as a 'Ausbilder'. A exotic awards combination for a glider, but i love it Cordial greetings,

Hello, Here is a picture i was lucky enough to pick up recently. It attratce dmy attention because of the person standing at the far right. Cordial greetings,

Hello, Is there anyone who can tell more about the following WWI officer: Crienitz Olt in IR 87. No awards by 1914, but the Ehrenrangliste shows him as Major aD who had been on the General Staff of the 1. Marine-Division. Thank you in advance,

Hello, Thank you, can you give more info on Crienitz? for example his full name? Iff we have this then some other guys can mayby jump in here? And iff it was that Crienitz => wich awards did he get ? Cordial greetings,

Hello, Thank you once again => scratch von Appel, then we still have 12 persons remaining. It is narrowing down Cordial greetings,

Hello Paddy, Absolutely correct => it is the terrible thing and i am such a novice with these things Here are the remaining names (iff we follow the correct trace) * Appel (von) - Olt. => remark : this person is most probably : Karl von Apell /. * Crienitz - Hptm. * Engel, Hans - Lt. * Fraunberg (Freiherr von und zu), Hans - Lt. * Goltz (von der) - Lt. * Haeseler (von), Kurt - Lt. * Hagen (von dem), Oswald - Hptm. * Heyden (von), Helmuth - Lt. * Ihn, Max - Olt. * Neumann - Hptm. * Peters, Emil - Olt. * Plagemann - Lt. * Werder (von), Claus - Hptm. The list is getting smaller but still not there => the one thin i need now is that the Mecklenburg/Hamburg rolls would be available. Then these names could be checked and most probably this person would become his name again. But never say never, i am certain we wll know his name, etc ... => even iff it takes many more years. Cordial greetings

Hello, And here is a part from a portrait picture, iff wanted i can ask the owner (a good friend) iff he will allow to use the picture for your book or whatever project it is Hehehe, and who is behind this nice medalbar Cordial greetings,

Hi, Thank you very much => you confirmed it already perfectly, he is not the searched Lt. Plagemann. Cordial greetings,

Hello, Is there anyone who can give me information on the named person: Richard Plagemann He has won the KC with X of the War Merit cross and was a Lw. member during WWII. So most probably also WWI aerial service. I am looking for information : A) career B) Picture of the man C) Awards won Thanks in advance,

Hello, We can rule out anotehr one, namely Konrad Wencher He was KIA during 1915 when his plane crashed. Still 14 to go. Cordial greetings,

Hello, I do hope that there will be printed more then 40, iff so then that would be a very weird printing proces => however put me on this list for a example of each one: (one example from all 5 volumes towards Belgium ) Cordial greetings,

Hello Webr55, Thank you for the extra information, so at this point we can already exclude 7 names from the O' Connor list: * Appel (von) - Olt. => remark : this person is most probably : Karl von Apell / Olt. * B?low (Freiherr von), Hilmer - Hptm. * Crienitz - Hptm. * Edler, Alfred - Olt. z. See * Engel, Hans - Lt. * Fraunberg (Freiherr von und zu), Hans - Lt. * Freytag, Georg - Hptm. * Goltz (von der) - Lt. * Haeseler (von), Kurt - Lt. * Hagen (von dem), Oswald - Hptm. * H?ussler, Willi - Lt. * Heyden (von), Helmuth - Lt. * Ihn, Max - Olt. * Jacobs, Josef - Lt. * Mardersteig, Georg - Hptm. * Neumann - Hptm. * Peters, Emil - Olt. * Pfeiffer, Leo - Hptm. * Plagemann - Lt. * Wencher, Konrad - Lt. * Werder (von), Claus - Hptm. * Wolff, Joachim - Lt. * Wolff, Jakob - Lt. And the following 4 officers can already be exclude from the list: 1) Jacobs, Josef - Lt. => has won the 'Pour Le Merite', so not the person i am seraching. 2) Wolff, Joachim - Lt. => was KIA on 16.05.1918 3) Wolff, Jakob - Lt. He had 4 claims but was wounded during 1917 while acting with Jasta 17 + never returned again towards a frontline unit. He died 04.12.1926. (Therefore he could not have been a DLV member - as the DLV was first grounded 1933) 4) B?low (Freiherr von), Hilmer - Hptm. => He did get the HOHX + was later a General / no long service awards etc .... , so no match on this one 5,6 & 7) Oswald von dem Hagen, Leo Pfeifer, Willi H?ussler They all got a HOHX, so also no matches. 8) Edler, Alfred => also most probably no match, further confirmation needed. So still 16 to check : * Appel (von) - Olt. => remark : this person is most probably : Karl von Apell /. * B?low (Freiherr von), Hilmer - Hptm. * Crienitz - Hptm. * Engel, Hans - Lt. * Fraunberg (Freiherr von und zu), Hans - Lt. * Freytag, Georg - Hptm. * Goltz (von der) - Lt. * Haeseler (von), Kurt - Lt. * Hagen (von dem), Oswald - Hptm. * Heyden (von), Helmuth - Lt. * Ihn, Max - Olt. * Mardersteig, Georg - Hptm. * Neumann - Hptm. * Peters, Emil - Olt. * Plagemann - Lt. * Wencher, Konrad - Lt. * Werder (von), Claus - Hptm. I have also been bussy and searching, iff the mentioned von Appel from O'Connor is indeed Karl von Apell then he is also not the searched person. Reason for this: Karl von Apell was a pilot (and not a observer) who did get his pilotslicence nr. 266 with teh date of 06.06.1912. Anyone able to confirm this? Thanks for the efforts,

Hello, And here is the reverse of that bar. Hi Rick, indeed, most probably a Army officer but always worth a search on the flyers listed with O'COnnor => iff i only had the references, etc .... Cordial greetings,

Hello, And here are the flyers as mentioned with O' Connor: The following name scome into vieuw (source: Neil W.O.Connor) * Appel (von) - Olt. * B?low (Freiherr von), Hilmer - Hptm. * Crienitz - Hptm. * Edler, Alfred - Olt. z. See * Engel, Hans - Lt. * Fraunberg (Freiherr von und zu), Hans - Lt. * Freytag, Georg - Hptm. * Goltz (von der) - Lt. * Haeseler (von), Kurt - Lt. * Hagen (von dem), Oswald - Hptm. * H?ussler, Willi - Lt. * Heyden (von), Helmuth - Lt. * Ihn, Max - Olt. * Jacobs, Josef - Lt. * Mardersteig, Georg - Hptm. * Neumann - Hptm. * Peters, Emil - Olt. * Pfeiffer, Leo - Hptm. * Plagemann - Lt. * Wencher, Konrad - Lt. * Werder (von), Claus - Hptm. * Wolff, Joachim - Lt. * Wolff, Jakob - Lt. And the following 4 officers can already be exclude from the list: * Jacobs, Josef - Lt. => has won the 'Pour Le Merite', so not the person i am seraching. * Wolff, Joachim - Lt. => was KIA on 16.05.1918 * Wolff, Jakob - Lt. He had 4 claims but was wounded during 1917 while acting with Jasta 17 + never returned again towards a frontline unit. He died 04.12.1926. (Therefore he could not have been a DLV member - as the DLV was first grounded 1933) * B?low (Freiherr von), Hilmer - Hptm. => He did get the HOHX + was later a General / no long service awards etc .... , so no match on this one. Cordial greetings,

Hello, I started a thread on the mentioned Flyers as per Neil W.O.Connor : http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=21079 However not much reply's Im hoping that someone will take up the gauntlet and check out the remaining flyers iff there could be a match. Cordial greetings,

Hello David, Thank you for this additional information and usefull links. Always worth a try I keep hoping that this bar and person in the picture will get a name once again. Cordial greetings, ps: Stogie => could you please contact me about this picture?

Hello, I have received the bar today and i must say that it is a real beauty and i have noticed something else. Iff you look at the picture (courtesy Stogie) then we can notice that teh EK 2 is worn in the wrong way, thanks to that we do see that the oak meaves and the crown on that EK are very pronounced. I hope that the current owner (Stogie?) can show a close up on the bar.) I have looked at the bar, nw the EK 2 is correctly mounted but iff we flip that EK the oakleaves and crown are exactly as pronounced as in the picture. It is a long shot offcoarse but Rick L. did say alreayd it is a very weird combination. The bar is not exactly teh same as the EK 2 is mounted otherwis and teh Hindenburgcross is also now in its place. I do think however that the bar i have did belong towards the unkown person in the picture, only the bar has been remounted after that picture is taken => reason: because the Hindenburg has been awarded and teh EK has now been correctly placed. So now this person needs to be indentifyed offcoarse, who was he? Does anyone have a clue what producer (Hindenburgcross) was behind the mark GD or DG ? @ towards this question i have found the answer already: GD = Gustav Danner / M?hlhausen Cordial greetings,

Hello, And then after browsing through the net and some old threads on the white falocn this picture (courtesy Stogieman) popped up. Could this have been the wearer? or am i just crazy and is this a large coincidence? Cordial greetings,

Hello, Here is a bar that i am expecting to land within the next few days => but as you are so nice i would like to present it already towards you guys. This bar does contain: * EK 2 (Prussia) * White falcon 2 nd class with swords (Sachsen-Weimar) * FF Cross 2 nd. class (Mecklenburg) * Hanseatenkreuz (Hamburg) * Hindenburgcross And offcoarse there is no name to go with it, the white falcon for example is a very ncie example and does absolutely have no enamel damage of any kind. This combo is a very weird one, and now my (impossible) quest to find the man behind this bar has begun All comments, reactions etc .. .are welcome. Cordial greetings

Hello, Yes, this list will defenatly been done Thanks for the info Ricky => very usefull. David, i will contact you as soon as there is more info from Bernd, he will come through for sure Keep you guys informed, ps: i actually have no spare time in these exiting days (my book will be launched within a month, then my beloved association SKF, visiting archives in belgium, veterans in germany and writing some articles, painting and working in the home, hehehe .... but i will manage

Hello, @ Bernd : Indeed that is readable, feel free to send me the files and please prefer in wich form (xls?) you want these etc .... then we can start ;-) @ David: i have not mailed because one person did not respond so far, and i tought it was better to get all persons in one and the same e-mail. Cordial greetings,

Hello Glenn, And here for your reference a image of "papa" Reeps , image taken at arround mid 1942. Cordial greetings,