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Hi! Today I've got these interesting picture - thanks again, sascha! - of some highly decorated?wurttemberg and bavarian officers. First I would like to show the whole interesting part of people and then a detailed scan of these who are the officers I would like to know, if possible. Remark the really amazing quality of the picture to show such an amount of details in relation to the distance and quality of camera/negative in this period of time which I would suggest between 1897 and 1914. So my question again: could anyone of you help me to identify the man on the left and on the right side of the zoomed picture? Thanks a lot! westfale
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Hi, today, after viewing an interesting post in a german forum, I would like to show you an invitation from the "generalordenskomission" to recieve an award mid-january 1914. I have never seen such an document before - does anyone of you have also one of these, especially dated in the 20th century? regards westfale 1st the front side:
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Kriegsmarine blockade-runner with documents
westfale replied to westfale's topic in Wehrmacht Medals, Decorations & Awards
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Kriegsmarine blockade-runner with documents
westfale replied to westfale's topic in Wehrmacht Medals, Decorations & Awards
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Hello! After receiving the last missing documents I would like to show you an interesting set of the "Blockadebrecher-Abzeichen", the blockade-runner-badge. August Ulrich, who got this award, was a steward travelling with a lot of ships over the atlantic ocean and the indian ocean during his time working at the "Norddeutscher Lloyd" in Bremen. He was born in march 1900, so he was in the age of 39 when he start again as steward at the ship "Bremen", the flagship of the LLoyd. His Captain was Adolph Ahrens, and during his time onboard they start a trip from Bremerhaven to New York. On their way back to home WW2 starts, so Capt. Ahrens got a new destination: Murmansk. They arrived Murmansk on the 6th of september. As you can see on the 2nd document, the "Dienst-Zegnis" of his trip, signed by the A. Ahrens now with his new rank as Commodore, August Ulrich leave the "Bremen" in Murmansk at the 17th of september 1939 with most of the others, to go by train back at home. In march 1942 August Ulrich got a letter to come to a naval office to receive the blockade-runner-badge (no. 6629), which is also written in his papers, both shown here, also with the award himself. The award was worn after the war, too - so it was denazfied. For his trip, the first blockade-runner-trip at ww2, he got also the war-merit-cross 2nd class without swords. It was a normal duty, but one of the interesting trips during wourld war 2 - as said before: the first blockade-runner! Hope you like it, too! regards westfale
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Hi! Yesterday the postman gave me this document I've bought a few days ago; it's the document for the "Treue Krieger"-cross from 1866 to whom who are combattants but not at k?niggr?tz or members of the main-army. It's amazing to find such and old and not so often seen doc from this era! Hope you enjoy it like me! westfale
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Hello! Today I've got an Milit?rpa? of the "Gro?herzogl.-Mecklenburg. Feld-Artillerie Regiments Nr. 60". Does anyone of you have some info's about this unit and the way of it during ww1? Additionally it's interesting that the holder was a hanseatic man from hamburg wearing the hanseatic cross but not the iron cross or the mecklenburg MVK... Thanks a lot for your help! westfale
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EK All Eras Award ceremonies
westfale replied to Chris Boonzaier's topic in Germany: All Eras: The Iron Cross
Here the best I can show of the man on the left side with his two ribbons; the words on the storefront seems to be french - the first one?looks?like "le"... westfale -
EK All Eras Award ceremonies
westfale replied to Chris Boonzaier's topic in Germany: All Eras: The Iron Cross
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EK All Eras Award ceremonies
westfale replied to Chris Boonzaier's topic in Germany: All Eras: The Iron Cross
Ahhh - I was given it's the kaiser, but really, I'm missing his orders like the grand cross of the iron cross... so who was the commanding officer of the IR11 (I think the 11 stands for IR11)? Picture will follow ASAP Thanks for Info! -
Hi, today the postman brought me a nice piece: Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Landwehr-Auszeichnung 2nd class, 1st type (till1913).?Because?I?haven't?seen?it?here,?some?pictures?for?all?of?you?which?are?interested. Does anyone of you have some information about these bar, especially how many were given? Regards westfale
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EK All Eras Award ceremonies
westfale replied to Chris Boonzaier's topic in Germany: All Eras: The Iron Cross
I would like to show you also a picture of an award-ceremony; seems to be the kaiser himself is giving iron crosses 2nd class... -
HI, after a few month waiting for my chance I've got this nice EK2 at the non-combat ribbon and would like to show it to you - how many people got such an non-combat one made as "einzelbandspange" without any other award? Hope you like it, too! regards westfale