Paul C Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 I have had this bar for almost 2 years and when I purchased it I thought it would be an easy ID with the Wurttemberg Frederich Order, LD1 and the Portegese Order of Christ 3rd Class. It has proven to be a hard nut to crack. I have looked through every Army and Navy RL that I have from about 1897 forward and no match. I took inspiration from another who member who lloked through the DOA 1908/09. I have just complete looked though A-C and come up with only one possiblility.First the bar: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul C Posted January 25, 2007 Author Share Posted January 25, 2007 I have tried to find Richard Berends in my earlier ranklists since he lists that he is a a.D. Hptm. I tried the 1890 first since I saw the date of 14.9.65. I thought this was a birthday but then realized the the abbreviation is not geb. but daf. Was is the daf. abbreviation? Any suggestion when he was in the Army? I would like to see if he was a reserve officer and maybe has the Wurttem FO and did not list it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 That's "das." for "born in the same place" (Hamburg).Berends would not seem to be a match since per that entry at least he was an ex REGULAR officer, and this has a Reserve-Landwehr Cross.All I can find on him is his minimal entry in the 1935 Wer Ist's referring back to the edition of 1928 for details:former Consul of Brazil, Costa-Rica, and Panama inBombay and HamburgDr.jur.utriusque.No South American countries are listed in the 1917 Hofkalendar, since they had joined the United States in the war.I don't find any army "Berends" for Consul Georg at all, but the spelling in 1908 is the same as 1935. Puzzling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webr55 Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Good luck with this project, I know it is a hard one! I haven't been able to find his Dr. iur. date. Even tried different spellings of "Berends".Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul C Posted January 26, 2007 Author Share Posted January 26, 2007 Thanks for the replies and help. I'll keep you posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn J Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Here is Berends' entry from the 1928 edition of Wer Ists. The only mention of military service is his "one year" in 1889-90. Realistically speaking if he achieved the rank of Hauptmann, active or reserve he would not have done so unitl at least the early 1900s. I cannot find any Oberleutnants or Hauptm?nner in any contingent in this period who matches this name. I think perhaps a mistake in DOA regarding his former military service.RegardsGlenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn J Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Second part.RegardsGlenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul C Posted January 26, 2007 Author Share Posted January 26, 2007 (edited) Glenn, Thanks for the post. Yes, something is wrong. I could not find him in any RL. I rather doubt he is the correct guy as I find no bayern or lippe connections in any of his listings, although the HH medal makes sense. Also were did the Wf3a come from. I looked through some of my Wurtt. State and Court books and could not find him. The search continues. Edited January 26, 2007 by Paul C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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