Humberto Corado

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hello,

I am not sure if this is the proper forum to ask this so if not please excuse me.

I just received this Braunschweig Ausweis w/ K.u.K Tapferkeitsmedaille legitimation and bronze medal and I would like to know please if anyone could help me with a few questions.

First I would like to know the translation of the text of the ausweis, this kind of document was issued instead a formal award document or just to authorize the use of the award? it is posible to identified the signature??

Any information about the unit would be very apreciated, if this were in any front with the Austro Hungarian army? was normal to attached the small piece of paper with the Tapferkeitsmedaille legitimation ??

Thanks in advance!

Does anyone have any information about Fpn M.14891? All I know about the timeframe is that the document I'm looking at is later than June 1941.

Many thanks,

James

Hello James,

here is the info that I found for the number 14891,

14891

(Mobilmachung-1.1.1940) Zerst?rer 3. Zerst?rer-Division,

dann Zerst?rer ?Erich Steinbrink? 3. Zerst?rer-Division,

(2.1.1940-27.4.1940) Zerst?rer ?Erich Steinbrink? 1. Zerst?rer-Flottille,

(28.4.1940-14.9.1940) 5. Zerst?rer-Flottille Zerst?rer ?Erich Steinbrink?,

(15.9.1940-31.1.1941) Zerst?rer ?Erich Steinbrink?.

here is the link to the info about the 5. Zerst?rer-Flottille

http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliede.../Gliederung.htm

I hope this help,

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hello all,

you have a really nice Hungarian awards!!!!

this is the only Hungarian medal in my collection ( not in a good shape) of which I did not know the name until I saw this thread.

Commemorative Medal for reoccupation of Transylvania and East-Hungarian parts

Generally speaking, only rescues which were at the risk of the life saver's own life. Each of the Imperial German states had their own awards.

For Prussia, from the medal on ribbon's creation in 1833 to 1919 (WW1 years' numbers may not be complete) = 9,055

according to the late Eric Ludvigsen's annual statistical studies.

Thank you Rick! I am wondering if the award criteria was the same for all the German states? and if was awarded for any rescue which were at the risk of the life saver's own life but not related just with be drowned?

thanks!

Hello,

the price of the "Ehrenbuch" shouldn't exceed the 200.- Euro, hopefully...

Best wishes,

Enzo

Thank you Enzo.

hello all,

I know that this is an old thread but I always wondering the award criteria for Lifesaving Medals?? and how many were awarded until 1918??? was the same for all German states??? any info about the award process would be great!

I searched in a few related threads but I couldn't find this info.

Thanks in advance!

Hi,

I went over and found the article entitled ?The Ehrenbechers - Where Are They Now?? by Bill Radfloff and Robert Niemann, which appeared in Cross & Cockade Journal, Vol 10, No 4, winter 1969, page 366, where the authors mention that:

????..it seems that in 1915 Emperor Wilhelm II set aside some of his own personal funds in order that an award might be made for the-then rare first air victory. He commissioned Godet (a Berlin firm of goldsmiths) to provide a suitable award.?

hello all,

this was the award criteria? the first air victory?? any idea of how many were awarded?

thanks!

Thank you again Rick!

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Thank you very much Hardy & Rick for your kind help !!!!

Here are the bigger scans that you want Rick, are they ok for you? if you need a bigger ones just let me know.

could you tell me please more about the duties of this Bavarian rank? was an middle or lower rank official?

Oh, OK, German. Thought it might have been Hindi or Urdu. This isn't a uniquely Teutonic forum, after all. Sorry I can't help, as my German has whithered as other languages have replaced it.

OK Ed!!! it is nice to know that I can ask you when I need some help with Hindu documents or any other rare language!

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Hello,

I just received this Bavarian soldier postcards ( with his Jubilee Medal for the Bavarian Army & Military service III. Class for IX years ) I am wondering if any could help me with the translation of the text in the back.

Thanks in advance

Hello,

it is not a statistic, and obviously incomplete, but this book can be of invaluable help:

"Ehrenbuch der Oesterreichisch Ungarischen Wehrmacht - die Ausgezeichneten im Weltkrieg"; Vienna, k.u.k. Kriegsarchiv / Verlag Vaterl?ndisches Archiv, 1917

In this book, besides the statutes of all the awarded orders and decorations (and fine colour plates) there is an alphabetical list of officers with details of their awards.

A good thing is that the "Ehrenbuch" is not rare and it usually appears at collectors shows and/or auctions.

Best wishes,

Enzo

Thanks for the info Enzo!

do you have an idea of how much would cost me one now?

dont worry Komtur, this give an idea of what the document say.

your photos are amazing! it is not supposed that the Kaiser's Honor Decoration should have worn below other high ranking decorations? I ask this because in the last photos posted here, the Honor decoration was worn where it fit better.

Hello Humberto,

I can?t tell you the number of awarded decorations, that?s a point I am interested too! But I can show a scan of an awarding document:

Thank you very much Komtur!!! it is a nice document, unfortunately I can't read anything of the text.

I hope someone can tell us about the number of awarded decorations.

Thank you very much Komtur for your great help!!! those are amazing photos!!!!

any idea of how many were awarded?? besides de 119 veterans that got it too.

by chance do you have any image of the award document??

Thanks again!

ok and how I do that??

ok then! I will work on it. just want to know if you prefer that I post all the regulations when they be finish or you prefer that I post it page by page so you dont have to wait until all are translated ??

Ahem Humberto? Perhaps we could bribe you with German baubles? Promises of fame and glory/

hello Guys!

seriously you want all this regulations translated???? if so just let me know and give me some time and you will have them, it is always a pleasure to help you.