Interresting photo

[Deruelle]

Hi,

Just received this photo. I think (I'm not sure) it is from one captain of I.R. Nr. 72. The back of the photo give the name of the photograph (K. Festge Erfurt). So it explain the SE2X on second place (the captain belonged first to I.R. Nr. 71 before its transfer to I.R. Nr. 72)

Have a look of the medal bar : EK2, SE2X, EH3aX, BO4X

Christophe

[Deruelle]

A focus of the shoulderboards (difficult to see something good but it seems to be the monogram of I.R. Nr. 72).

Christophe

[Deruelle]

Last focus

[Stogieman]

What an awesome rack of hard to find awards! I don't know where you dig this stuff up Christophe, but it is wonderful!!

[Bob Hunter]

I really like that photograph! Great detail.

[Deruelle]

Thanks for your comments Bob & Rick. I have found this beauty on ebay. I have some rare photo to show. I need time to scan them.

Regards

Christophe

[David Gregory]

Christophe,

I like the fact that the image shows that not every officer had the time or money to have a "nice" medal bar made, but often simply added single awards to a medal bar combination.

I wonder how many of the bars that are in collections today show only part of what a soldier was awarded.

/David

[Guest Rick Research]

Another example. This elderly "Mister Chips" type never added his wartime ribboned awards to his pre-war medal bar at all, just wearing his Commander grade Austro-Hungarian Franz Joseph Order on War Ribbon (interesting "status" contrast with their Red Cross decoration!) and his pin backs...

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the world's oldest Freikorpsk?mpfer!

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I've never been able to identify HIM, either, despite the probably unique peacetime awards and dR/dL XX Years.

[Glenn J]

Hi Rick,

the old boy was almost certainly a former medical officer with that commander's grade FJO.

Regards

Glenn